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Monthly Archives: September 2013
From Omaha to Umea: Adventures and misadventures
Some time ago I was contacted and asked whether I would be willing to fly to Umea, Sweden, and deliver a seminar. Rhetorical question for someone who loves to travel to new places, and had not yet had the opportunity … Continue reading
In which we make a move
There’s a lot of change going on in my life right now, all at once. In addition to giving birth sometime in the next fortnight and needing to finish up a major piece of work-related writing before that, my lab … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgia, The profession of science
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Parliamentary committee slams UK policy on open access
The UK House of Commons has its dander up. Having bloodied the prime minister over Syria in the past fortnight, the select committee of MPs that oversees the work of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has issued … Continue reading
Posted in Finch Report, Open Access, RCUK
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Yes, chess. Look away now.
In which I revisit my youth as a chess-playing dweeb. Sort of. Contrary to an earlier threat, I haven’t posted much here about my chess-playing activities over the last year and a bit. Partly this is because these days chess … Continue reading
Posted in chess, Getting old, Nerdishness, Procrastination
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Don’t Say Too Much (or Too Little)
This week NESTA‘s Executive Director of Research Stian Westlake wrote a piece for the Guardian science policy blogs about those who offer scientific advice. If you want to find out why wonks should avoid being either a ‘berk’ or a … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Communicating Science, framing, PhD thesis, Science Culture
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Jumpin’ Ginger Therapy!
Ever had a day where you almost wished you hadn’t got up in the morning? Where your computer crashes, your email doesn’t work, you get dumped with 100 different irrelevant bureaucratic busy-tasks, and you wonder why you didn’t become a … Continue reading
Dogsplaining #19
Using only her eyebrows, Heidi the Dog expounds possible solutions to the conflict in Syria. She agrees with me (and probably also rpg) that one solution would be to carpet-bomb Damascus with cute fluffy kittens. UPDATE: Crox Minima, who has … Continue reading
Posted in dogspianing, heidi the dog, kittens, Silliness, syria
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Psoriasis
Time was when I thought psoriasis was an obscure pharaoh, possibly one of the late and degenerate Ptolemies. Or possibly a small town in Kansas (pop. 207). Until I got it myself.
Posted in China, Cromercrox In China, diet, expresso, gluten, latte, pharaoh, psoriasis, Science Is Vital, The Singing Detective
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Simple models can lead to generality in ecology
It’s always nice to read a paper that is obviously wrong, but where you have to think about why it is wrong. Because it makes you, well, think. And sometimes learn something new. So when I see a paper in … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Research Blogging
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Snapped and Snatched
Recently, I lost my camera. A photographer and somebody else’s Nikon. Fortunately, I got it back, but not after the young photographer pictured above was done with it.
Posted in cottage, daughter, family, Film, Hobbies, photographer, Photography
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