January 2009
Apostrophe catastrophe for city's street signs -... →
How terrible. It’s the end of civilisation as we know it and I hope this isn’t something we see in other cities.
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I’m blown away, just blown away…
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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Obama inauguration |... →
I did wonder about this - not a pickup in sight!
WatchA Smarter Planet: The Tale of a Smarter Planet
“You should embark on a PhD for “the mountain-climbing reason” -...”
– Times Higher Education - Academics fear PhD quality is slipping
Times Higher Education - Academics fear PhD... →
This makes for pretty interesting reading. I have to say I see both sides of the coin presented - on one side, there’s pressure on academics from on high to make the institution some money by attracting foreign students who pay full fees, whilst they may not be the best candidates for the role. THere are probably more people starting PhDs now than there used to be - but is this truly because...
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IBM Research’s nanoMRI microscope
It’s a pretty neat evolution of AFM/STM. Again!
Compare the Meerkat →
Actually quite clever marketing. I’d like a small meerkat that enjoys scuba diving.
Eee Keyboard: An Entire Touchscreen Home Theater... →
sorry about the infinite loops
Apparently forwarding all your all rss feeds to each other is a bad move…
From Facebook: Steven should have been in bed ages ago now. http://tinyurl.com/79d865: From Facebook: Steven sho.. http://tinyurl.com/9kw5rj
“There’s also now built-in support for Facebook & Flickr.”
– Gizmodo Liveblog
At long last.
2008, the year in photographs (part 3 of 3) - The... →
Part three of an incredible photo series.