Thanks guys!
I had enough people vote for Squishy Cow to make it to the semi-finals of the Quarks .
The other Nature Network blog that made this round is The Primate Diaries , and NN-er Christie got in twice with Observations of a Nerd . I’d like to think that it’s because we’re awesome, but in reality this was a popularity contest and a matter of who remembered to ask their readers to vote.
We’re in the judging round now, so it’s no longer a matter of who can best convince their friends to click on a voting form. Good thing too, because I don’t think I can pull this off again! I love my friends, but their online attention spans are very short. That’s not offensive – it’s kind of admirable how they manage to stay away fr— Ooooh, a shiny website!!
[Two hours of web-surfing later]
Anyway, despite my qualms about things for which you need many friends (of the web-clicking kind), and how unfair they are (the popularity contest, not the friends), I do really like the variety in the final set of semi-finalists. There are submissions from almost every field, and a couple of more general science ones. Some are very serious, some are funny. It’s too bad the list isn’t linked, because (Update – it’s linked now!) this is a cool set of posts to read, I think. The next round is announced later this week, but I’m happy just to be in that company.
Update: I didn’t make it to the finals, but Christie and Eric did! Congratulations!
Well done Eva. Drinks are on you in August.
w00t! Well done to both Squishy Cow and yourself.
I really shouldn’t take “Drinks are on you in August” literally, should I? I’ve made that mistake in the past.
Bob, I am planning on going to the Science Online conference in August, and Richard owes me about 50 beers I think, so I’ll just cash in on that and hand those out and that will be “beers on me” =D
Eva – I would say congratulations, but then I’d feel compelled to admit that I didn’t vote. I got dis… ooh, look at this!
Huh? How did that happen?
What?
Congrats Eva!
And you’re right about Richard owing your 50 beers. I’m a witness. I saw the whole thing.
OK, fair cop.
They’ll be recycled beers though.
I was not aware of the voting process… sorry! Anyway, I’m SO glad the Squishy Cow is walking her way to fame with you. Wish you the best! ;-)
right… there is a conference in August… Would this be in Europe again?!
And Eva, congratse! I loooooove the squishy cows!! :)
Hooray for squishy cow!
Update: I didn’t make it to the finals, but Christie and Eric did! Congratulations!