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Jenny’s post just now reminded me, through a maze of twisty mental passages, all alike, that I received a letter from a friend today. Nothing strange about that. What was a little bit strange is that my friend has written … Continue reading →

The old joke goes that while mothers know their children’s birthdays, shoe sizes, favourite sweets, least favourite foods and names of their best friends; and their best friends’ birthdays, shoe sizes, favourite sweets, least favourite foods and their best friends, … Continue reading →

Matt Brown talked about this great city and how about half a million people are involved, one way or another, in science and medicine. Before I left for Australia, nearly four years ago, I thought I would never want to … Continue reading →

Where’ve you been? Holidays? Harrumph. You young whipper-snappers, why, you don’t know you’re born. In my day, we had to watch endless repeats of Monty Python and the Goodies and like it. Anyway. Just over a month ago I related … Continue reading →

Earlier today I hugged Eva goodbye and she set off for London Bridge, thence Gatwick and eventually, one hopes, Tronno. She was in London for many reasons, not just to see me and exchange Tweets while seated in my kitchen, … Continue reading →

Shh. Can you hear it? Is it the wind in the trees over Rotherhithe? Is it the gentle sloshing of boats going out with the Thames tide? Is it the steady whine of jet engines en route to City Airport? … Continue reading →

One of the heated discussions I’ve been having at work is about advertising. I’m essentially taking the view that in yer face advertising reduces usability of and traffic to a website, as well as (for reasons I don’t want to … Continue reading →

Jenny’s post last week set me thinking. I have, apparently, a reputation for being a bit down on kits. Can’t imagine how that got started. The truth, as always, is a little more complex than that. Certain people here might … Continue reading →

So there I was, trying to figure out exactly what I was supposed to do with over two thousand journal abbreviations (it’s a giddy, hedonistic life I lead), when HD came over to annoy talk about something that I have … Continue reading →

When I logged in this morning at work the operating system kindly informed me that my password was to expire in six days, and asked if I wanted to change it. This is the third time it’s done this to … Continue reading →