I realised the other day that despite never keeping a diary, or weighing myself more than once every few months, I can remember my weight at various times. So graph time!


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Big thanks to major-clanger for inviting me to a talk on invisibility at the IET. It was actually about the new materials with interesting optical properties, that don't exist in nature. His write up is worth a read ( Read more... )

Very busy at work. No lunch break today.

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Why do cats sit on papers?

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Some photo's of the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Increasing large bundles of bank notes paying for nothing. An every increasing number of zeros added to new note issued. They knocked 10 zeros off the end earlier this year, and may have to do it again before the year is out ( Read more... )

I can't get a GP appointment unless it's an emergency (in which case I would go to hospital, surely?) without being registered ( Read more... )

About three years ago I got a bit paranoid that my left shoulder was moving differently to my right, so went to see the GP. There was an elderly locum in, who just said something along the lines of "bodies aren't symmetric, don't worry." So I didn't ( Read more... )

I just realised how many little bumps and scrapes I've picked up in the last couple of weeks, in the cause of having fun.

Slightly sunburned cheeks: Two Saturdays in Windy Brighton.

Split nail on left middle finger: Brighton Frizbee related mishap.

Rough skin on top of thumbs: It's a compulsionCut under right thumb: Undoing one of those army ( Read more... )