Bit of a rant coming up (and some notes that I'd like to preserve)...

There's never enough time! I've been very busy at the moment and unfortunately lower priority things have fallen by the wayside - like GeologyRocks. I have a heap of photos to upload. I have another 4 "field guides" to do (half written though). I also have a book review to write (again half written at least). And then there's the updated style - it looks tonnes better than the current one, works in every browser (with no wierdness) and has a heap of new (and requested by the users) features. I will get this lot done soon...but for now...

Just got back from me hols (with Katie of course!). We went to the North Yorkshire coast and it was great to get back in the field - some excellent sedimentology and palaeontology. We found some dino footprints and Katie found some Ichthyosaur bones (jammy thing). Loads of pictures with some short reviews of the field localities coming soon

I use EndNote to keep track of references and for inserting citations in papers, reports, etc. One of the annoying things recently has been when putting in web references. The "Author" is often an organisation, e.g. The Geological Society, which EndNote substituted to "Society, G. T.", which is what the author names should be abbreviated to in the bibliography.

This post on RealClimate provided an enlightening insight into computer modelling.

I've not much to add really, except to say that I think shows clearly the difficulties and dangers of modelling something as complex as climate (or, indeed carbonates) in a computer. It's not as easy as you might at first think...

This blog post about WiFi dangers caught my eye recently.

Hmmm...$27M for a museum of lies. Creationists in USA have opened a museum all about the creationists "point of view" - including (rather ludicrously) dinosaurs (T. rex no less) right next to two children! Imagine if I got $27M to promote geology (and evolution) - the wonders I could teach! What a waste of money

I love the panda in the article though: "Steve steve" - classic!

A thought-provoking article on the BBC website. Essentially, it covers the "discovery" of a large squid and how, while we marvelled at the catch, it is a symptom of humans over fishing. It brings to mind the Young's advert - From the Maldives to Manchaster, via Grimsby. Young's are advertising the fact that they fish all over the world to freeze fish so we can eat them.

Came across this today:
http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference_print.html

A handy guide to making the most from Google searches.

This post on RealClimate just shows how difficult it is to teach and how ideas obtain as a youngster (from your early teachers) do actually stick, but may not be correct.

This just brings home to me how important it is to educate and make sure that people understand what you are explaining rather than glossing over things.