About Me
If you found me searching for the lyrics to the children's song, you can find them here.
I am a researcher in bionanotechnology currently living and working in Tokyo. I moved out here nearly three years ago, against my better judgement but in search of adventure. It has certainly been an adventure and not one I would have missed for the world.
I am trying to retrain as a designer and you may see the odd example of my work appear here as I progress.
I also indulge in opinionated rambling.
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All the artwork by Nell on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Inflatable bin liner art
Joshua Allen Harris makes* sculptures out of bin liners. He arranges them to look like litter discarded on the street but they are attached to subway air vents in the pavement and, when a train goes through underneath, the air pressure … Continue reading
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Standing by my earlier comments
A while ago I wrote a long and angry post about how the (now previous) Government had scrapped funding for equal or lesser qualifications leaving me with an almost impossibly large bill for the course I would like to do. … Continue reading
Odd. That doesn’t look like South Korea…
I know a little while ago I mentioned I was going on holiday to South Korea, but somehow my long weekend in Soul turned into 10 days in Thailand. At first I tried to capture my experiences as a video … Continue reading
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Tread Softly
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, … Continue reading
FBB
My word: it’s 13 months since the last Fat Bird Benchmark! Shocking. I went out using the couch to 10k iPhone app and, when I got back, was amazed to discover I’d run 4 miles. Ok, I didn’t actually run … Continue reading
The end of summer
The sun is warm, but no longer scorching, and it is finally cool in the shade. There is a gentle breeze that flutters the leaves; rosy with the first flush of their autumn wardrobe. It has rained all weekend and washed the … Continue reading
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Kouzushima
Kouzushima is one of the Izu Islands – an archipelago of volcanic islands South East of Tokyo Bay and part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu national park. Last month I spent 10 hours getting there on an overnight ferry and pitched a … Continue reading
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Happiness Muscat
On my way to Narita airport for my recent trip to Switzerland, I stayed at one of the airport hotels. It was nice hotel with a spacious room and, when I checked in, I was offered my choice from a … Continue reading
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Entropy and emergent behaviour
I put all my washing into the tumble dryer, and this is what came out*: It did make carrying it back up the stairs a lot easier. * and, no, I didn’t put it in the drier like that and, … Continue reading
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I’m baaa-aack!
Hello, I’m home Holiday write up to follow at some point after I’ve had some sleep. In the meantime, watch this fabulous song from Tim Minchin (and it’s got no swearing in it this time whatsoever*). Hat tip to the … Continue reading
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