Sep 1, 2007
Most of us don’t really want to spend 24/7/365 online, occasionally there are times when we need to go, ahem, offline and find a peaceful place to read. Until they come up with a truly portable device that’s as easy to read as a print magazine, print magazines will under certain, ahem, circumstances be what we need.
That said, the chosen reading material can be about online matters, so …
Jul 28, 2007
Acronyms and abbreviations have always been a hobby horse of mine. Too many publications use them almost randomly without bothering to define. I suspect I’ve been guilty of that on occasion, but I try not to slip up. I was reading a PhD thesis the other day that had so many acronyms and abbreviations without definition that I felt like failing the candidate there and then. Of course, I didn’t, it wasn’t my call.
If you’re …
Jul 7, 2007
Last week’s post about the free science magazines you can get through Sciencebase generated a lot of interest with more than 20,000 of you having checked out the dozens of publications available to qualified professionals since July 1.
Of course, each successful subscription you signup for passed on a little sustenance for Sciencebase proper during the working week. So if you’re in the biotech, pharma, or chemistry fields, …
Jun 30, 2007
Well, it’s the weekend again and the last thing anyone should be doing is sitting in front of their computer, but, hey, you don’t always have a choice, right? You have to keep up with all that reading, just to stay ahead of your game. Well, there is an alternative, and it’s right here under your nose on Sciencebase. It’s called extra silico visualated textual assimilation, or “reading” to you and me.
It often involves the …
Jun 2, 2007
Who hasn’t worried about stretching that grant funding to cover the cost of attending a conference or symposium? Well, as regular Sciencebase readers may have spotted we are trying to provide you with discount coupons to help lighten the financial load down every avenue, whether that is buying a new computer, sending flowers to your tutor, or booking a flight or hotel accommodation for that must-go conference. And, if you use those coupons, you …
May 26, 2007
There is more to life than science, which is why we are happy to flaunt our coupons section on a Saturday to help readers with their online shopping. Sciencebase regular content and features are indirectly supported by visitors who use the coupons, so please digg in.
There are coupons from pretty much every major outlet on the web, you can get a discount on inkjet supplies, a perennial favourite given the cost of cartridges …
May 19, 2007
Last week, we pointed you to a selection of discounts on notebooks and PCs available through our online coupons section, which, by the way, helps support the regular weekday Sciencebase posts and content. This week, I was looking for a couple of techy books on Amazon, when it occurred to me I should do myself a favour and check whether there was a coupon or offer available. It seems the Amazon coupon deals …
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