I’m off to three conferences over the next two weeks, presenting something at all of them. I’m sure they will have their highs and lows, but to try to maximize return on my time, I’ve decided to set myself some targets for each one:
#solo10 – Grok Mendeley (I have a feeling this is being [...]
Science fiction author Hal Clement (1922-2003) was known for creating aliens that are well-adapted to the often extreme physical conditions on their home planets. Clement is probably best known for his 1954 novel Mission of Gravity, which takes place on a planet with a surface gravity hundreds of times greater that of Earth. But that’s [...]
In the run up to the general election, I considered setting up a “noisy” Twitter account where I could post high volumes of tweets around a particular event without annoying my regular Twitter followers. After useful discussions, I decided to mothball this account (and a few others) and to use my [...]
Recently Twitter risked a rent in the timespace continuum by suggesting I follow myself. Well that’s how it looked, but the truth is a bit more complicated. Twitter picked up on one of my other identities and suggested it back to me.
I’ve regularly made attempts to filter various social networks by setting up alternative [...]
Not bad, but not as good as chocolate beetroot cake:
Ingredients:
250g/10oz good, dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces.250g/10oz unsalted butter, cut into cubes, plus more for greasing.250g/10oz caster sugar.3 free-range eggs.150g self-raising flour250g beetroot, boiled until tender, peeled and grated.
Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease a baking tin of approximately 20 [...]
I put this question up as a Question on Medpedia but would like to also present it to my visitors here. You might go to Medpedia and look at any responses but also access the link below and then return and write your comments here.
The ethicist, Dr. Robert Veatch in an article” titled “Models [...]
I just came across another interesting blog: How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends.
It’s author, Dr. Grasshopper, graduated from medical school in May and just started their residency.
Most of the posts aren’t specifically about science fiction – although Joss Whedon, I’m Calling You Out discusses the incorrect portrayal of spinal tap in an episode of [...]
Ever since I first saw If in the 1960’s I’ve been on the side of the machine gun toting rebels. I’m a comprehensive lad and I’m proud of it.
Which is only part of the reason I found Gary Lineker’s bonehead rant about Charterhouse so amusing.
A.J. Cann, Science of the Invisible
What’s wrong with it? I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it my lad. It’s dead.
Dear Steve,
In September 2009 my Macbook (serial number W87491WMZ64), purchased in June 2008, stopped working one month out of guarantee. The Apple Highcross Leicester store determined the cause to be a faulty logic board, making the cost of repair uneconomic. I [...]
This Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece I think is fitting to the introduction of a bit of a twist I would like to introduce in the “I Hate Doctors” commentaries which has been going on in the previous two chapters. I would like to offer my visitors two possibilities which might lead to the “I [...]