London delivered another of it’s rare and exciting opportunities into my eager grasp last Thursday night with the chance to attend the 2011 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK, to hear from Marc Abrahams of the Annals of Improbable Research
Qype: Restaurant La Villa d’Este in Nice
Nice – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Italian & Pizza Whilst stuck in Nice recently due to a transport foulup, my partner and I asked our hotel concierge where a good place to go for dinner might be, and
The idealist’s view of The Digital World
Despite my recent move to the periphery of software development, I started life in the Computer Science department at Flinders University, and by virtue of associating with some Mighty Clever Folks had some of the hacker mentality rub off on
Qype: Chang’s Noodles in London
London – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Chinese There are so many little non-chainy food places around the British Museum/Bloomsbury area that occasionally curiosity gets the better of you and you think, “Well, surely this place wouldn’t still be
Qype: Lupita in London
London – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Mexican Finding myself in need of a bite and in the Villiers Street area I figured I might as well go check out Lupita: any opportunity to check out a potential new
Why not drink all Jason’s beer? That sounds like fun!
Best way to divest your shelves of a load of booze you can’t be bothered moving or putting into storage? Well, as previously demonstrated, you get a load of friends together and DRINK IT! And so it came to pass
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
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.
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
Qype: Carnevale in London
London – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Vegetarian As a lifetime steak enthusiast it has taken me many years to reconcile with the idea of going to a vegetarian restaurant, and on the various occasions I have done it’s