Year: 2007

  • Degree applicants ‘copy from web’

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    A BBC article claims “Thousands of prospective university students are using the internet to cheat in their applications, analysis by admissions service Ucas reveals.” Importantly UCAS say, “There’s a difference between copying, and using the web to get advice on how to write the best personal statement – there’s nothing wrong with that.”

  • Spring?

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    Spring is on the way. I can tell because after cycling to work this morning the roof of my mouth is lined with gnats.

  • Morning

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  • Moving Mum & Dad

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    Mum and dad moved house over the last few days, so we have a new family home. They’ve moved into a really nice house not far from the previous one, and the move itself went smoothly (thanks to family and friends as a whole, but particularly thanks to my brother the professional removals man). My…

  • Fancy Dress Party

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    Jack dressed as a wizard (or, as I said, a Human Warlock because I play too much World of Warcraft) for a fancy dress party this weekend. His minion was under his hat (his frog).

  • Beach in February

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    No matter the weather, kids love the beach.

  • Apple and Cisco share iPhone name

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    I’m always telling Jack to share nicely with his friends, and now it seems that the big boys can do it too. BBC article.

  • Back in the lab

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    Look at me! I’m back in the lab! I need some images to complete a paper I’m about to submit, so I finally get to go into the lab, cut some sections on the cryostat and do a little immunohistochemistry. It feels good, and brings back some good feelings. Oh, the monotony of the post-doc’s…

  • Oxwich Bay Named Britain’s Best Beach

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    And they’re probably quite right. BBC article. Google Maps satellite view.

  • Multi Touch Sensing Displays

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    Take a look at this technology. This is Minority Report style gesture-based touch screen control of your computer. Imagine how great this would be with the full 3D data (rather than the pre-rendered images) of the interactive anatomical models of anatomy.tv. With one or two large, very high definition displays a student or teacher could…