Twitter Revolutions – shouting into cyberspace? I don’t know how much ‘Twitter’, ‘Facebook’ and similar social media have contributed to the rebellions in the Middle East and North Africa. A lot of people seem strangely worked up about assessing the impact of ‘social media’ in these conflicts; as if they actually don’t want to recognise [...]
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But what Rides are there at a Science Fair? I’ve always liked the sounds of Science Fairs. I mean, as a child, I always liked science and I’ve always liked fairs – so brill! The only thing that puzzled me is: what rides would there be at a Science Fair? There would have to be [...]
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And the winner is… It’s awards season! You’ve probably noticed. Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Oscars and of course: The Fringe Report Awards. I’m not a huge fan of such things; apart from the Fringe Report Awards (of course) and would hate to be nominated, and fail, because I must admit to the likelihood of being unable [...]
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Let’s hear it for Interference! I hate to admit this, it being Valentine’s Day and all that, but I have never made anybody a ‘compilation tape’. I seemed to have missed out on this important aspect of teenage courtship. I made ‘party tapes’, but I think they are something a bit different. I never felt [...]
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Are you sitting comfortably? Once upon a time, when I was still sitting full time behind a microscope, I had a problem. I came across a technique that I thought might help with this problem and applied it to our system. It involved using tannic acid, which is relatively well known for being what you [...]
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“Yes, I’m here at Pittcon 2011 and I’ve got it all in hand!” In which Dr Tel gets excited about Pittcon 2011 for all the wrong reasons I want to go, I want to go, I want to go to Pittcon 2011! Is it because it’s the world’s largest annual conference and exposition* for laboratory [...]
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“… and four candles, please.” ‘A rose by an other name is pobably a software solution’ I needed some new software recently and I started thinking about names, how quickly they enter our language and become accepted parts of the vocabulary. It was seeing ‘The Social Network’* that started it off I suppose. You may [...]
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