Month: June 2008

  • Wales for Africa Links Group Conference

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    I attended the “Increasing the impact of health links” conference. See how Wales is linking with African countries: wales.nhs.uk See also the ABM University NHS Trust link pages: swanih.org.

  • Won 3&4 at Langland Bay GC.

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    What great views. And I must buy a 3 wood to keep out of the long grass.

  • Rockpooling & lunching

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    Hunting for crabs. Annabel got two teeth (must take photos).

  • Rhi Leaves

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    What’s happened since my last blog? I must have been busy, or boring. Rhi left! Bye, bye Rhi. See you, er, next week in Leeds.

  • Embryology podcast 16

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    Rhi finally badgered me into recording a neuroembryology podcast, now available from the medicine page of this website and from iTunes. It will either be the last or the penultimate podcast episode that we record before Rhi geographically leaves us next week!

  • Swansea-Gambia Link Talent Show

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    The Swansea University medical students (and friends) staged a talent show on Friday night. An awesome night of genuinely surprisingly strong talent entertained for almost 3 hours with live dance and music. They made a fair few quid for the Swansea-Gambia charity link, and I hope to be able to add some photos and the…

  • Garden (after the weekend).

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    And this is how it looked after the weekend. I will next screw the boards down, cut the end to level, add an end piece, stain, lay edging for a slightly raised flower bed, and lay the soil and compost. I wonder when?

  • Garden (before)

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    Guess how my Father’s Day weekend will be spent!

  • Cosmeston Triathlon 2008

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    Leading, originally uploaded by samwebster. The Cardiff Tri Club’s Cosmeston triathlon was held on Sunday, and we all had a very early (5am!) start. The race began at 7am, and the first man was back by just after 8am I think. It was a glorious, hot, sunny morning, and the early morning light was great…

  • Evolution caught in the act?

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    A 20 year experiment appears to have observed the chance development of an evolutionary innovation. 12 populations of E. Coli, derived from a single bacterium, have been cultured separately and observed. Sometime around the 31,500th generation of just one population the bacteria became able to metabolise the citrate in their culture medium. E. coli cannot…