Quote Pages
24/05/07 16:30 Filed in: Meta-blog
I'm going to try and keep a collection of quotes on this site as well. They will mostly be fun, interesting science related quotes. Or odd things that different scientists have said.
I've always tried to track down the actual source and context of quotes like these when I hear them. I'll usually include mention of the original source if at all possible or, at least, give an "attributed" comment if I'm unable to find anything reliable.
The best method I've figured out thus far is to keep the quotes as a "blog" with entries categorized by name. For now it will work pretty well (and I'm hoping the 'export' option may be able to rescue me in the future if I need to alter things). I'm a little concerned that if I get a large number of different quotes that it will become a little unwieldy. But for now my biggest complaint is that I can't remove the date/timestamp from the post.
I also added a "Science Anecdotes" category to my own blog. I'll start it off (probably) with a short story about Erwin Madelung and Albert Einstein. But hopefully some other anecdotes will make it in. Some from famous people, some apocryphal, some personal, and some in between. I've always admired Feynman's stories and while I'm certainly not him, I've got a fair number of fun ones to share. Just ask about the freezer at Berkeley lab, the exploits of the "Science Monkey," the varied uses of the field issue of the Sky Atlas 2000, and so on...
I've always tried to track down the actual source and context of quotes like these when I hear them. I'll usually include mention of the original source if at all possible or, at least, give an "attributed" comment if I'm unable to find anything reliable.
The best method I've figured out thus far is to keep the quotes as a "blog" with entries categorized by name. For now it will work pretty well (and I'm hoping the 'export' option may be able to rescue me in the future if I need to alter things). I'm a little concerned that if I get a large number of different quotes that it will become a little unwieldy. But for now my biggest complaint is that I can't remove the date/timestamp from the post.
I also added a "Science Anecdotes" category to my own blog. I'll start it off (probably) with a short story about Erwin Madelung and Albert Einstein. But hopefully some other anecdotes will make it in. Some from famous people, some apocryphal, some personal, and some in between. I've always admired Feynman's stories and while I'm certainly not him, I've got a fair number of fun ones to share. Just ask about the freezer at Berkeley lab, the exploits of the "Science Monkey," the varied uses of the field issue of the Sky Atlas 2000, and so on...