Travel Diary 6 13 Oct 2009 Today I had a lovely time visiting Oxford University Press in the company of net-friend Mike Lyle and several of his philology friends. I checked that the OED has the right definitions of species (it’s not bad; I’ll send them a correction later), and then we went to a bookshop that had Loeb editions for £8. These cost a whole lot more in Australia. Say, about 8 times more… Beneath the fold is a picture of the conference team. Spot the Wally. Administrative
Administrative Talk on natural classification 23 Mar 2011 If anyone happens to be near the University of New South Wales on Friday, I’m giving a talk on natural classification. Come and heckle (or Haeckel). Read More
Administrative A mild apology 29 Nov 2008 I haven’t done much philosophical blogging lately. There are Reasons. I’m preparing to move to Sydney over the next few months (and there may be a period in which I have no laptop too), and trying to catch up on a bunch of projects I have in play and which… Read More
Administrative I am an idiot 13 Jul 2010 I decided not to continue being the manager of a technical computing graphics department when I realised that my staff knew more than I did. I hadn’t realised until a few minutes ago that I now must relinquish the title of “geek”. There’s nothing wrong with my offline editor. I… Read More
Were you in the closet again? I’m guessing rear row jut to the left of the picture on the right side of the back wall. And couldn’t you have made the picture any smaller?