Hi. I’m John, and I Tweet 22 Sep 2009 Yeah, I know, I’m a follower, not a leader these days*. You note that I have given into the Twitterpated Tsunami, in the side bar. My username is john_s_wilkins, because I’m really, really unimaginative. I still don’t know what it’s all about, but I will learn. * I knew that I was getting long in the tooth when my staff started to know more about the technology we used at work than I did. That was 1995. Now I’m a Jurassic relic. Administrative Humor
Academe The end of a dream… for now 21 Dec 20109 Jan 2023 A while back I declared that my career was over as an academic because things were going to hell. Instead, things went on to get better, and I got a postdoctoral research fellowship at Sydney. So I looked like a real putz. Then I got an associate professorship at a… Read More
Humor Advice from the Little Mermaid? 18 Jul 2010 My daughter watched The Little Mermaid repeatedly as a child. I now wonder if that was sending the right messages… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xCgC3w1zs] H/t Jennifer Ouellette. Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Trashcan: hobs and goblins 10 Dec 2008 I’ve been travelling a little to organise my move to Sydney. Love the building, the department, the people and the project. Not sure about Sydney… so anyway, nothing of substance from me for a while. Here’s a lovely little essay about Newton pissing off most of the European intellectual giants… Read More
They said to use a good picture. That was the best I could find. Besides, the grumpy ape is getting tired.