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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Feeding the Science Tamagotchi
It started during my undergrad research project. “I have to go into the lab tomorrow morning to feed all my cells, so I can’t stay out too late tonight or have a hangover tomorrow”, I’d say. After comments along the … Continue reading
Posted in career, drunkenness, education, grant wrangling, personal, rants, science, travel, whining
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Remembering
Ten years ago today, the World Trade Centre twin towers were attacked and fell, with terrible loss of life. Like most people, I guess, I can remember exactly where I was during the attacks – watching CNN in a high-rise … Continue reading
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A momentary lapse of reason—Chapter Ten
Chapter Nine The Confession Michel breathed in the freshness of the gardens, or the “Park” as it was known to the institute’s denizens. Part of the bequest that endowed the Wolfhaven (and persuaded a desperate government to part with more … Continue reading
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Bobby Fischer against the world
In which I am reminded that once stuff is in your brain somewhere cluttering it up, it can be pretty hard to get it out. Random bits of chess knowledge included. It is probably another of those middle-aged things, but … Continue reading
Posted in chess, Family business, Getting old, History, Nerdishness, Procrastination
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Now I Can Retire: the measure of all things
Generally speaking, scientists do not appear to be happy people. And by scientists, I refer to those actively doing research at academic institutions. No hard feelings for those who are not–I have no experience with industry, and my impression is … Continue reading
Posted in education, Research, retire, science, success, what makes a good scientist, when will a scientist be happy
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Start of Year Shenanigans
Having returned from a few days of holiday, I am feeling frivolous. So here is a sketch representing the Start of the Academic Year at the Department of Paintballing The main characters in this sketch are described in a previous … Continue reading
Posted in REF, Science Culture, staff meeting
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Is Massively Collaborative Scientific Publishing Possible?
The job of a newspaper columnist is to agitate and George Monbiot did exactly that last week with a furious rant in The Guardian about academic publishers. It may have been an odd choice for most of his readers but … Continue reading
Posted in communication, peer review, science, science publishing, Scientific Life
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Remember remember…
July through November, Abstracts and budgets and pain. I see no reason Why grant deadline season Should ever leave you sane. So, I’ve managed to extend the usual season (which started August 15th, when I submitted one full grant as … Continue reading
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Diamond
I have been deluged by an email from a Ms S. F. of Oxfordshire alerting me to the fact that the Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, has launched a story-writing competition. Details are here, and the beamline … Continue reading
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A momentary lapse of reason—Chapter Nine
Chapter Eight The Infection Michel scanned the canteen. There were too many people, here; too much noise, but sometimes, if he concentrated, he could shut it out and actually think. There was Slater, not so much holding as clinging to … Continue reading
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