Thursday, September 29, 2011

An alternative outlet

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Introducing Dodopathy.
Sunday, September 25, 2011

May be gone a while ....

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I really need to concentrate more on work at the moment. I probably won't post again until next weekend - possibly longer. Wish me lu...
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The Doctor is back

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After complaining about Dr Who recently, I just wanted to note that the last two episodes, which were "stand alone" stories, were ...

An interesting idea

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Gravitational Waves Can Explain Dark Energy And Axis of Evil, Says Cosmologist - Technology Review I've had a look at the paper, which i...

Thinking about teenagers

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Teenage Brains - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine Mind Hacks liked the above article in National Geographic a lot, as it gi...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

In the garden today…

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My wife grouped some flowers together in pots a couple of  months ago, and they look very nice now:

"Overshare" (The correct name for Facebook)

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Facebook Ticker: Mark Zuckerberg's terrible plan to get us to share everything we do on the Web. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine I s...

About Ebert

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Life Itself - A Memoir - By Roger Ebert - Book Review - NYTimes.com Maureen Dowd wrote this review of movie critic Roger Ebert's new mem...

Don't hold your breath

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Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos? | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine As I hoped, Cosmic Variance has the best commentary on the faster than li...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Violence down

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The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker - review | Books | The Guardian This review contains a detailed summary of Pinker's boo...

Heartwarming

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Forgotten Japanese War Diary Returns Home - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) This was a lovely story on 7.30 last night, about...

Getting closer

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London fashion week finale: menswear - in pictures | Fashion | guardian.co.uk Have a look at some of the photos half way through this slid...

If you want more to worry about re methane...

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Try reading this post: Idiot Tracker: More methane madness

An interesting situation

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Paul Sheehan, who really hates this Federal Labor government, nonetheless starts his column this morning with the observation that he doesn...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Liquid something

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The day I saw a saint’s blood become liquid Apropos of nothing, the Catholic Herald has a description by a priest of his witnessing a decade...

Did everyone remember to bring their electrodes to school this morning?

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BBC News - Stimulating brain with electricity aids learning speed

Uh-oh (for methane)

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Contribution of oceanic gas hydrate dissociation to the formation of Arctic Ocean methane plumes The abstract: Vast quantities of methane ar...

Dam ideas

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Why damn northern Australia? - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) OK, so the author is from the Wilderness Society. He ...

Thoughts on watching 7.30 last night

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Let play pretends

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Burning Man: Why would anyone go? - By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine I do find this event hard to fathom, but I think someone in comments...