For me, there is one primary reason that I prefer the PDF versions of scientific documents:
PDFs have less clutter
They certainly don’t have to, but since publishers apply the standards of print design to the design of their publications, there is more efficiency in the PDF format.
via Why do scientists tend to prefer PDF documents over HTML when reading scientific journals? – Quora.
I’ve been a happy Google customer product for a long time, because Google tools used to enhance the Internet. But as Google ships “the Google part” of its new Google+ identity, it’s breaking the Web it once helped build.
A second part of the perception that peer review is a lottery stems from the disconnect between the needs of authors and the needs of journals. Authors need to publish their work in the highest impact journal possible, which, taken to the extreme, means that their paper should be the worst published by that journal that year. If it’s not the worst, then it’s possible it might have been accepted somewhere else even more prestigious.
The group of students – all of whom will be graduating this December with masters’ degrees in journalism and advanced certificates in science, health and environmental reporting – built the app during their free time over the summer.
via NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute Launches “Scienceline” iPad App.
10 steps to better blogging – SplatF.
It’s not a typical “top 10″ list like you get all the time on the blogging how-to sites. Quality advice from a quality writer.
CrossTech: Turning DOIs into formatted citations.
This is really nice. ACS and Angewante Chemie-style formatting is also supported.
Try it out with the web form at http://citation.crrd.dyndns.org/.
Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Natural History – NYTimes.com.
For the next three years, the museum let him roam its corridors and workshops, allowing him to capture a backstage view of a highly orchestrated production. The result of his snooping, “Skeletons in the Closet,” appeared at the Delhi Photo Festival in October.
inessential.com: The Readable Future.
The ability to read uncluttered web pages is going mainstream.
Twitterati flocks to researchers posts | The Australian.
Simon Chapman (@SimonChapman6) has embraced Twitter as a way of disseminating his public health research.
What’s the point of research if no one reads it? So it’s sensible to do what you can to let people know about it.
He says he doesn’t just wait for people to find his research with Google, he tells them about it.
If your WordPress install tosses up a HTTP Error 500 Internal server error, there’s a good chance your .htaccess file is corrupted.
The only way to fix is to FTP into your server and delete or fix. Depending on your host and level of comfort, you can FTP straight in or use the browser-based FTP client many hosting platforms provide.
In your FTP client, rename the .htaccess in the root direrctory to something like .htaccess_old, and try reloading the site. If it was a corrupt .htaccess, it should load.
Log into the WordPress dashboard, and go to Settings… Permalinks. Click Save, and WordPress will generate a new .htaccess file for you. If you’ve done a lot of .htaccess customization, then copy and paste bits back in to see what broke it before.
If renaming the .htaccess file doesn’t fix your site, I’m afraid you’ll have to keep looking. Many plugins have .htaccess files in their own directories– you could try going through and renaming all of those too until you find the problem. Good luck!