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Fluxions
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2 comments on FluxionsOnce again, I’ve neglected my weblog for far too long and unfortunately for the next month or so I won’t be able to post much else either. Predictably, I’ve been very busy, but at least I can say something about it now. The big news is that I have decided to leave my PhD here…
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The world sighs
Two conversations with intelligent American undergraduates I know: Them: So how far away is Wales then? Me: About two or three hours. Them: Will we get a passport stamp when we go? (pause) Me: Get a what? Them: A passport stamp. It’s a different country, right? Me: Well, yes, in a historical sense, but no…
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The Invasion
The light in the sky is different these days, stronger and more persistent. Wind sweeps through the streets and the weather can change faster than a footstep, transforming the air from a muggy heat to a crisp freshness. The almost-transient population of Oxford undergraduates migrated away to warmer climes weeks ago, and now they have…
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Oleanna
I made the impulse decision this morning to join a couple of friends to see Oleanna down in London. This particular production has been running for a while at the Garrick Theatre now and stars Julia Stiles (Ten Things I Hate About You, Mona Lisa Smile) and Aaron Eckhart (Possession, Paycheck), the former of whom…
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Lab: The Show
During the England game yesterday we came up with an idea for a new reality show. There are already shows centred around pop stars, hospitals, pirates and all sorts, but what about scientists? Introducing LAB: The Show. 12 graduate and postdoc students in biology are placed in a lab for ten weeks in order to…
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A Clash in Civilization
Some time ago, I wrote a long article about a fascinating way of playing the strategy computer game Civilization 3. That article – A Clash in Civilization – has now finally been published online at Kuro5hin, where it successfully ran the gauntlet of the highly cynical and hostile reviewers and emerged unscathed and on the…
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Puzzling photos
A couple of updates – I’ve put a whole bunch of my Australia photos from last year online (note that there are multiple pages to the album with links at the bottom of the page) and I also devised a little puzzle at Unfiction where the prize is an invitation to Gmail.
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Microlight
The reason I went back home last weekend was to use a microlight voucher I received for my 21st birthday, a mere 10 months after I actually received it. The microlight centre (more accurately described as ‘a hangar in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere’) was about an hour’s drive away…
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Summon the Worms
Usually it’s the other way round, but after listening to the incredible Children of Dune TV movie soundtrack, I feel compelled to buy the DVD (and the CD – I believe in buying stuff I listen to a lot). If you’re wondering why I decided to listen to the soundtrack of a movie I haven’t…
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Great balls of fire
When I was at primary school in West Kirby, my teacher once told a story about how our sunsets are world-famous and how she met someone from Japan who’d heard of them. While I thought our sunsets were pretty impressive as well, being young and cynical, I scoffed at the thought that people as far…
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