January 2011
A celebration of the life of Anne A. Cowtins, scientist emeritus
OK, so there’s no Anne A. Cowtins. Although it seemed like a perfectly reasonable guess at the time. Well, that’s not entirely true either. The question was to solve anagrams to make famous scientists’ names – in this case, “CONTAINS AWE”… I’ll give you that Isaac Newton is a more famous scientist than Anne A….
Well, WHERE’S MY DAMN HOVERBOARD?!
A wander through some of the highlights of 2010 – because if I don’t get around to it now, I’ll put it off until 2012. I’m not kidding, I’ve got a blog post draft saved that’s titled “Traditional early-May blogging slump”, which I started writing in May and still haven’t finished.
"Having worked on websites for a travel company I can assure you that Blue Monday is very much real…"
“Having worked on websites for a travel company I can assure you that Blue Monday is very much real in that world. Before it was pointed out as a media event it was a statical trend we had to observe because the websites got more demand on the day, f…
I do wonder what sort of person would send Lord Cthulhu to a job…
I do wonder what sort of person would send Lord Cthulhu to a job interview…
"The Thames smells bad and has at least half a dozen corpses in it on any given day. The one time it…"
“The Thames smells bad and has at least half a dozen corpses in it on any given day. The one time it got a bit of nature in it – I refer to the national hysteria that was the Wally The Whale saga – the fucking thing died. It was overwhelmed. “T…
Moose’s head, made of chocolate. On sale now (50% off) at…
Moose’s head, made of chocolate. On sale now (50% off) at Fortnum and Mason. I love this planet.
Ruby and a pocket watch, or stand in awe (that’s all meant to be rhyming slang)
I suspect this is entirely too late to be of any use to anyone, but it was awesome, so it seems like the sort of thing one ought to mention… In early November I was extremely fortunate to be invited to a whisky tasting dinner at the exceptional and renowned Quilon restaurant in Buckingham Gate. …
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