{"id":1808,"date":"2008-08-18T01:06:20","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T06:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2008\/08\/18\/blogoplexus\/"},"modified":"2008-08-18T01:06:20","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T06:06:20","slug":"blogoplexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/18\/blogoplexus\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoplexus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently this is some newfangled technology by which pajamas-wearing loners can share their deep thoughts with strangers.  New examples keep appearing, as if the existing blogs don&#8217;t already say more or less everything worth saying.  Here is a long-overdue blogroll update, conveniently sorted into categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physics-y Blogs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.com\/twisted_physics\/\">Twisted Physics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunclipse.org\/\">Science After Sunclipse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/\">Swans On Tea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/builtonfacts\/\">Built On Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marcofrasca.wordpress.com\/\">The Gauge Connection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gmunu.wordpress.com\/\">High Energy Mayhem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/iamthekitty.blogspot.com\/\">I Am the Kitty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonequilibrium.net\/\">NEQNET: Non-equilibrium Phenomena<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symmetrymagazine.org\/breaking\/\">symmetry breaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andyxl.wordpress.com\/\">The e-Astronomer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/excitedstate.wordpress.com\/\">The First Excited State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raquo.net\/fine-structure\/\">Fine Structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/quantummoxie.wordpress.com\/\">Quantum Moxie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/talklikeaphysicist.com\/\">Talk Like a Physicist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whenindoubtdo.blogspot.com\/\">When in Doubt, Do<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doctorpion.blogspot.com\/\">The Mind of Dr. Pion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencegeekgirl.wordpress.com\/\">Sciencegeekgirl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/particle-astro.blogspot.com\/\">Today in Particle Astrophysics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulphysics.org\/\">Soul Physics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/susskindsblogphysicsforeveryone.blogspot.com\/\">Susskind&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes, Leonard Susskind has a blog.  No, he doesn&#8217;t update it.  But he was answering questions in comments there for a while.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blogs Not &#8230; Physics.  Some Not Even Blogs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rossdouthat.theatlantic.com\/\">Ross Douthat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/\">Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/anthony-bourdain-blog.travelchannel.com\/\">Anthony Bourdain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/footnoted\/\">Chronicle Blogs:  Footnoted<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/\">Marc Ambinder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlgeniusonline.com\/\">Girl Genius<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benrosen.com\/index.html\">Ben Rosen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwantz.com\/\">Dinosaur Comics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/\">Overcoming Bias<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/postbourgie.com\/\">PostBourgie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abstrusegoose.com\/\">Abstruse Goose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radosh.net\/\">Radosh.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/contexts.org\/socimages\">Sociological Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeofthewest.wordpress.com\/\">The Edge of the American West<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gocomics.typepad.com\/tomthedancingbugblog\/\">Tom The Dancing Bug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/democracyinamerica\/\">Economist:  Democracy in America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/\">xkcd<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/strangemaps.wordpress.com\/\">Strange Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com\/\">Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thebadplus.typepad.com\/\">The Bad Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/my.nba.com\/forum.jspa?forumID=400032200&amp;start=0\">Gilbert Arenas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badscienceblogs.net\/\">Ben Goldacre&#8217;s Bad Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptobot.com\/\">Skeptobot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No, I don&#8217;t read all of these blogs, not to mention all of the others on the blogroll; it&#8217;s more fun to rotate through different ones occasionally.  And it&#8217;s absolutely crucial to use a newsreader, either <a href=\"http:\/\/bloglines.com\/\">Bloglines<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/\">Google Reader<\/a> (or whatever).  Infinitely easier.  In the future, sleazy guys in bars will be asking not for your number, but for your RSS feed.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there remain people out there who pine for the days of paper cuts and text you can underline.  <a href=\"http:\/\/science-professor.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/fsp-book.html\">Female Science Professor<\/a> has noted this proclivity, and turned some of her greatest blog hits into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/content\/3666072\">book<\/a>.  Maybe we should do that someday?<\/p>\n<p>And remember, if you have a blog that you would like to see on our blogroll, just let us know.  We&#8217;ll forward the suggestion to our crack team of blog critics and reviewers, who will subject the blog to a rigorous screening program, after which we will forget about it for six months and perhaps update the blogroll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently this is some newfangled technology by which pajamas-wearing loners can share their deep thoughts with strangers. New examples keep appearing, as if the existing blogs don&#8217;t already say more or less everything worth saying. 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