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Fuji Food
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No comments on Fuji FoodFuji Food – Cambridge’s first Japanese food store, full of Japanese snack, noodle and frozen food goodness. I was quite pleased with their sweet selection, stocked with the requisite Pocky sticks and rice crackers. The noodles looked pretty decent as well, and I’m considering trying out the frozen octopus balls sometime.
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I want my MP3
Unlike many people at Cambridge, I don’t really visit the libraries except to pick up the odd paper that I can’t find off the web. I certainly don’t work in libraries; the atmosphere feels intolerably stifling, as if you’re being forced to work by the mere presence of dozens of your peers’ eyes upon you.…
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Magnetic Attraction
Today I had an interesting and unique experience – I had my brain scanned by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The point of this was to take part in one of my friend’s psychology research experiments, earn �27 and also (arguably most importantly) get a picture of my brain. Doing an fMRI is an unusual…
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Yao Now Red Cow
Yao Now Red Cow – good article on Kuro5hin about the rise of international players in the NBA.
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Orbital Who?
“I will camp outside the BBC with a placard, saying ‘Let us do it! At least, let us have a go!’” Orbital, talking about their Doctor Who remix and their deep, unabiding desire to do the music for any future BBC Doctor Who series.
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Davis’ struggle for Earth
“The music depicts the mythic, sometimes violent struggle between the occupants of Earth and a group of ex-Earthlings inhabiting the fictional planet Kobaia.” Some mad ravings about alternative music? No, it’s former world snooker champion Steve Davis giving commentary about the current B&H tournament. Clearly a slow news day over at the BBC…
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Waltzing into Space
A couple of nights ago, I was happily showing a friends – a fellow space buff – my favourite moment in cinematic history. It was the heartbreakingly beautiful docking sequence set to the Blue Danube in 2001. An elegent spaceplane languidly waltzes towards a spinning Space Station which is still to this day the most…
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Two speeches
Two speeches for two Space Shuttle disasters: 1986: President Reagan on the Challenger disaster. 2003: President Bush on the Columbia disaster. That’s two Space Shuttles out of a fleet of five. Something has to be done. And here’s an interesting thought – the next person to be launched into space may very well not be…
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Columbia destroyed
The Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed today; one of the worst disasters in spaceflight history. See this Metafilter thread for more information and commentary.
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Dispatches From Davos
Dispatches From Davos – an ongoing report of the Davos World Economic Forum conference by Wired’s editor, Chris Anderson. Fun and interesting stuff.