I’m starting a new series, the NZ Journal Hall of Shame. This is to highlight NZ academic journals the a haven’t either thought of the option of Open Access, or…
Category: moral mumbles
I wrote last about the problem of getting false positive plagiarism results when submitting articles – where students have articles rejected because they match their theses. That all worked out…
Dear Anton Findlay Angelo, Are you the author of work entitled « Who visits academic institutional repositories and why? »? It was apparently written at the Victoria University of Wellington…
As usual, I’m reading about 5 books concurrently. One good book leads to another, and the chain that started this one has had quite an effect on me, leading to…
I don’t like stealing stuff. I remember with heated embarrassment, even now, flogging the milk money on the way to school when I was six. I’m sure even then I…
Last night, about 3am, I heard screaming. It was prolonged screaming from a woman I could hear over the noisy wind. I dd what you have to do in a…
Every fire needs a spark. The images of change starting by small actions, small vigorous actions, are legions. The latest adbusters.com campaign, kick it over is exactly one of these.…
Werewolf.co.nz is a spin off from the excellent, if hard to navigate, scoop.co.nz. It’s really based around one of NZ’s finest reporters, Gordon Campbell – someone I’ve held in respect…
I’m writing a book review as an assignment for clas on Nikola Rose’s “The Politics of Life Itself”. It talks about the politics and ethics of new biomedical technology, and…
20% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, or are not sure about his religion. the wonderful On The Media look at the persistence of mis-information – and the effect…