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Monthly Archives: March 2012
In which the light bulb’s on the other foot
Following on from a discussion about light bulb changing jokes, I was bustling around my lab this morning, getting ready to cryogenically preserve some backups of my new bladder epithelial cell line. I was all set: I’d ordered the Mr … Continue reading
Posted in Scientific method, Silliness, The profession of science
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“What’s the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish farmer?”
Thus begins the last really good joke I heard, several years ago now; answer at the bottom! I recently realised that I never hear new jokes any more. I had an actual joke book as a small kid, and my … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, communication, family, fun with language, furry friends, personal, Silliness, UK
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Collecting, connecting, communicating
Librarians collect stuff. To collect is one of the most important verbs in the librarian’s instruction manual. Probably the next most important is to categorise. There is a connection between these two. We do not collect randomly but with a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogology, Libraries and librarians, Writing
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Book Review – Stefan Collini asks What Are Universities For?
I picked up What Are Universities For? by Stefan Collini for two reasons. I had been impressed by Collini’s article in the London Review of Books last summer critiquing the Browne review. (I also enjoyed William Cullerne Bown‘s comments on … Continue reading
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Elsevier, the Research Works Act and Open Access: where to now?
If Elsevier calculated that its withdrawal of support for the Research Works Act (RWA) would neutralise the arguments stirred up around academic publishing, I think the company is mistaken. I certainly hope so. Things may have gone a little quiet … Continue reading
Posted in elsevier, Open Access, publishing, Research Works Act, Scientific Life
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Updates
Update #1: I had my first book signing at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln book store, where 10 copies of my book were graciously ordered. I had a lot of fun and talked for a couple hours to some … Continue reading
Posted in APPs, author, book-signing, calculations, humor, Research, science, solitaire, students, thinking
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Apple(s), Tomatoes, Willetts and Public Engagement
It’s National Science and Engineering Week in the UK, or at least it is for most places. In Cambridge we celebrate it with a fortnight, and call it a Festival because there is just so much to squeeze in. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge Science Festival, Communicating Science, David Willetts, food manufacturing, Outreach, Science Funding
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Libel Reform: the endgame?
It has been a long and winding road but tonight the journey towards libel reform in England and Wales paused in the historic Great Hall of the Inner Temple to take stock. The wheels are turning and the machine of government … Continue reading
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