Sunday, November 27, 2005

blogging "underlife"

If you read this blog without posting comments, please post here. Self-identification is unnecessary: this is a pure mouse count (an anonymous "me" is fine).

Rationale: this is a 48-hour pilot experiment for the methods section of my dissertation project prospectus: if I can't prompt lurkers to anonymously self-identify, then I need to emphasize observational rather than interview data.

Hilary>dissertation project>methods>averting potential problems.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't like being called a lurker so I am going to share some molecular biology terms with you.

homoplasy: Identical character states (for example, the same nucleotide base in a DNA sequence) that are not the result of common ancestry (not homologous), but that arose independently in different ancestors by convergent mutations.

alright... here somes another one.

horizontal gene transfer (HGT): The transfer of genetic material between the genomes of two organisms, which usually belong to different species, that does not occur through parent-progeny routes.

It's pretty diffficult to gather data relevant enough for a thesis within a 48 hour block of time. It sounds interesting... somehow.

Anonymous said...

Ok I admit it. I have been lurking. I can not recall how I linked here in the first place but I have since added bookmarks and end up here at lest once a week....

Anonymous said...

I used to lurk, and then (...) and then i delurked.

Anonymous said...

...and now I linger

Anonymous said...

Mouse count me in for one. Its such a shame that I cannot lurk without qualifying myself.

Anonymous said...

Mouse count me in for a 2nd time. I dont vist EVERY DAY, but a couple of times a week. Or so.

Anonymous said...

hey - do you want people to comment every time they look at your blog, or just identify the fact that they have, or do on occasion?

Hilary said...

No, just identify the fact that they have--not every time they look--but I do appreciate the second post from anonymous. :>