This post is mostly a note to myself so that I remember how to do this next time I upgrade or reinstall my system. But, perhaps it will be o...

The latest release of OpenOffice.org (version 3.2) just came out. I've been using release candidate 4 for the last week or so, and lov...

October 19 - October 23 is designated Open Access Week , in order to raise awareness of open access publication and scholarship. So, I'...

A few months ago, I decided that I needed a computer to take into the field. My primary laptop, a two-year old Dell Latitude DE1505 (which ...

Wow! The past few days have been a real whirlwind. As mentioned in my last post , our long-awaited paper (well, long-awaited by my co-author...

I hear from a reliable source that your Digital Methods in Paleontology course has this blog listed as a recommended website for some suppl...

I've detailed, R , that wonderful piece of statistical software in a previous post , but an article in today's NY Times gives some ...

Randy Irmis just passed on what looks like a very useful, feature-rich, open source GIS application - MapWindow GIS . Because the center of ...

Every once in a great while, a program comes along that completely changes the way you do things. For me, this program was 3D Slicer . I rem...

My university has done a wonderful thing, in accepting only PDF files for deposition of a thesis or dissertation with the graduate school. ...