Category Archives: Family business

I blame the parents

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Austin

From time to time, I am given to wondering why I have achieved so little in life generally. Answers suggested by my friends and family have included ‘laziness’ ‘not trying hard enough’ ‘lack of confidence’ ‘too unfocussed’ ‘too much procrastinating’ … Continue reading →

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Gerald Elliott 1931-2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Austin

                                                    Gerald Elliott  26th January 1931 – 6th March 2013   The media this week has … Continue reading →

Posted in Family business, Getting old, History, The Life Scientific, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Bobby Fischer against the world

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Austin

In which I am reminded that once stuff is in your brain somewhere cluttering it up, it can be pretty hard to get it out. Random bits of chess knowledge included. It is probably another of those middle-aged things, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Chess, Family business, Getting old, History, Nerdishness, Procrastination | 5 Comments

Not log tables

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Austin

  I come from a family of decidedly womble-ing tendencies. In other words, we tend to acquire objects, and do not tend to throw them away. Ever. In my own case we are mostly talking about books, though other things … Continue reading →

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The Dread Day Dawns

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Austin

As a few people over on Facebook have noticed, today is my birthday. And as a few people around here will have worked out from an earlier post, this birthday is Officially A Biggie (people tell me). It is also … Continue reading →

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Not much more than a decade until the bus pass*

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Austin

*assuming bus passes haven’t been abolished by then (see also a defence of bus passes here). ——————————————————————-   In which, in a post-academic-year reverie, I decide not to look forward, and try some looking back instead. So no surprise there, then. … Continue reading →

Posted in Chess, Family business, Nerdishness, Procrastination, The Life Scientific, Universities | 27 Comments