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About rpg

Scientist, poet, gadfly

Ethical conundrum

So it appears that nature.com has been nominated in the _”People’s Voice”:http://pv.webbyawards.com/ _ section of the annual Webby Awards , the ‘Oscars of the Internet’. The vote closes today, but I don’t at all recommend that we all register and … Continue reading

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Coffee

Coffee gets cold. There is a world of philosophy in that simple statement.

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In memoriam

As I was preparing to move into my new study I came across something that, in another place , I said was in a box of old papers and memorabilia : Not a summer’s day then, but a bronze one; … Continue reading

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Water, water, everywhere: and we’re all glowing in the park

When I am World President, people will not be stupid. Let me rephrase that: When I am World President, people will have ready access to all pertinent information. And do what I tell them into the bargain. Inhabitants of Australia’s … Continue reading

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A bug, a bug, my kingdom for a bug fix.

It appears that if you create a web-log entry, save it, then come back to publish it, it doesn’t appear on the ‘Global Blogs’ list. Maddeningly, this seems to be because it’s published under the original ‘save’ date, not the … Continue reading

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RIP Humph

I know that certain people in this network will be sad to hear that Humphrey Lyttelton has died . He’ll be sadly missed.

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Hear, hear

Just briefly, a post over at Lords of the Blog got me thinking. What do we say when we think a seminar speaker is mad, bad or dog, and don’t want to be rude?

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Reprints, what are they good for?

As we’ve been in the same house for over two years now, we decided that we should move things around a bit (Forces lifestyle, see. Get itchy feet after 18 months). We’ve swapped the girls’ bedrooms over, and now we’re … Continue reading

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