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Links: More Postdocs in Canada, Less in Ireland; Apps for Distraction Avoidance and Break Reminders; Python Style Guide; and More

by Kelle July 16, 2010

Politics

Postdoc Push in Canada | Inside Higher Ed (via Adam Kraus)
Ireland Cuts Back on Ph.D. and Postdoc Support | Science News
Antonelli, A.: A decline and fall in the future of Italian Astronomy? | astro-ph

Career and Professional Development

Report from the 2010 AAPT New Faculty Workshop | ProfHacker The American Association of Physics Teachers provides [...]

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Links: UKIRT Not Closing, Sleeping on Planes, Nature Boycott, and More.

by Kelle June 11, 2010

Stay of Execution Part II | The e-Astronomer “The general idea is that the TSS runs UKIRT from sea level, there are no visiting observers, and there is heavily reduced tech support.”
How to sleep on a long haul flight | John Graham-Cumming
UPDATED: University of California Considers Boycott Against Nature Journals | Science News Science [...]

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Links: Google is the New Sys Admin, Firefox Sync, Chart Makeovers, and More.

by Kelle June 4, 2010

Best Computer Diagnostic Tool: Google | Lifehacker Whenever anybody asks me to help them solve a computer problem, I always ask if they’ve Googled it yet…cause that’s just what I’m going to do.
Firefox Sync to Incorporate Bookmark, Password, Preference, History, and Tab Sync Directly in Firefox | Lifehacker I’ve been using this add-on, previously know [...]

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Links: Live Blogging, UK Budget Crisis, and more…

by Kelle December 18, 2009
  • Dark Matter Detected, or Not? Live Blogging the Seminar | Cosmic Variance
  • 2012: The apocalypse for UK optical astronomy | Supernova Condensate
  • The axeman cometh | The e-Astronomer
  • Dark days ahead? | SarahAskew
  • Blogging, Big meetings, and Bias | Women In Astronomy
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