Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an annual celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It is also, I am reliably informed, Cake Decorating Day. No room, then, for sentimentality, but I must note that today is also the 7th anniversary of this website.
As we reported in 2006, Typhoon Xangsane had damaged the National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory in the Philippines, but left IRRI’s genebank unscathed.
Seven years on, genebanks are still at risk, although there are also safety duplicates in the frozen wastes. And we’re still trying to keep up with agricultural biodiversity in all its many manifestations.
A few things have changed, too. Behind the scenes, we’ve had our ups and downs with our web host, who unilaterally terminated what we thought was a lifetime contract. And, as you might expect, we’ve both moved on in one sense or another from where we were back in 2006.
Let me, though, ask one favour of you, dear reader: is there anything you either like or dislike, that you would like to see more or less of? Leave a comment. We can’t promise, but we can try.
And thanks for reading.
Congratulations! This site is an incredible resource. Please keep doing it as you are doing it: with deep intelligence, snarky humour and a good dose of skepticism.
To many more years!
I second that – keep up the good work.
Deeply appreciate the information you all provide, the sense of humor, and the passion.
I LOVE what you are doing! What an amazing resource to have so much pulled together and your wonderful commentaries on it all.. And to get the occasional comments from other readers, of whom there are many, and whom are the jewels our scattered around the world as deeply interested in agrobiodiversity as I am.. What a great link for the community of the agrobiophiles of the world…
This blog is the reference I struggle to match in my own everyday work. The quality of the language, the pertinence of the resources shared – nibbles and brainfood – the site’s layout, the comments and the insightful, well-documented and erudite posts. And much more: the humour, timeliness, friendliness, etc.
What I like less: the ‘Networked Blogs’ app. When used, it follows me on the pages I go to, changing the visited sites’ url.
Well done guys! Keep up the good work.
Keeps me coming back for more. Rock on!!