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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Category Archives: General Meanderings
A small thought on trolling and some other stuff…
First, the small thought on trolling: I’ve noticed that trolling is often no longer the big problem it used to be. By calling obnoxious posters out as trolls when they first post, we seem able to stem the tide of … Continue reading
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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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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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Have a break, have a matcha-flavoured kitkat
I’m taking a bit of a break from blogging so I can (amongst other things) go and have a holiday in Seoul. Normal service will be resumed at the end on the month, in the meantime, please enjoy this video. … Continue reading
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Good weather, bad weather
I went hiking last weekend. There were some lovely views and a colony of feral cats. It was HOT: Then, the next day it was armagedon: Amazing sky isn’t it? It was about half an hour before sunset (hence the … Continue reading
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Customer Service
I will be in Switzerland next week, I needed to inform my banks so that they don’t think my cards have been stolen and stop them if I use them. Here is how the conversations went: Me: I will be … Continue reading
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Donate now to the Pakistan flood relief effort
Update: The comments after this BBC article on the floods made me very angry. Many of them amount to “I’m not helping because they aren’t” (“they” being Islamic nations such as Saudi Arabia). Refusing to help because no one else … Continue reading
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