I am a very lucky girl. Last week, I managed to drag myself from my Lair of Sickness to attend the now-annual 2012 DeSForM (Design Semantics of Form and Meaning) conference. And what a treat it was, if nothing else remining me of how much I’d like to retrain in this space some day(a dream […]
Posts for April 2012
nerd nite 10: Of the Strange, the Alien and the Device
Well, I know have a full linup and details for nerd nite Wellington #10, which is happening this Monday, 23rd April, from 6pm at Hotel Bristol. Details are already available on the nerd nite Wellington website, Facebook page etc, but I figured I’d share them here, too :) I’ve changed the format a little and […]
Come to Science in the City!
Something pretty exciting’s happening this Thursday, 12th April, in Auckland (New Zealand) :) Yep, Science in the City is taking place, from 9am to 8pm, at The Cloud. But what, I hear you cry, is this ‘Science in the City’? Well, NIWA and a bunch of other sciencey organisations* are going to be taking over […]
So you think science is hogwash?
I think this piece almost perfectly sums up why I struggle not to become Quiet and Sarcastic* with anti-science people. You stare into your high definition plasma screen monitor, type into your cordless keyboard then hit enter which causes your computer to convert all that visual data into a binary signal that’s processed by […]
nerd nite Wellington 10, featuring Mars, quantum mechanics and Mad Makers
This month’s edition of nerd nite Wellington looks to be a cracker. Or, possibly, a corker. To celebrate the 10th edition,we’ve got people talking about making mad gadgets (and noises with them), KiwiMars and quantum mechanics. April 23rd, from 6pm. And two of them are Scibloggers! Elf Eldridge and Roger Hanson, to be […]