9 March 2010
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According to Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University, multitasking is a way of getting less done. Despite the image of efficiency, it steals concentration from each task and so they take longer and are done less well. Therefore, I’m … Continue reading
8 March 2010
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This toad had a close escape yesterday. I was turning over some ground with a fork (prior to moving several rather stunted currant bushes away from the wall that was inhibiting their growth when I spotted him. I presume he … Continue reading
7 March 2010
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Last October, I planted some rhubarb. It had been purchased earlier (possibly a year or more earlier) and it was perhaps a touch optimistic expecting it to amount to anything. Despite the budding signs of spring in the garden it … Continue reading
6 March 2010
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Was out this morning litter picking as part of the Oxclean initiative… the streets are a little bit cleaner now See my twitter feed to see more of my tweets and sign up to twitter to reply to @basswulf Technorati … Continue reading
5 March 2010
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Today it is my turn to be the host for the lunchtime seminar series at work (see NDORMS Seminars). Normally these sessions are on particular areas of scientific research, such as design factors in metal on metal hip-resurfacing. Often the … Continue reading
4 March 2010
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I am still pondering the virtues of Google Buzz (following on from last month’s Buzz post). At that point it was new and I had connected up several of the sites I use to post information but I have now … Continue reading
3 March 2010
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Is choice good or bad? Sometimes it does feel like there are too many options. For example, I recently presented a rough mix from the recent Peter and the Wulf recording in my blog with a Soundcloud widget. Is that … Continue reading
2 March 2010
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The Allium bulbs, which Jane and I got as a gift for signing up for life membership of the RHS last autumn should have gone in the ground round about November. However, I was not sure where to put them … Continue reading
1 March 2010
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Here we are in March and I realised I had not got round to selecting a favourite picture for January 2010. I have picked a shot of a fence from the walk we took in the depths of the snow. … Continue reading