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I get all my pharma industry news from Derek, as well as the occasional reminder of how hardcore chemists can be. But today he made me laugh, and then shake my head, by linking to some comments on an inspirational … Continue reading →

Bright was the day but my heart was grey when I sallied forth again to do battle with Medicare Burwood. Twice had I queued in the carpeted purgatory on the top floor of Westfield, and twice had I been thrown … Continue reading →

In a move that surprised me as much as anyone, my entry last year on Networking made it into the OpenLab anthology, at the expense of the far superior Stardust. You’ll be happy to hear that I didn’t abuse my … Continue reading →

When I’ve told people here that I’m moving back to the UK, some of them have said words to the effect, “In the middle of a recession? Are you mad?” to which the answer is, “Quite probably; yes.” One of … Continue reading →

Here’s a tip for anyone considering moving to Australia: don’t get sick Been there, done that. But I’ve got an extra incentive not to be sick in the time I’ve got left here (fifty days. No, I’m not counting). Here’s … Continue reading →

Although I’m not at the thing that’s going on in North Carolina, I do have my spies. And my spies say the Consensus seems to be that, outside of Nature Networks, science social networking sites are hopeless and useless — … Continue reading →

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 →