The Twitterverse, courtesy of Brian Solis… [Make clicky for hi-res image]
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Overcommited, much?
Jesus on a tricycle. Feeling a little overwhelmed with commitments at the moment. To list, then: Have day job Must start science blogging again Managing 6 twitter accounts Managing 3 FB groups/pages Doing social media strat for nationwide event in March Multiple speaking engagements/organisation thereof in next coupla months (all around geekery of some sort) […]
Brushiz!
So, for the hell of it, I had these business cards printed up (front and back sides). Also, I was having fun with photoshop brushes :)
A convincing plea for residency
A lolcat? In my honour? Gosh, you shouldn’t have. /blushes
Filthy foreigner Pt II: Another letter
Having received the fantastic news yesterday that New Zealand’s Immigration Department has kindly acceded to my wish to stay in this country, as a resident, I now present further funny reference letters from my mad friends. No, these weren’t the ones I actually sent to the ID. I’m not entirely sure they know what a […]
A return, of sorts
Right! I’m going to try to revive this here li’l blog. ‘Cause I keep meaning to, but then life gets busy. How, you say? Well, in recent weeks I have: a) spent three weeks in a 3rd world country with crap interwebs b) had my workload changed and increased c) been to a conference d) […]
The best recommendation letter ever
A gift, courtesy of Fake Science :)
Filthy foreigner Pt I: Letter
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, and awesome geeks and food and wine and views etc. Anyhoo, I have been trying […]
Friedrich Nietzsche on Originality
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 to them. Original persons have also for the most part been the namers of things.
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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 to resort to coding, either that or I have to deal with with parallel universes.Which […]