My office 12 Feb 200918 Sep 2017 The University of Sydney is covered with modern buildings, but it also has a few that date back to the 1850s. As it happens I’m located in one. It has no heating, cooling, or internal toilets, but look at it: My office is the two windows to the right, on the floor above the arch. I don’t know if I will do any good work here, but it won’t be for lack of tradition. I can even deal with the carillon exercises immediately above my head each day. Administrative
Administrative News from Ediacara 27 Oct 2008 The Ediacaran period is the era between around 635Mybp and 540Mybp, just before the Cambrian. You pronounce it “ed-ee-ack-a-ran”. It is also the name of a new blog by the inimitable Chris Nedin, erstwhile paleontologist who specialised in the Ediacaran fauna before joining the Dark Side (federal public service) in… Read More
Administrative 106 books meme 3 Oct 2007 I do these things to (a) impress you all (if I can), (b) get a crossbearing on whether I’m actually part of this culture I find myself inside of, and (c) see if there are any other books I ought to have read. Like my source, Live Granades, I bold… Read More
Administrative A rather big year 23 Nov 2009 This has been a big year for me. I had two books published, travelled to Lisbon, to Italy, Germany, the UK and the US, gave a slew of talks and talked to a slew of folk. And today I was recorded for a nation-wide show, Ockham’s Razor (probably to be… Read More
If it does, my lateral aphasia prevents me from noticing. [This is turning out to be Medical Revelations, isn’t it?]
If it does, my lateral aphasia prevents me from noticing. [This is turning out to be Medical Revelations, isn’t it?]
If it does, my lateral aphasia prevents me from noticing. [This is turning out to be Medical Revelations, isn’t it?]
Hey! I thought everything in Australia was upside down, but here it appears to be only tilted about 5 degrees. I hope that you have velcro for your Mac Book so that it doesn’t slide down your desk….
Two windows? TWO!? I thought philosophers were stored in the basement, to be dragged out on special occasions.
Two windows? TWO!? I thought philosophers were stored in the basement, to be dragged out on special occasions.
Two windows? TWO!? I thought philosophers were stored in the basement, to be dragged out on special occasions.
So if there are no internal toilets, what do you do? Go outside. There are toilets accessible from the quadrangle…
So if there are no internal toilets, what do you do? Go outside. There are toilets accessible from the quadrangle…
So if there are no internal toilets, what do you do? Go outside. There are toilets accessible from the quadrangle…
Oooh! I wonder if the Skeptic Zone podcast might meet up with you one day to talk about Science blogging? That’d be cool! 🙂