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 Travel Diary 3 6 Oct 2009 Here I am in Erlangen, after two whirlwind days with Thony Christie, seeing Albert Speer’s version of the Coliseum, lots of Nurnberg and Erlangen sites, and some originals of Conrad Gesner’s never-completed Historia Plantarum. That man was a damned good artist. I owe Thony some serious thanks. But I signed… Read More
Administrative I get email 25 Nov 2007 Unlike PZ Moorsch, I don’t get much abusive email, because I’m so much more mild mannered than he is. But I got this gem from an Australian using his cousin’s South African email account: your feedback on the one subject of macroevolution being observed is only grounded on consumptions and… Read More
Administrative Ronin Institute for masterless scholars 6 Jan 20136 Jan 2013 As readers may know, I, along with a great many other researchers, have no permanent position, making do with casual work to get by. This is an increasing problem around the world as educational institutions transition from being a public good to a service provider to government and economic goals…. 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! 🙂