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Goodbye, Neil - And Thank You 26 Aug 2012 | 03:37 am
The sad death of Neil Armstrong today is a salutary reminder that soon there will be no living person on this planet who has walked on the surface of another world. A select band of heroes, one of the...
Google Nexus 7: First Thoughts 2 Aug 2012 | 04:46 pm
My Google Nexus 7 tablet arrived a couple of days ago and I thought I'd write my first blog entry in a long while to share my initial thoughts on it. The first thing that grabs you on getting it out ...
Playing With The Pangolin: Upgrading To Ubuntu 12.04 3 May 2012 | 02:48 am
Last night, I took the plunge and upgraded my Samsung NC10 netbook to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the "Precise Pangolin". Technically, this was a fresh install over the top of the pre-existing Ubuntu 11.04, rat...
The Impact of Computer Science 14 Jun 2011 | 10:17 pm
Hmm, been a while since I last blogged in any meaningful way - and I had such high hopes for this blog, too! I promise I'll be better over the summer. Anyway, I feel moved to post about something I c...
UCU Strikes 1 Apr 2011 | 02:51 am
My photos from last week's UCU strike action are available as a set and as a slideshow:
Shadowmarch 3 Mar 2011 | 01:02 pm
I'm a big fan of the writing of Tad Williams, and the other day I finished reading Shadowheart - the final volume of his Shadowmarch tetralogy. Those familiar with Tad's work will know of his earlier...
Flickr 1 Feb 2011 | 09:29 am
Perceptive quote from the NY Times: "No one questions Flickr’s appeal to photographers who post, admire and comment on a wealth of artistic images, many of which are magazine quality. Where Flickr is...
Open Access 19 Dec 2010 | 02:20 am
I came across an interesting blog article discussing whether academics should strive to publish in open access journals. I particularly liked this passage: "However in the information-saturated worl...
Alfie 14 Dec 2010 | 10:16 am
Peter Hallward wrote in the THE of last week's demos thus: "The story of one Middlesex undergraduate who used to sit in on my MA classes, Alfie Meadows, is already notorious. He received a full-on bl...
Spineless 12 Dec 2010 | 09:01 am
From a Guardian interview with Tim Farron MP, president of the Lib Dems: "I am absolutely furious with the vice-chancellors as a cadre and I'll be careful not to call them all spineless – but I will ...
