Year: 2006

  • Henry’s Pub

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    We avoided Henry’s Pub initially because it sounded too English. Last night it was swinging (no, really it was: they had a swing and oldie rock band playing called Tommy Price and the Stilettos) and the locals obviously love the weekly swing night because the dancing was superb, with boys swinging their girls all around…

  • Busy Day in California

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    Of course the ICRS is going on in San Diego, but also today Steve Jobs kicked off the Macworld Conference in San Francisco with a whole bunch of new toys for us to go out and buy. I won’t ramble on about it – you’ll be able to find a ton of info at www.apple.com…

  • ICRS 2006

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    Cartilage. What interesting problems it poses… A long day today, with the occasional interesting presentation or poster. It’s very clinically oriented, but becomes more sciencey by Wednesday. It’s already been fairly stimulating though.

  • ICRS Registration

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    We just registered for the ICRS meeting, and picked up the pack of bumf. There’s a letter in here from the Governor of the State of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, greeting us to the Golden State, and applauding us for getting together to promote the development of blah blah blah. That’s excellent – I love that.…

  • San Diego SeaWorld

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    We visited

  • 4 killed on a cycling club run

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    Four cyclists from Rhyl Cycling Club have been killed in an accident involving a car on the A547 in North Wales. By all accounts, the car was not speeding, but lost control on a patch of ice on a bend and spun into a group of 11 riders, including children. Full story on the BBC’s…

  • San Diego Marriott

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    It’s great to finally get to the hotel, and a nice hotel it is too. We’re on the 21st floor in the right hand tower. Posh, eh? There’s a great discounted rate for rooms here during this conference that we managed to get because we booked quick. American Airlines lost my bag at JFK, so…

  • Manhattan Photos

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    OK, so here are some photos from our half-day trip to New York. I couldn’t lug my Nikon around, so these are just from a little Canon. We did surprisingly well, ticking off several tourist spots, and my memory performed much better than I thought it would. Spot the locations: I’ve been up the Empire…

  • A bit of NYC

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    We flew into JFK airport, and have a 15 hour stopover while we wait for our American Airlines flight to San Diego. So what do you do? Obvious: give Gareth a whistlestop tour of Manhattan. We visited Time Square, went up the Empire State Building, walked across Central Park, shopped on 5th Avenue, walked through…

  • BA to NY

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    I’m on the plane to New York, after a long coach ride to Heathrow (one of the down-sides to living further away in Swansea). Now we’re in the air I can catch up with some email, podcasts (Pete Tong & the Dawn and Drew Show) and of course blogging. I’m flying BA today, and it’s…