Month: January 2006

  • Night in San Diego

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    Just a couple of night-time snaps from the other evening. I’m in New York today, so expect some pics from the Natural History Museum later.

  • San Diego to NY

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    I’m on a 5 hour flight across the diagonal of the USA, on the first part of my journey home. I love how flying home is shorter than flying away. The winds blow to carry me home. I left Gareth, the PhD student that works with me & who I went to the conference with…

  • More Zoo Pics

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    Here are some more pics – just snapshots taken by me or Gareth at San Diego’s Zoo.

  • San Diego Zoo

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    We went to the zoo today! San Diego zoo in Balboa Park has a wide range of species in a very nicely constructed location. The larger animals had plenty of places to hide in though, so some were sleeping in the shade, out of site. We probably saw most of them though. The bears were…

  • 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…