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Monthly Archives: November 2011
iNterface
The biggest problem with computers, as I have always thought, is the whole business of getting your wishes out here to link up with what the computer is doing in there. Many times, when I’ve been struggling with against a … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, brain machine interface, get them down sir william I cannot wait til lunchtime, i will not buy this record it is scratched, iPad, iPhone, iPhone 4S, Mr J McQ of Hackney, necromancer, Science-fiction, Steve Jobs, Technicrox
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Poppy
It’s not about being patriotic or British—not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with either of those. It’s about those who, when the time came, gave whatever they could for what they believed in. It’s about those who died; those who … Continue reading
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Training for Professors?
Recently I was asked to describe what professors do day-by-day in 200 words. I declined; I felt it was an impossible task. Some days are spent being ground down by committees of the sort that sap all one’s energy and … Continue reading
Posted in careers, education, multi-tasking, science, Science Culture, skills, training
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A handy topic for a rainy day
This is what procrastination looks like Yes, this is a handwritten blog post, delivered to you by carrier pigeon RSS (probably)
Posted in education, first world problems, personal, photos, Silliness
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Transferance in performance jitters
Being in science since 1986–which would mean about a quarter of a century since I began to study in university–I have spent a lot of time learning to communicate, both in writing and orally. I’m not sure when I lost … Continue reading
Posted in defecating bricks, education, nervousness, over-empathizing, postdocs, presentations, Research, science, students, sweaty palms, transferance
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In which we leave our mark – or not [23]
I like to watch eddies that form underneath waterfalls in a cascade, the ones you see in creeks of glacial run-off rushing down the sides of mountains. The milky-green water, and everything trapped in it, seems desperate to get from … Continue reading
Posted in careers, staring into the abyss, The profession of science
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“I always know everything”
^^quote by my youngest nephew, then four years old (he’s now ten, still knows everything, and wants to be a lawyer, FSM help us all). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I spent Friday in an all-day symposium at my institute, on the subject of … Continue reading
Posted in career, conferences, English language, family, Medicine, Rumsfeldian symposia, science, Silliness
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Truth Serum
Scientists have been given a bad reputation by being inherently literal. But there is a limit to the amount of bullsh*t that I am willing to hear without fighting back. I can recall having endless dead-ended conversations about “carbs” this … Continue reading
Posted in false advertising, science, serum, truth
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PhD Comics Movie Review [15]
Piled Higher and Deeper – the popular PhD comic – has been made into a movie. The movie is touring campuses around the world. Find a screening near you, or watch the trailer: Imperial College Union‘s Graduate Student Association hosted … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Life, PhD, PhD Comics; PhD Comics Movie; Procrastination
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Reading honeymoon
Having recently reported that my second and new lablit novel, “Welcome Home, Sir” will be coming out in the near future, and now in the process of deciding between two disparate options for the plot and characters of novel #3, … Continue reading
Posted in achondroplastic dwarf, Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson, Books, fiction, hilarity, humor, Lablit, laughter, non-fiction, our one-and-only Henry Gee, reading, Research, science, Simon Mawer
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