Author Archives: rpg

About rpg

Scientist, poet, gadfly

Has technology gone too far?

I wonder. I’m sat on a bus between Tallinn and Tartu, and yes. It does have its own wifi. Just to prove it, here are some photos:

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Ho Hum

I’m now sat on a ferry going to Tallinn (conference in Tartu, in southern Estonia). It has a wireless connection (yay!), but it’s a bit slow. Which means that the html gets confused. So, the comments in Henry’s latest post … Continue reading

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A propos of Nothing Much

I just liked this (_via_ FriendFeed).

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Scientia Pro Publica 5 is here!

Well, actually it’s here. Kristjan did a good job, despite suffering an allergic reaction just when he was due to start panicking about writing the carnival. The next issue is due to appear on June the 15th at Mauka to … Continue reading

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Publicity and Outreach Done Wrong

I guess we all saw the publicity surrounding Ida, the Fossil That Will Change Everything. Well, in the same week two papers with my name on were also published online, but received nowhere near the same publicity. On reflection, it’s … Continue reading

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Help! How Do I Deal With Microarrays?

In the past I have ranted about the evils of p-values and also how we’re not collecting the right sort of data. Both of these have just collided in my work, and I’m not sure what to do.

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Misleading Headlines

If you’ve been following the British news, you’ll know that the main political parties aren’t popular, because they’ve been more concerned about the welfare of ducks than of their constituents. So how do you react to this headline in the … Continue reading

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On the Origin

I just want to say that today’s Non Sequitur works for me:

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Damn, I want to do another PhD

This just looks cool, in the bizarre and silly way I think some science should be done:

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Scientia Pro Publica 3: the Swine ‘flu Edition

Here we go. The third edition of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People), the carnival of the good science blogging from the past couple of weeks.

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