Monday, December 9, 2013
Long way to learn how to use internet
I finally discovered how to connect my blog to my google+ account, thanks to +Felipe Pait , who showed me this was possible.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Two useful services
Recently I got in touch with two online services which I find most useful.
The first is the ResearcrhGate : at first sight a social network of scientists, is much more than that. It is a draft article repository and a place to post and answer technical questions which are visible worldwide. I guess it will change the way we do science, but maybe I'm exaggerating.
The second service is SciRev : have you ever had an unpleasant experience with a magazine? A manuscript which took too much to review, a badly written reviewer report? Some manuscript which was unfairly rejected? The place to post you complain is scirev. You may also access the service to see the stats of a particular magazine.
So, have fun!
The first is the ResearcrhGate : at first sight a social network of scientists, is much more than that. It is a draft article repository and a place to post and answer technical questions which are visible worldwide. I guess it will change the way we do science, but maybe I'm exaggerating.
The second service is SciRev : have you ever had an unpleasant experience with a magazine? A manuscript which took too much to review, a badly written reviewer report? Some manuscript which was unfairly rejected? The place to post you complain is scirev. You may also access the service to see the stats of a particular magazine.
So, have fun!
Reinaugurating the blog
I was so busy in the last few years and left this blog unnattended. Now that my administrative duties diminished, I want to start posting again. It was never my intention to be the sole contributor. If you wish to post science and technology related topics here, please contact me. Depending on the case I may give you posting privileges. The only rule I wish to maintain is thst the posts and comment must be in english.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Posts and Comments on this blog
I have been receiving lots of anonymous comments on one particular post. I may be wrong, but these comments seem to be computer generated. I decided, therefore, to forbid anonymous comments, sorry for the trouble.
Anyway, I want to state that this blog is maintained by me, but it is not private. If you are interested in posting here, please contact me, telling something about your ideas.
Anyway, I want to state that this blog is maintained by me, but it is not private. If you are interested in posting here, please contact me, telling something about your ideas.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
CALPHAD XXXVII - Fifth day June 19th 2008
The first days of CALPHAD were occupied (besides watching the technical sections, of course) with explorations of the environment at Saariselkä. Some of us went to the Urho Kekkonen nature Park, which starts just about 1Km from the hotel. The participants in this adventure are the three musketiers: André, Karin and José as the photo proves (Dartagnan here takes the picture).
The start of the trail is deceiving. What seemed to be a rather boring ladscape turned out to be a nice example of Scandinavian nature. We had even disturbed some locals, as these photos prove (including a rather daring activity by André).
After that we proved that God is Computational thermodynamicist, since the only days with sunshine in the whole time were the days (or, better said, night) of the Midnight sun party and the excursion day in Tankavaara. The first photo shows our special guest (i.e. the sun) shining at midnight in the Ka
unispää mountain, the second photo show our fellow calphadians searching for the samples of their next assessment. Next comes the banquet and the departure from Saariselkä.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
CALPHAD XXXVII - Third day June 17th 2008
So much for the daily basis, but at least now I have learned how to download my photos to the computer using the memory card directly. Most of us arrived at Helsinki on saturday, 14th. The first CALPHAD "meeting" then took place at Helsinki´s airport on sunday morning, waiting for the only flight to Ivalo. Some photos from the happening:
We arrived at Ivalo at lunch time and went to the hotel, transported by a sympathetic bus driver with excellent english skills (he received a compliment by John Cahn!). The rest of sunday was spent at looking for a place to lunch (the hotel restaurant, were I first tasted Renndeer meat) and visiting the "big" city of Saariselkä. We found what is important for a CALPHAD meeting, how the photos below proove:
Some of the highlights of the first day were:
- Tetsuo Mohri´s talk on CVM
- B. J. Lee´s talk on grain boundary energies
- John Agren´s talk on irreversible thermodynamics
We arrived at Ivalo at lunch time and went to the hotel, transported by a sympathetic bus driver with excellent english skills (he received a compliment by John Cahn!). The rest of sunday was spent at looking for a place to lunch (the hotel restaurant, were I first tasted Renndeer meat) and visiting the "big" city of Saariselkä. We found what is important for a CALPHAD meeting, how the photos below proove:
Some of the highlights of the first day were:
- Tetsuo Mohri´s talk on CVM
- B. J. Lee´s talk on grain boundary energies
- John Agren´s talk on irreversible thermodynamics
Monday, June 16, 2008
CALPHAD XXXVII - First day June 15th 2008
It was a long period of silence, but I am returning back with my regular posts. I hope to contribute in a daily basis while I am attending the CALPHAD XXXVII conference, which takes place this time in Saariselkä/ Finland. For now I have to report the arrival of all people in the very strange place, where the sun never goes down (at this time of the year). Next I will post more informations and some photos, stay tuned.
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