Author Archives: rpg

I should be cleaning the flat, so I need an excuse to prevaricate. Oddly enough, I’ve been prevaricating about this meme that Martin suggested. So if my flat is to be clean by Tuesday, I now need something else to … Continue reading →

I think it’s time to meet face to face with the many of you living in Helsinki who lurk at Nature Network1, as well as anyone else you wish to invite, or who wishes to come along.

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Today’s Non Sequitur cartoon:

There’s a big election going on elsewhere, so hte blogosphere is full of discussions of interesting details, exhortations to vote, and suggestions for who to vote for. But the best post for today must go to George Orwell. His diary … Continue reading →

The more aware of you might have found time to raise your eyes from the microscope and see that there is an election going on in the USA. Far too many electrons have been sent whizzing around the Web2.0 for … Continue reading →

OK, it’s Friday and you lot don’t have anything to do either. But take heart, folks. The Great Beyond has just pointed to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the NHM. Lots of goodies there, but I did … Continue reading →

Browsing through the latest and greatest at NN, I noticed this new event posted by Matt Clarke’s Cabinets of Cures: Blood, Mermaids and Madness Am I the only one who thinks it sounds like Maxine’s critique of Henry’s LabLit novel?

I’ve been reading an article about hunting mortality, where the authors ask how we should arrange our hunting so as to mimic natural mortality. But they leave aside one very important question – why should we want to mimic natural … Continue reading →