I don’t complain much, but when I do, it’s usually about technology. I have an unfortunate combination of bad luck and high standards when it comes to gadgets. Literally, whenever I buy anything with greater complexity than lettuce, it has some flaw, either minor and only noticeable to my hyper-critical eye1 or a major defects2. [...]
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On Complaining About Technology
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Degree of Modesty
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
About getting my PhD and kicking ass at life.
99 Problems But a Fish Ain’t One
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I saw a turtle squashed in the middle of the road. It’s not something you see every day in downtown London, so I figure it was an omen that it would be one of those days when everything that could go wrong would go wrong. My first of two thesis defenses was scheduled for [...]
The Best Most Listened To Albums of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oops I forgot to post this earlier. Ah well, only a month late. 10. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke Synthy pop rock goodness out of New Zealand. She named herself after the 80s movie, and the 80s influence shines through hardcore, bringing me back to my childhood. Plus look at that album cover. Playing NES in her [...]
The Best Most Listened-To Albums of 2009 – Honourable Mentions
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t really say what the best music of the year is. I haven’t listened to every album that has come out, and I’m no music critic. What I can do is say which albums captured my ears enough to listen to over and over. Luckily, Last.fm keeps track of all the music I listen [...]
Book Review: Ten Questions Science Can’t Answer (Yet) – A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness, by Michael Hanlon
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years of reading about and contributing to science, it’s the old cliche that the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. The method of science has revealed a whole lot about the universe we live in, but even the most well-established facts [...]
Love Crime
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You know those atheist bus signs in Toronto? Well it looks like someone has vandalized one of them…sorta. Um. Maybe I’m not fully understanding the author’s intention, but the sign (er, piece of paper) they put on top of the ad really isn’t at odds with the ad. It’s a bit ambiguous, scratching out “prob” [...]
Lost:
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saw this on a post along the Thames today: Weird/cute/sad.
Film as Elixir
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok so go read this review of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by critic Jordan Hiller and then come back here. Since you totally didn’t read it, here’s a summarizing quote: The film and those like it are merely the reflection of ageing creative people in hopeless search for an elixir. I haven’t seen the [...]
In the News
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s top story: LOLcats are awesome. Among the usual stories of politics, business, and school shootings, today’s LA Times featured an entire article about I Can Has Cheezburger, the internet’s leading provider of pictures of cats with poorly written captions. It’s actually an interesting read; I never really considered that people are making a living [...]
