Labs

You may have noticed our tribe has grown in November. New to our ranks: Sex, Genes & Evolution , The Curious Wavefunction and Games with Words . We grew so much in fact that we outgrew feedburner. Subscribers to the combined feed may have noticed the interruption in service. Good news, however, is the issue has been resolved and the combined feed is back up and running. I'd like to also make a stink over a new way to follow FoS -- via badge . Lastly, since I don't suppose it is necessarily obvious and I realize it requires an expertise than isn't reasonable to expect, a bit more about F ield o f R eddit. To begin, it exists in two places: http://fos.fieldofscience.com/ http://www.reddit.com/r/FoS/ The ideas behind FoR are: 1. That the so inclined readers of FoS use it as a forum. Regrettably, not enough readers just yet to property test the viability of this implementation. But, there it is nonetheless. 2. To add a little dynamic, crowd sourced content to the front pa...

The occasional series marking significant changes in the state of affairs around these here parts. What's special about now? Well, as of last weekend, Field of Science has successfully assimilated its second otherwise preexisting (read: formerly of blogspot) established science blogger. Second , you say? When was the first? Well, the FIRST (future bragging rights) to leap was Ben Allen who brought his blog PLEKTIX over to FOS back on February 25, 2009. Being the first, there was a lot that could have gone wrong--you'd think--but a month has passed and Ben is still with us. I think he might even be happy to be here. So say hello to Ben if you haven't already. And while you're over there, maybe ask him for some stocks picks. He's a natural when it comes to spotting future potential. The SECOND mad scientist to dive in is Steven Salzberg who added his blog Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience to Field of Science this past Sunday. You'll find Steven's blog...

Introducing The Large Picture Blog . Inspired by The Big Picture , the LPB is also an example of how an individual blog's unique design, theme, character, function, etc. can be incorporated into Field of Science. In addition to the wider main section to accommodate large pictures, other hacks include a label cloud (which I've placed below the header and will come into its own over time) and a » More Pictures... link which allows for a featured picture to be displayed on the main blog with a full set of pictures to be displayed when the post is selected. I also added a unique favicon which replaces the default fos question mark favicon . Another note regarding how an FOS blog could differ from a blog on blogspot is the url possibilities. lpb.blogspot.com was not available, so I created LPD at http://largepictureblog.blogspot.com/ . Clicking on that url, notice how the blogspot address automatically forwards you to the lpb.fieldofscience .com address (this is what happens whe...

The first in a series of posts that will chronicle the development of Field of Science. SITEMAP: General: Home Page , Forum Blog Count (2): Microarray Macrodisarray , Labs Further explanation: Field of Science is evolving. From the number of blogs and their individual designs, to the various features and tools, to the overall look, functionality and organization, nothing is off limits, and everything is subject to review, revision, upgrade, downgrade, revamp, retirement, etc. For that reason, big redesigns won't be announced, undertaken, tested and unveiled on some arbitrary basis. Instead, Field of Science will be nimble, flexible, attuned to the constantly changing internet, the changing needs, wants and desires of its community and the demands of its own growth. Field of Science will mix a deliberate, thoughtful, realistic approach with a healthy perspective that's not afraid to change, to experiment, to fail... p.s. If you're curious about how to get those website t...