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Links: Clear Distractions and Books, Google Buzz, Two Tales from the Trenches, and More.

by Kelle February 12, 2010

clear distractions | mnmlist.com Nothing we haven’t been told before, but sometimes it helps to be reminded.
A minimalist approach to books | mnmlist.com Get rid of the books you never use! Get a library card. If you insist on buying books — I find the airport bookstore particularly tempting — give them away or leave [...]

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Links: Astronomy Culture Studied, Changing Institutions, Better Presentations, and More

by Kelle February 5, 2010

Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines | UC Center for Studies in Higher Education An academic look at how astronomers communicate with each other. Also includes a basic overview of how the field works which could be useful for newbies. There’s a lot here [...]

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Evernote: Organize notes, emails, photos, and more all in one place.

by Kelle January 25, 2010

This is a guest post by Sarah Kendrew (blog, Twitter) a postdoc in infrared astronomy at Leiden Observatory working on instrumentation for the European Extremely Large Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.

The tag line of note-taking application Evernote reads “Remember Everything”. The great thing is, with Evernote, you don’t need to remember. If you [...]

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MarcoPolo – Context-aware computing for Mac

by Tom January 11, 2010

MarcoPolo is a very cool (free) application for MacOS X that uses information about the current state of your computer, or evidence, to automatically perform actions.
For example, one can use MarcoPolo to automatically change the Network Location if an ethernet cable is plugged in or a specific Wi-Fi network is present (useful if you need [...]

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Links: Dark Matter, AstroPy, Writing, and More

by Kelle January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!

Dark Matter Tools Website | dmtools.brown.edu Via Cosmic Variance
US LHC Blog » Who will pay for the arXiv? | blogs.uslhc.us Cornell to ask for voluntary donations from heaviest user institutions.
BetterTouchTool Customizes Your Mac’s Multitouch Gestures | Lifehacker
AstroPy Info Page | mail.scipy.org Mailing list for Astronomers interested in Python. It’s relatively low traffic, [...]

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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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Tips for a Successful Writing Retreat

by Kelle December 7, 2009

I recently spent four days on a writing retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii with three of my closest friends/collaborators. A writing retreat is basically where you abscond from your office to some resort-like place for a several days (or weeks) to concentrate on a specific task, ideally a paper. I think it’s [...]

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Links: new IDL routines, Quicksilver updated, figure placement in LaTeX, and more…

by Kelle December 4, 2009
  • New Programming Books for Scientists
  • New Coyote Program: SetDifference
  • New Coyote Program: SetUnion
  • Write or Rest During Your break? Here’s a Plan!
  • Quicksilver releases new beta 57
  • Who is advising our female astronomy students?
  • [...]
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Links: Ergonomic Upgrades, Unfriending, Google, Twitter, and more…

by Kelle November 27, 2009
  • Astronomy Portraits | www.maxalexander.com
  • Establish a Permanent Toiletries Bag for Easy and Speedy Packing | Lifehacker
  • Top 10 Ergonomic Upgrades for Your Workspace | Lifehacker
  • How to Shut Off the Overly Busy Mind | academiblog
  • Unfriending: One key to a minimalist social experience | mnmlist.com
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Links: Python’s Many Uses, Daily Sabbaticals, Travel Tips, and more…

by Kelle November 6, 2009

Python in the Scientific World | Neopythonic
A More Practical Creative Sabbatical | Gina Trapani
How to choose carry on luggage | 3-Minute Vacation
I love my Eagle Creek SwitchBack 22″. I’d buy another one in a heartbeat.
The Beginner’s Guide To Minimalist Travel | Zen Habits
Handcrafted and Free Floating: The Wraparound Workspace | Lifehacker
Love how this workspace gets [...]

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