misc.ience

Incredible image of earthquakes since 1898

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 04, 2012

Following last night’s 50 second shaker here in New Zealand (magnitude 7, but luckily nice and deep), I figured this image was appropriate. New Zealand’s in there, but mostly covered by the nicely thick green line going straight through it. You can see Northland and a teensy bit of the bottom of the [...] … Read More

Why I’ve gone so quiet: the Mongol Rally 2012

Aimee Whitcroft • Jun 24, 2012

Hello, dear readers :) I just wanted to explain why I’ve been so quiet as of recent, and why I’ll likely be pretty quiet for the next couple of months. In short: I’m doing the Mongol Rally (with mad Canuckistani Dane Foster). We’re leaving Wellington on July 10th, and beginning our epic trip from the [...] … Read More

Introducing a new blog: kidney punch

Aimee Whitcroft • May 04, 2012

Sciblogs has a new blog, huzzah! We’re very luck indeed to be syndicating the blog ($100 Dialysis) of University of Otago’s Dr John Pickering (aka kiwiski, for those of you who know him as that), under the blog title kidney punch. As John says in his ‘About’ section: Of the writing of blogs there is no … Read More

A toolkit for organisations and social media

Aimee Whitcroft • May 01, 2012

…Well, a little bit. Certainly, this post is for those of you who know organisations which are looking at social media and considering whether to get involved or not. Now, before a number of you cough and splutter, dear readers, it’s worth noting that many organisations are, really, honestly, I absolutely promise, still pondering this [...] … Read More

Herd thinking, meet herd immunity

Aimee Whitcroft • May 01, 2012

A fantastic cartoon, courtesy of Scientific American and by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham, explains herd immunity (and highlights the problem with herd thinking). Cheers to Explore, where I found this! … Read More

DeSForM — The most inspiring thing I’ve seen in years

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 24, 2012

I am a very lucky girl.Â Last week, I managed to drag myself from my Lair of Sickness to attend the now-annual 2012 DeSForM (Design Semantics of Form and Meaning) conference. And what a treat it was, if nothing else remining me of how much I’d like to retrain in this space some day(a dream [...] … Read More

nerd nite 10: Of the Strange, the Alien and the Device

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 20, 2012

Well, I know have a full linup and details for nerd nite Wellington #10, which is happening this Monday, 23rd April, from 6pm at Hotel Bristol. Details are already available on the nerd nite Wellington website, Facebook page etc, but I figured I’d share them here, too :) Iâ€™ve changed the format a little and [...] … Read More

So you think science is hogwash?

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 05, 2012

I think this piece almost perfectly sums up why I struggle not to become Quiet and Sarcastic* with anti-science people. You stare into your high definition plasma screen monitor, type into your cordless keyboard then hit enter which causes your computer to convert all that visual data into a binary signal that’s processed by [...] … Read More

nerd nite Wellington 10, featuring Mars, quantum mechanics and Mad Makers

Aimee Whitcroft • Apr 03, 2012

This month’s edition of nerd nite Wellington looks to be a cracker. Or, possibly, a corker. Â To celebrate the 10th edition,we’ve got people talking about making mad gadgets (and noises with them), KiwiMars and quantum mechanics. April 23rd, from 6pm. And two of them are Scibloggers!Â Elf Eldridge and Roger Hanson, to be [...] … Read More

Competition(ish): it’s not computer magic, it’s computer science

Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 22, 2012

A phrase oft-uttered, in anything from a restrained growl to an infuriated scream, by my partner. Who works with those strange computery things, and the networks connecting them, every day. A phrase he uttered once again today, while we were chatting through another of our favourite phrases ‘science, bitches!’* Which led us to a wonderful [...] … Read More

About misc.ience

Mis.cience was the blog of Aimee Whitcroft. We've archived her posts here for your reading pleasure.

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