Year: 2004

  • Twitching

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    Remember that thing I said about coping pretty well with no PC gaming? That it’s not an addiction? Well forget it. I’m starting to get really fucking jittery now. Next week it will be a month since my gaming rig blew, and my new components (OK, some of them are a *little* esoteric) still haven’t…

  • More Press

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    The ARC (the funding body paying for a current research project of mine) just phoned to ask if I’d be in their monthly magazine. Sheesh. When it rains it pours. All this publicity might go to my head! Or not.

  • Sod

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    People scoff when I claim that you can measure the law of Sod. Yesterday morning I was running (well, cycling) late to catch my train (Jack was up early). With the foreknowledge of Sod’s Law I predicted that the busy dual-carriageway that I have to cross every morning would be particularly busy because of my…

  • Lazy or Busy?

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    I’ve been a lazy blogger of late. Frankly, I’ve been far too busy to write anything of interest (as if I ever do), & at least you got some moblogged photos. The medicine course is in its second week now, & while my prediction that bullshit levels would drop off was correct, so also was…

  • The Last Train Home?

    Not really – just listening to the Lost Prophets…..

  • Skulls

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    I’d not seen these before – they live in the biological sciences building opposite me. They have a great collection of skulls, bones, and so on. The skulls of a hippopotamus and and Indian elephant.

  • Spinach Power

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    A new technology has hit some headlines. It’s hinting at using a spinach protein to convert energy from sunlight into energy for your mobile device. Read more here. A green phone, in more ways than one?

  • Sea Monster

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    Sea monster?