Archive for August, 2008

Top 6 Friday: Happy Birthday Michael Jackson

Writes ck on August 29th, 2008

Read More: Music, Top 6 Friday

Discussing the entries for this list this morning, it was agreed a consensus has emerged that people will still claim to like, indeed love the music this man has produced, while steering clear of factoring in his personality. I certainly fall into this category. Todays list was originally going to be about shoe sizes, as [...]

I Want This…Now

Writes ck on August 28th, 2008

Read More: Stuff

I’ll let the text from the website do the pitch, it had me at the 9th word!
(www.firebox.com)
Specifically designed to expedite the delivery of cold lager to waiting mitts, this nifty battery-operated ice bucket is the ultimate in decadence for any self-respecting layabout. Simply fill it with ice, bung in the beers (or, heaven forbid, something [...]

Steve Martin: Born Standing Up

Writes ck on August 26th, 2008

Read More: Reading

Steve Martin, backstage at a gig in the height of his stand up career, had Elvis Presley turn to him and say: “Son, you have an ob-leek sense of humor.”

I sat in departures in Dublin airport a few weeks ago now and compared what reading I was bringing on holidays with one of the group [...]

Monday Morning Cheer Up

Writes ck on August 25th, 2008

Read More: Monday Cheer Up

With Simon away, thing are especially beak at Dossing Times Towers this morning. Here, as recommended by Tuathal, is a clip from Scrubs guaranteed to cheer you up.

Thank you Ph.D Bird

Writes ck on August 24th, 2008

Read More: Random, blogging

Last week I offered some insight into the workings of my head, or maybe I asked for some insight as to the workings of my head, posting a list of random stuff I have saved to my phone. One such entry was ‘the reaper blue oyster’. Thankfully Ph. D. Bird, a regular commenter offered some [...]

New thing learned

Writes ck on August 22nd, 2008

Read More: Random

A work mate just commented that they were ‘ a regular Kasparov’ - I naturally went to Wikipedia - learn more here.

Top 6 Friday: Muses

Writes ck on August 22nd, 2008

Read More: Uncategorized

Greek mythology tells of 9 Muses who sat atop Mount Olympus dispensing various forms of inspiration to needy artists. The daughters of Zeus and Zeus and Mnemosyne, each presided over a specific category of the arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy). For this week’s [...]

Sequels

Writes simon on August 22nd, 2008

Read More: Science & Technology

We are used to Film sequels Godfather part 1 2 and 3 for instance. But I have never seen it in a scientific paper. From Optics Express

Intrinsic Raman spectroscopy for quantitative biological spectroscopy Part I: Theory and simulations

Wei-Chuan Shih, Kate L. Bechtel, and Michael S. Feld

Intrinsic Raman spectroscopy for quantitative biological spectroscopy Part II: Experimental [...]

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Writes simon on August 21st, 2008

Read More: Uncategorized

I just marked a load of comments as spam. Sorry if your comment disappeared.

Maths and Science Part Deux

Writes simon on August 21st, 2008

Read More: Politics

PHDBIRD mentioned in the previous Maths and Science Post
I’d be inclined to agree that money’s the issue. I met an engineer recently who mentioned that they earned almost as much as a medical doctor when they were working in Germany. I’d love to know if the shortage of engineers is eliminated over there.
I had [...]