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well, sorta. SciBlog08.m4a. No idea how good it is, I’ve just thrown it onto the web.

Updates are at http://friendfeed.com/rooms/science-blogging-2008. Great stuff. Gee is a wimp.

Fantastic. In between the main and dessert at the Betjeman Arms Hello Maxine! I discover that I can slurp St Pancras’ wifi net workand liveblog the blogger’s dinner. Your task is to guess who said, “A thousand words between Norwich … Continue reading →

We made an interesting observation last night at chez Rohn. Turned out that there was a small gender-based preference for corkscrew usage Some preferred the ‘Hallelujah’-type corkscrew: and others the wine-knife type: We’re still at the stage of data collection, … Continue reading →

Hang on, so this is … Wednesday night. Right? Right. Tomorrow is already happening in Sydney, but it’s dark and I’m tired so I guess that means I’m in the right time zone. Tomorrow, which here must be Thursday, I … Continue reading →

Today I’m flying (on the Airbus! Woo hoo!) so that I can attend the SciBlog (which sounds like something from Star Trek to me). I’m also going to the Open Science workshop on 1st September in Southampton, and will be … Continue reading →

We should do themed weeks here at NN. This picture has been sitting on my desktop for three weeks; I was about to upload it when Jenny got all excited about Alok’s stub, so I thought I’d hang fire for … Continue reading →

Cath is frustrated with variant spellings. This, actually, is something I come across a lot in Australia, where they seem to want to follow the Francophone world (beats me why). Let me explain. In English (‘English’. Not ‘British’ English or … Continue reading →

As I was getting all the pieces of paperwork together for my up-coming trip to Blighty, I (re-)discovered a well-thumbed Tube map in my briefcase. And it occurred to me that given the nature (har har) of certain members of … Continue reading →

My cloning worked. So when I saw on promotional materials from a certain company I’ve done business with, I was a bit perplexed. Immediately underneath was What’s the message here? They’re supplying reagents for cloning the spawn of the devil … Continue reading →