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Links: NSF Budget Increase Blocked, ADS Proposes Better Data Linking, and Productivity on Airplanes.

by Kelle May 14, 2010

House Nixes More Research Spending in COMPETES Bill | Science News
Republicans blocked the passage of a 5-year authorization bill that would have provided substantial increases in the research and education budgets of the NSF and research programs at the DOE and the Department of Commerce. One reason for the defeat was the deficit, but [...]

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Links: Future of NASA missions, Diversity Handbook, and more.

by Kelle May 7, 2010

2010 Senior Review for Operating Missions – NASA Science | science.nasa.gov Results of the most recent Senior Review of NASA’s operating missions. Link to a PDF with comments on each mission at the bottom of the page. Their rank ordering, from highest to lowest: Plank, Chandra, Warm Spitzer, Swift, Newton, WMAP, Suzaku, GALEX, RXTE, INTEGRAL, [...]

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Links: Two weeks worth of links covering pretty much everything

by Kelle April 30, 2010

Two weeks worth of links from both myself and Jane Rigby.
Mac Apps and iPad

XQuartz updated | MacResearch Is it really called X11 in 10.5 but XQuartz in 10.6? Either way, it’s updated to version 2.5. And while we’re on the topic, has anyone gotten their middle-click to work in 10.6? Cause I still [...]

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Links: How to Get Off the Tenure-Track, Refereeing Tips, Facebook and Rotation Curves, and More.

by Kelle April 16, 2010

The path less travelled | Nature Jobs Advice for those who want to be an active scientist, but necessarily glued onto the tenure track. “..there are ways to stay involved in science and make a living, without working in a full-time academic position. If you combine dedication, ingenuity, frugality and good connections—the same mix needed [...]

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Links: Effective Video Conferences, Battling Perfectionism, and Much More!

by Kelle April 9, 2010

AAS Calendar | American Astronomical Society Now even the AAS has been won over by Google Calendar! It is my, rather strong, opinion that every seminar series should be using Google Calendar. A dedicated blog post on this topic should be coming soon…
Battery Breakthrough Promises Lighter Weight, More Power | Wired
Playing the Game [...]

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Links: Software Development and Call for iPad App Ideas

by Kelle April 2, 2010

BookArc for iPad | Minimal Mac If only the Arc was flexible or foldable for easy packing! Given the choice, I think I’d rather go with the keyboard dock because it accomplishes the same thing with less bits.
On Software in Astronomy | SarahAskew Active discussion going on in the comments about how to make [...]

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Links: PR for MIRI, Gemini Data Workshop, and Department Culture Impacts Women in Science.

by Kelle March 26, 2010

MIRI crosses the pond (Thoughts on PR) | SarahAskew
On the occasion of the engineering test model of the mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) for James Webb Space Telescope arriving at Goddard, a member of the MIRI team discusses the test instrument and its press attention in the US and the lack of it in Europe.
Gemini Data [...]

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Links: Inspiring Presentations, Parallels vs Fusion, PayPal Bumb, and More.

by Kelle March 19, 2010

Keep Your Daily Momentum Going With a 10/15 Split | Lifehacker I always feel more productive, accomplished, and focused when I spend a little time with my to-do list (Things, of course) at the beginning and end of the day.
We learn from stories and experience | Presentation Zen “Bullet point slides, for example, rarely inform, [...]

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Links: Job Prospects, Scanning, and Google Wave.

by Kelle March 12, 2010

This week’s Links post is a little short since I’m on vacation.

Report from AAS Employment Session | Women In AstronomyFrom Jessica: Here is a belated but interesting post on the AAS employment session from January’s AAS meeting. The blog post also points to these two additional articles:

Does the US Produce Too Many Scientists? | [...]

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Links: SIMBAD Annotations, IDL 8.0, Mendeley Goes Social, and More.

by Kelle March 5, 2010

Annotations service released | CDS news Add comments to SIMBAD objects! “…not intended to supersede email support via question@simbad, but to improve the contents of SIMBAD contents and the level of interaction between CDS staff and SIMBAD users.” (via August Muench.)
Blogging the IDL User's Group Meeting | comp.lang.idl-pvwave Discussion about the new features [...]

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