Comments on: Critical Acclaim

By: Amy Proal

Amy Proal — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:47:05 +0000

You have a fantastic blog. Somebody complained that your posts are
too diverse and I think they are nuts!

I also have a science blog
called Bacteriality.

Amy

By: Andrew Sun

Andrew Sun — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:08:35 +0000

It seems that I’m late for comment on this post…
Yes, David, I do complain about the diverse topics of your blog! Haha!
But I believe it’s a good news that people complain something about your blog. When they first read your blog they knew very well that you write for yourself because this is only a blog, so they wouldn’t demand for more than this. However, your blog is so far much better, much more informative than a personal blog that gradually the readers regard the blog as their favorite, and started to demand for more…

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:10:23 +0000

Yes, Rich, as the man said, there’s only one thing worse than being talked about…and that’s not being talked about…

By: Rich Apodaca

Rich Apodaca — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:07:43 +0000

Google has pretty much made the term ‘off-topic’ obsolete. Like science itself, nothing is ever completely useless. And feed aggregators make it easy to skip over things not immediately interesting (maybe too easy), making catchy but accurate titles more important than ever before.

I would only worry if readers _stop_ writing in to complain ;-).

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:21:44 +0000

Indeed. Family motto – Nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi

Quite apt for a tough old chemist, don’t you think, given that carborundum is the abrasive and gritty material silicon carbide?

By: Hsien Lei

Hsien Lei — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:08:49 +0000

Of course they’re out to get us! But we’re not going to let the bastards get us down, are we?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:59:36 +0000

That’s good to know Hsien…I guess not being paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you either…

By: Hsien Lei

Hsien Lei — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:20:55 +0000

You do a great job with Sciencebase, David. Don’t let people get you down. Not too long ago Scott Adams of Dilbert fame wrote that if you don’t have some people who hate your guts, you’ll never succeed. Welcome to success! :)

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:00:35 +0000

Okay, I didn't need to resort to Yahoo Pipes at all, at least not to demonstrate an OPML file. I exported my subscriptions from Thunderbird and then edited down the OPML with the creatively named and free OPML Editor It's definitely not complete. I then uploaded it to the Sciencebase server here. This is a very limited list, but hopefully there are a few feeds of interest. Right-click and save this OPML file and open/import into your favourite newsreader to access a selection of my current feeds. db

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:19:11 +0000

Thanks for the vote of confidence Mitch.

Adam, it’s worth checking out Mitch’s Chemical Forums, well stocked and up to date, with ton(ne)s of information and links and stuff…