I tend to oscillate between two types of blogging: 1) writing an entry that has little to do with what might be happening this day and is therefore not terribly topical and 2) passing along news stories and tidbits I find interesting. I've started to use SharpReader, a RSS aggregator to help gather news for me. I'm also able to quickly piece together the items I gather to form an entry. This mode is definitely of type #2. Some tidbits I found today:<\/p>\n

Harvard Medical School is setting up a new department, the school's first in two decades, devoted to the emerging field of systems biology. [New York Times: Education]<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Canada is a country where compromise, consensus and civility are the most cherished political values. [New York Times: International]<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In taking the helm of the Emmy-winning show, John Wells has the task of making the series more politically relevant. [New York Times: Arts]<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inpsired by Quicksilver<\/a>, his giant doorstop of a new novel, Neal Stephenson has put up a wiki where his readers can collaboratively annotate the ideas in the book:
\n[Boing Boing Blog]<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Monster miscreant database now in state hands [The Register]<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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