Ragged Clown

It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing…


Monthly Archives: September 2007

Sep
28
2007

hv u seed wut teh kidz r doin??

http://lolsecretz.blogspot.com/ http://community.livejournal.com/lolscience/ http://icanhascheezburger.com/ http://www.lolcats.com/ http://loltheist.com/

Sep
27
2007

It’ll be done by Friday

My wife just asked me if I have booked that flight yet. When I get home, she will ask me if I have submitted my expenses yet. The answer to both is no – because I was reading this. Of … Continue reading

Sep
27
2007

What’s better than jogging?

Soccer is better exercise than jogging: Now a new study led by Peter Klustrup offers us a new reason to play: Apparently if we don’t kill ourselves during the game, we actually get more exercise than spending an equivalent amount … Continue reading

Sep
26
2007

Evil Prime Ministers

What’s wrong with these pictures? Answer in the comments before you click on the pictures to find the real answers.

Sep
26
2007

Science is only a model

Seed Magazine has just announced the winners of a competition that invited contestants to answer the question:  What does it mean to be scientifically literate in the 21st Century? One of the winning essays, Camelot is only a model, praised … Continue reading

Sep
26
2007

Chimp + Finch = Human

An interesting paper in Seed magazine that suggests that the sudden emergence of language about 120,000 years ago is due to a mutation in a gene, FOXP2, that we share with most other organisms. Essentially, the paper says, most of … Continue reading

Sep
26
2007

Good Shot!

Hey! Who’s that taking a corner? Why, it’s me! Tom and Gina came along to watch us get our arses whuped on Sunday and took lots of pictures to preserve the arse-whuping for posterity (haha!geddit?). In future, I will only … Continue reading

Sep
25
2007

Don’t be a wanker

If you are planning to write a Curriculum Vitae resume any time soon, read this first. Tip #5: Avoid Wank Words Wank Words are words that inflate your perceived importance (e.g. using “architected” rather than “designed”), or words that have … Continue reading

Sep
25
2007

It’s a Fact

In science, ‘fact’ can only mean ‘confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.’ Stephen Jay Gould

Sep
25
2007

Physics First

The New York Times picked up the torch that Richard and I were carrying on Friday: Some experts on science education also point to the typical sequence of high school science instruction: biology, chemistry and then physics. It would make … Continue reading