30 June 2012
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For the past couple of days, I have been mainly ikeaing; assembling the last bits of the order that came last weekend, going on a hunter-gatherer mission to Milton Keynes to pick up more and then back to assembly this … Continue reading
28 June 2012
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I had another jam with Kitchen Funk Experiment this evening. I was pleased to find that I could remember most of what we did last time (to the point that sometimes they turned to me to ask how the riff … Continue reading
27 June 2012
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Yesterday I was at a team day organised by one of the research groups at work. It was run down at Balliol College; I am very familiar with its Broad Street façade, which I have passed many times, but have never … Continue reading
26 June 2012
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I am still working through a backlog of photos. I decided to put my set from a visit to Lower Tamar Lake in Devon up without any processing: The bird you can see is a sandpiper. Given time, I would … Continue reading
25 June 2012
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Ecopsychology? I had not heard of that field before but then it turns out this is the vocation of the author as well as her fictional protagonist, the aptly named Dr Esmerelda Green. That puts it in the genre of … Continue reading
24 June 2012
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Jamaican Stained Glass was what I decided to call the simple dish I took to a friend’s party this afternoon. I prepared a dish with a sprinkling of granulated sugar and put in a single layer of pieces sliced from … Continue reading
23 June 2012
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A few minutes ago I was replying to a comment on my recent post about proof reading, which gave me cause to read over what I wrote. What did I find but a glaring mistake in the first sentence (l0t … Continue reading
22 June 2012
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Up for another video? Try this one from Reggie Watts, performing at TED. Don’t get too hung up trying to make sense of what he says but listen for the cadence, which captures and satirises the tone of many other … Continue reading
21 June 2012
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There is a fascinating article on the BBC website at the moment: Britain’s most musical estate?. It describes a project on a rough council estate in Scotland which has established a local children’s orchestra called The Big Noise. All accounts … Continue reading
20 June 2012
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I have to admit that my deeply held belief that petrol prices only ever ratchet up seems to be on slightly shaky ground. I refilled for 131.9p per litre earlier this evening at a local filling station (Sainsbury’s, Heyford Hill). … Continue reading