Year: 2004

  • ICRS day 3

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    Oh man, you’ll never believe this. The work I had submitted to the ICRS meeting was shortlisted for the Award for Excellence in Cartilage Research (or some such title). I was sitting through the awards ceremony, waiting to finish and go back to the hotel, and up came a slide with the 5 contenders for…

  • Beers last night

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    I went out with Charlie and the gang last night for a few beers and some food. As ever on a night out with Charlie (particularly at a conference) it was a very funny evening. Bags of fun and loads of laughs.

  • ICRS day 2

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    PCs in the conference centre. Tony! Belgian cafe… with Belgian waffles! (And great coffee). Apple shop. Graffiti. One of the rivers in the evening.

  • ICRS day 1

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    My talk went very well. Piece of cake! Kirsty and Jack! Sam’s Belgian tea shop. More talks.

  • Gent, Belgium

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    We travelled to Gent today, by car, by plane and by train. Nice place, crap hotel. Conference starts tomorrow, and it looks like a busy 2 and a half days.

  • Charlie’s Angels

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    Sam
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    I had a meeting at Cardiff University today so I popped in to see the girls I used to work with and to get them to check out my talk.

  • ICRS 2004

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    Sam
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    I’ve almost kind of finished writing my talk for the ICRS meeting this week. Well, I’ve put the slides together. Do you want to see my presentation?

  • ICRS 2004

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    Sam
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    This is the conference that I will be speaking at on Thursday: http://www.icrs2004.org/ I will be in Belgium from Wednesday to Sunday, with Kim and Jack.

  • Deck Weekend

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    Sam
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    What a superb weekend! Sunny AND productive. I had laid the mortar I needed on Wednesday and Thursday evenings last week, and laid out the outer joists for my new garden deck on the Thursday evening. My mum came to visit on the Friday, bringing with her a bench saw borrowed from a friend in…

  • Deck done

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    Sam
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    Deck’s finished. Too tired to blog.