Month: January 2006
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Jack’s 3rd Birthday
Jack was 3 today, and he had a party in our new house. He had 10ish friends around, running around like looneys, plus parents. It was great that so many of his friends from Cardiff came all the way to see us, and Jack was chuffed to get to play with them all. So we’re…
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Blogging Away
One of the nicest things about this blog (and admittedly one of its aims) is how friends and family from around the world follow what I’m up to, particularly when I’m traveling. When I got back from the US this week, almost everyone I spoke to knew what I’d been up to and where I…
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Last Few NY Pics
The Apple Store in NY. Here’s the demo area, with great big comfy cinema style seats and a nice man at the front explaining to us all the good things about various bits of Mac software. This is a free, daily service, and is very useful. Why aren’t all shops like this? The other clever…
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Lost a PhD student
I’ve landed back in the UK, but without Gareth. He was supposed to meet me at JFK, but didn’t make the flight. British Airways won’t tell me if he’s on another flight, so I’m waiting at Heathrow terminal 4 arrivals & using the web to trace possible airline problems. My coach leaves in an hour.
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Last Day in NYC
It’s my last day in the US and in NYC, so what am I doing? Yep, shopping. There are some cracking electronics bargains to be had, and it’s good to see that J & R are even bigger than they were before the destruction of the twin towers. J & R is a huge, multi-shop…
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American Museum of Natural History
Yeah, yeah, dinosaurs. But where are the jawless fish? Where are the tetrapods? In fact, the American Museum of Natural History has a fantastic looping display on the top floor, taking you through 250 million years of vertebrate evolutionary history. As an anatomist there was plenty of detail available to keep me happy, and likewise…