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We’ve had some storms in Sydney. Rain storms, that is: the fire storms are a thousand miles thataway, in a different state (having said that, I stood outside last Friday night and could smell a bushfire somewhere to the west. … Continue reading →

There’s a right way, and a wrong way. We’re a big lab. Currently about 20 active (quiet, Rohn) members in the group including grad students. And there’s a new kid on the supplier block. They are SDR Clinical Technology, based … Continue reading →

About a year ago I came up with a cunning plan for a game for the two Pawns, and part of that plan was creating a secret web page and making a link to it from a different, google-indexed web … Continue reading →

Kate runs the lab in which I’m a senior post-doc. Over the last three years she’s managed to work herself into a role where, basically, she runs the place. Me, I just tinker with things of which man was not … Continue reading →

I made the comment in the lab just now that Australia is the only place I’ve worked in where it’s not unusual to get through three bucket loads of ice in a day. Other pointers that we’re not in Kansas … Continue reading →

In case you missed it, Richard Wintle has contributed to Alom’s project, arguing that critical thinking skills are more important now than they have ever been in human history and that these skills are part of what actually defines ‘Science’, … Continue reading →

I won’t hear a word against USyd Admin. This is an auto generated notification that your travel requisition, as below, has now been approved in www.Spendvision.com. This is an automatically generated email; please do not reply. Transactions – Approved The … Continue reading →

Cath wants to know more about me. She asked: Who or what inspired you to start blogging? How do you think your blogging style will change when you start your new job? What will you miss the most about Australia? … Continue reading →

One of the cardinal rules for students is that you don’t fiddle with stuff you don’t understand. All right, so maybe fiddling with stuff we don’t understand is part of the working definition of a scientist, but I’m talking about … Continue reading →