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• Introducing Astro Computing Today, a New Blog on the Astro Block!
• Links: Employment Prospects, No Bullet Points in Star Wars, Acadamnit, and Much More.
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• Links: Grad School Advice and Admissions, Plane Crash Survival Odds, Rule of 200, and More.
• Safari 5 Extensions
• Links: Decadal Round Up, Myths about Girls in Science, New LaTeX Site, and Much, Much More.
• 10% of US Postdocs negotiate pay raise.
• Job Hunting Season Opens for 2010/2011
• Links: Encouraging Creativity, Getting Started with Twitter, Ergo Mousing, and More.
• Astro2010 Open Thread
• Parallel Processing in Python
• Links: Representative Color Images, Unconscious Bias, Lecturecasting, Saying No, and More.
• Links: Computing Upper Limits, Writing, Teaching, New Macs, IDL, and More.
• Veusz: A Python-Based Interactive Plotting Package
• Links: Astronomer HR Diagram, IDL 8.0, 20-20-20 rule, and More.
• Links: More Postdocs in Canada, Less in Ireland; Apps for Distraction Avoidance and Break Reminders; Python Style Guide; and More
• Manipulating and Viewing FITS Files in Python with pyds9
• Links: Let Your Mind Wander, Credit Cards, Paranoid Collaborators, and More.
• Install LaTeX, AASTeX, and MN2E on Mac OS X
• Links: Combat Impostor Syndrome by Thinking Like a Creator Instead of a Sponge, Repercussions of Misrepresenting Results, To-Do Lists, and More.
• Links: iPhone 4, iOS 4, Google Docs, and Google Voice
• Seminar Calendars
• Spread the Word about AstroBetter
• Code and text editors on MacOS X
• Links: New Mac Mini, Writing Tips, Proprietary Planets, and More.
• MacPorts 101
• Interpolation and Integration in Python
• Links: UKIRT Not Closing, Sleeping on Planes, Nature Boycott, and More.
• Scientists: Bringing Home the Benjamins, part 2
• America COMPETES Passes on a Two Strike Count
• Links: Google is the New Sys Admin, Firefox Sync, Chart Makeovers, and More.
• Scientists: Bringing Home the Benjamins
• Teaching Astro 101 Better
• Links: Canada Not as Progessive as We Thought, SOFIA first light flight, SALT, and More.
• Observation planning with JSkyCalc
• Links: Salary Inequities, Bookmark Sync, and More.
• Links: NSF Budget Increase Blocked, ADS Proposes Better Data Linking, and Productivity on Airplanes.
• Links: Future of NASA missions, Diversity Handbook, and more.
• Links: Two weeks worth of links covering pretty much everything
• Parallels Between the Catholic Church and Academia: Inappropriate Behavior and Lack of Action by Leadership
• Links: How to Get Off the Tenure-Track, Refereeing Tips, Facebook and Rotation Curves, and More.
• Keep iCal and Address Book in Sync Across Multiple Computers: MobileMe vs. Fruux.
• Macsingularity archive now hosted at Astrobetter
• Talks: Fewer words, more understanding
• Links: Effective Video Conferences, Battling Perfectionism, and Much More!
• Links: Software Development and Call for iPad App Ideas
• Links: PR for MIRI, Gemini Data Workshop, and Department Culture Impacts Women in Science.
• Mendeley: The future to managing science papers?
• Links: Inspiring Presentations, Parallels vs Fusion, PayPal Bumb, and More.
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