Hurrah! Today, I introduce the first of a number of new bloggers starting over the next few months. The Southern Genes blog, to be contributed to by a number of people from Genetics Otago, aims not only to talk about… Read more ›
A gift, courtesy of Fake Science :)
I am, I would be the first to admit, generally pretty flippant and light-hearted in my blogging. Not for me the heavy-handed nor overly serious style adopted by many others. No, I prefer that my readers have a bit of… Read more ›
Adrian Shaughnessy spoke last weekend at this year’s Semi-Permanent, and had some pretty brilliant, and practical, advice for graphic designers. Why are they called paradoxes? Well, because they address statements/beliefs which many in the field take to be true, but… Read more ›
There will be a few of these. Yes, I am teh filthy foreigner (S’African in New Zealand). A stranger in a slightly odd land (sometimes). Filled with sheep, and grass, and, um, cows. And the very occasional person. Oh yeah,… Read more ›
What is originality? To see something that does not yet bear a name, that cannot yet be named, although it is before everybody’s eyes. As people are usually constituted, it is the name that first makes a thing generally visible… Read more ›
I come from an extremely foody family. I’ve always explained it to people as follows: “you know that place in their hearts where fundamentalist religious people keep their god? That’s where my parents keep food’. So yes. And I now… Read more ›
During an email conversation with friend, the following happened. Related as it ocurred. Friend shall be referred to as ‘x’ x: /winks aimee: depending on wink: /looks scared ; /yet more deadpan ; /eye twitches ; /runs screaming x: Sorry I will have… Read more ›
Last reprise for the moment! According to this marvellous post, a British (yes, the Brits feature again) brain has actually worked out a formula able to place a precise, sterling value on one’s memories. It factors in elements such as… Read more ›
Something fun to explore over the weekend! (And my first ever post) The link is to Sixty Symbols (click on the logo above), kindly brought to us by the University of Nottingham (nice one, chaps). Sixty Symbols is brilliant: it’s… Read more ›