October 5, 2008
Yesterday, I updated Curving Normality’s theme. I think the site now has a more ‘open’ and easy to read layout. The update also incorporated some technical improvements ‘behind the screens’.
I’m nowhere near finished, but I think it is already looking good. I would love to receive some feedback from regular readers. What do you think: is this going in the right direction, or was the previous layout of Curving Normality better?
October 2, 2008
Can blogs help scientific research? Probably, but I’m sure to have found one that helps me in my own research. The research I’m currently working on is on attitudes towards induced abortion, and especially the polarisation of these attitudes in America.
The body of literature on this subject is vast and has interesting titles as ‘Culture Wars’, and ‘Before the Shooting Begins’. The Culture Wars hypothesis, proffered by Hunter, basically states that Americans’ attitudes have increasingly been formed by two diverging fundaments. One important aspect of the Culture Wars is the (strong) impact of religious doctrine on many Americans’ life.
To get a good feeling of what is going on in these ‘Culture Wars’, I try to read more than just academic literature. Besides newspapers and, of course, what the U.S. Presidential candidates state about abortion, I recently discovered a blog named ‘Dispatches from the Culture Wars’.
September 11, 2008
My blog seems to be gaining momentum: recently I was interviewed by the university newspaper (‘Vox’) about my blog. The main article has not yet been published, but they already wrote a short piece about my blog on their website (‘Voxlog‘). It is in Dutch, but for those able to read it, I think it is a nice article.
June 25, 2008
Scoutle is a new take at social networking for bloggers. But, the cool aspect of it is that as a blogger I don’t have to do much while still attracting new visitors to my blog. It reminds me of an old (socio)logical described by Thomas Schelling. Read more for an explanation …
June 13, 2008
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