PLOS Biology
Finally! If you've ever tried to find journal articles on the net, you've realized fairly quickly that unless you have thousands of dollars to spare, or belong to some institution that can afford a subscription, you're SOL. Well, a group of scientist are kinda sick of the journals dictating how science information can be disseminated - sick of the control over research that journals have - and they've created the Public Library of Science Biology (and will soon launch PLOS Medicine). Cool! Articles are available free of charge and in online or PDF formats. Information overload here I come!
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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