Author Archives: rpg

I love technology. Not only do I love what it does for us, but I love fiddling with it. Taking it apart. Seeing what makes it tick. Making it go better. I’m the sort of person who will notice that … Continue reading →

As at least Katherine has noticed, I’ve been sleeping with other magazines moonlighting as a chemist: It was not until A Levels and a new school brought the hunched figure of Doc Beckett, cross-eyed and stain-fingered, into my life that … Continue reading →

Interesting snippet in the Psci-com mailing list today. Colin Murphy wants to publicize Pulse-Project, which offers video and audio lectured (for free!) to general and specialized audiences. Questions can be addressed to colin ‘at’ pulse-project.com. The site needs a bit … Continue reading →

Being on holiday does evil things to my RSS feed. I like to keep abreast of the relevant literature as it is published (read: comes online), and RSS is a great way of doing that. But when I’ve had a … Continue reading →

I hopped in the car, and a couple of pints later Peter spoke, and spoke fast. I had to ask him to slow down. (Sorry, a Private Dick moment there). As far as I can tell, Peter had been fired … Continue reading →

The principle behind the AutoCrap(TM) was, actually, quite clever. There was a plastic sealed cylinder with a membrane separating top and bottom. You pipetted 1.5 ml bacterial culture into the top, sealed it, and pressed the start button. Everything was … Continue reading →

As those of you who have been paying attention will realize, I’m changing career next year. This is exciting and scary, which is as it should be. It’s not, actually, the first time I’ve left academentia, and I’d like to … Continue reading →

Just like her dad, my youngest (just turned nine) is keeping her career options open. This is something she wrote two weeks ago at school: When I’m older I’d like to… be a surgeon, a librarian, a florist, Prime Minister, … Continue reading →

Here’s one for all you people desperately trying to get a senior scientist “blogging”:http://network.nature.com/hubs/london/blog/2008/11/21/so-you’re-not-interested-in-a-free-trip-to-california-then. One of my entries from earlier in the year has been cited)A03 in a peer-reviewed journal! How do you like them apples? (HT: Eva)