With ‘Solve for X’ Google is half way to becoming as evil as the bankers.
Solve for X is being touted as a kind of techno-think tank, like TED but done cloud style. It advertises itself at its launch today as “a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems” and the aura of glamour around i Continue reading
This is going to add minutes to my life – every time I take the bus. And I have Guardian columnist Tim Dowling’s truculent teenage kids to thank for it.
In which I look back in… stunned disbelief?
It has been a rather strange week here. The main reason, I think, is that last Wednesday, on Feb 1st, I passed a rather unnerving landmark – twenty-five years working for the same employer.
Continue readingHere is a bibelot passed my way by Prof S. C. of Nebraska, recently …
On a related theme, here is something I trod in picked up found on the internet courtesy of my friend Ms J. G. of Norwich. Continue reading
My last post struck a chord with many. I was rather overwhelmed by the response, both in direct comments on the post and through the more ephemeral form of twitter. Two aspects particularly struck me:
Harping on my chronic lack of time this month due to a hectic schedule, I am going to post a quick laconic blog featuring a little something that I noticed in the freezer. I stay away from these frozen ice cream goodies, but I noticed the empty box sitting in the freezer when looking for something else.
Tasty treats that I try to avoid
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In my four-and-a-bit years as a grant wrangler, I’ve applied to a bewildering array of Canadian and international government and charitable funding agencies. Continue reading
A variant on the impostor syndrome (as blogged by Athene Donald)
A few weeks ago I bumped into one of my colleagues at the University – he is in a different Department and is a young (ish) PI like myself. I had sent him an email which he hadn’t had the time to respond to. So he says I am so sorry I’ve been meaning to respond, I Continue reading
And this, boys and girls, is why a good copywriter is worth their weight in cock. I mean, gold.
My previous post on Elsevier and the Research Works Act (RWA) stimulated a conversation on Twitter with Benoit Bruneau about the possible impact on the journals of scientific societies of moves to open access publishing. This is an aspect of the debate that has not been discussed in much detail of late. Benoit, who researches cardiovascular diseas Continue reading
