In which Doug whines

[gridlore]

Folks, I'm bored out of my skull. I really can't do that much due to the air hose and my current status as a fall risk.

So, I'm asking the locals a favor. If you're in the area, drop in and say hi. Just wandering by for five minutes would make my day brighter. If you need the address and/or phone, drop me an email at dberry49er(at)gmail(dot)com

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[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

Would if I could, but I'm about as far from local as it's possible to be.

However, as an alternative: I spend a lot of time doing fairly repetitive things in the lab (dosing critters, slicing brains, staining tissue samples, mounting tissue on slides, etc.), so I burn through a helluva lot of podcasts (unsurprisingly, mostly science-themed). You might find some distraction/entertainment in there somewhere...


Craig’s brainslicing/mounting greatest hits:

Are we Alone (http://radio.seti.org/): the SETI Institute’s science & scepticism podcast. Although it takes a particular interest in ETI-related matters, the topics covered are much wider than that. Entertainingly presented, too.

The Brain Science Podcast (http://www.brainsciencepodcast.com/): hosted by Ginger Campbell – occasionally a touch dry, but covers a wide range of neuro material in much greater depth than most. Worth digging through the archives.

Quirks & Quarks (http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/): Canada’s #1 science show.

The Pseudo Scientists (http://www.youngausskeptics.com/category/podcast/): amusingly enthusiastic irregular podcast on scepticism & atheism from the Young Australian Sceptics.

Intelligence Squared U.S. (http://www.npr.org/series/6263392/intelligence-squared-u-s): Oxford-style debating on a range of chewy topics. Some are better than others, but even the weaker ones are pretty good.

The Guardian’s Science Weekly (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science): absolutely brilliant; good and topical subject matter, very well presented. Alok Jha rocks.

The following are all from ABC (as in the Australian equivalent of the BBC) Radio National:

The Health Report (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/): hosted by Norman Swan. Completely woo-free quality journalism on everything medical.

In Conversation (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/): hosted by Robyn Williams, consisting of ~15 min interviews with scientists on a wide range of topics. Stopped production in 2009, but has many years worth of archives available online.

The Science Show (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/): Robyn William’s main gig, the oldest and best weekly science broadcast from Australia.

Ockham’s Razor (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/): short (~15 minutes) scripted talks by a wide variety of scientists, again with a massive archive.

Books......

[kath8562.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Connecticut isn't too local. However, a few suggestions, if I may.

First- Amazon.com's Kindle for PC. Lets you read kindle books without a kindle (or having to hold those heavy things...)Let me know if you're interested (or even for physical books)- you may have a gift card in your future.

Second - considered doing online surveys? There's sites that will pay you for doing them. http://www.zses.com/survey.html Has a reviewed list of sites. Hey, it might throw a few extra dollars your way.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

If you have unlimited online time, there are free mmrpgs. I've been playing on Aeria.com [in Imagine, Shaiya & the Kitsu sage] -

and I've just started play on LotRonline

[both use the 'you can buy stuff online to get different classes, more adventures and better equipment' - but the games play just fine at the 'free' levels ... because I'm pretty much too cheap to pay ^_^]

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Do you like tasteless humor? If so, this should entertain you (http://bart-calendar.livejournal.com/2038575.html). If not, don't click that.

I can feel your boredom pain. I get bored shitless stuck at home sometimes even though I can get up and move around.

Would you like me to draw you a picture? Here's some of my existing drawings: