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Copy editing is lacking even for good journals
虞左俊 2010-7-14 09:39
I like Progress in Oceanography , as you can tell from my earlier Blog: Introducing Progress in Oceanography (IF: 3.582) . I noticed some progress, such as the Just-in-time de ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3005 次阅读|没有评论
Introducing "Progress in Oceanography" (IF: 3.582)
虞左俊 2010-7-14 05:07
My first English paper was published in Progress in Oceanography in 1992, as a co-author. My adviser chose the journal because: 1) our paper was long, and 2) there was no page charge. I still remember the calls from England, with strong British accent: Miss. Y(o)u? And pages ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3929 次阅读|1 个评论
Tie Guanyin Tea ("Iron Goddess")
虞左俊 2010-7-13 06:09
I was at a Tenfu teashop in Qingdao, and tasted some inexpensive product of Tie Guanyin Tea (Iron Goddess). I liked it enough to bring some samplers back for my colleagues and friends in Hawaii. One colleague was serious enough about tea and asked me how it sho ...
个人分类: Tea Time/Coffee Break|3545 次阅读|没有评论
US can learn a lot from Japan (1): Public transportation and more
虞左俊 2010-7-12 08:45
Japan always impresses me, a short-term visitor. We know that Japan is small, compared to US or China. Space is clearly an issue. Many Japanese use public transportation routinely. When my girlfriend came to the Narita Airport to pick me up many years ago, I immediately noticed how empty the ex ...
个人分类: Thoughts of Mine|3150 次阅读|1 个评论
Gulf seafood tested so far is safe to eat, OR IS IT?
虞左俊 2010-7-12 08:08
According to NOAA, the seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is still safe to eat, where the oil spill has been ongoing since April 20, 2010. The news link is at NOAA: Gulf seafood tested so far is safe to eat It says: NOAA and the Food and Drug Administration began catching seafoo ...
个人分类: Thoughts of Mine|3031 次阅读|1 个评论
Bloody fresh fish
虞左俊 2010-7-11 16:51
I like to eat fish, but I hate to clean fish. To look back at my childhood, cleaning fish in winter would top my most-hated-things to do. After not cooking for three weeks due to travel, I decided to grill some salted fish. The akule at downtown Costco looked like th ...
个人分类: Simple Cooking|5250 次阅读|1 个评论

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