Vanity press

"Look, matey, I know a dead publishing industry when I see it, and I'm looking at one right now. It's not pinin'! It's passed on! This industry is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! Its metabolic processes are now 'istory! It's off the twig! It's kicked the bucket, it's shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PUBLISHING INDUSTRY!!"

No, it's not dead yet. It's lobbying its lit'le heart out, though.

IMHO, it's time to switch the machine off and embrace the future. The future as proposed here in 1999 (h/t Drugmonkey).

Or, failing that, I'm publishing my work through Cafe Press. Cheaper and far more efficient than any of the science journals out there, plus you can get T-shirts printed with your best figures.

Just in time for Christmas:

88mm Productions',  Game of the Year

*That's supposed to be me in the robe on the left with the lighningy stick thingy.

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Video gamers make better scientists. It's been provedified by science.

Now, I know most of us would probably rather play Portal 2 for science... or M&B: Warband... or Sensible World of Soccer 1996/97... but the jury is still out on whether these sorts of joystick-jarring shenanigans will stimulate serious progress in battling disease.

Until further evidence presents itself, we should flex our gaming thumbs and try a load of this: Foldit

The Thing

The above Golden Retriever was rescued from a top secret Arctic research facility where scientists were attempting to genetically combine alien and canine DNA. More pictures of these poor animals can be found here.

The horror.

New study reveals apes more savvy with tools than previously thought...

122 min, and the fat man clearing his throat on the sidelines...