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SwarmSketch: "Collective sketching of the collective consciousness"

Basically, site visitors get to make an addition to the sketch of the week (and to vote on others' additions), whose theme is chosen to be a currently-popular search term.

Pop Goes the Science Song

...when he feels like livening up his biology classes, University of Washington lecturer Greg Crowther bursts into song to the melody of "Sugar Sugar," the bubble-gum '60s tune.

And others, including such gems as "Take me to the Liver" and "The Phantom of the Copper Coil". MP3s available for some. I haven't listened to them myself, so I have no idea if Crowther can even sing.

some recent UCI-related posts friends-locked

On the unfortunately cogent advice of a friend, I've caused some of my recent UCI-related posts to become friends-locked, and any further posts on the subject may also be so. If you are a friend of mine (but not in the LJ sense) and want to know what I'm talking about, email me and ask, and I'll give you the scoop.