Category Archives: Life

Science in policy, an engineer’s take

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

I went to a talk on Thursday evening hosted by CSaP. It was Mark Henderson talking about his new book, The Geek Manifesto. The talk was interesting and Mark had lots of good points to make about science in government … Continue reading →

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How to peel a beetroot

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

After you’ve roasted it in foil for an hour, stick a fork in one end, hold it vertically up, and scrape it downwards with a teaspoon.

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A Public Service Announcement on the Matter of the Tying of One’s Shoelaces

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

Earlier this week, my father was lamenting the fact that his boot laces keep coming undone. This is apparently a particular problem when the boot laces in question are under a pair of gaiters, but I personally think it must … Continue reading →

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The Innovation Agency site launches…

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

The Innovation Agency website has now launched officially. Be delighted by its greenness and its wordiness (and also by its content!). That is all.

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New promises on open data from UK gov

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

This is seriously exciting. If I understand what it says correctly, the UK government is going to require that a whole raft of interesting and publicly relevant data is made available for public use, through dumps or APIs. It’s too … Continue reading →

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Lots happening, not much said

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

I’ve been pretty quiet for a while. Two weeks of that was in Switzerland, in Adelboden, leading for HF Holidays. It was a fantastic couple of weeks. Great weather (apparently its been a pretty poor summer, so we were lucky), … Continue reading →

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Savoury porridge for tea…

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Its been a while since I posted anything. I’ve been pretty busy with various bits and bobs – hopefully there will be something interesting to talk about soon. I fancied savoury porridge for dinner. I’m not quite sure why. Google … Continue reading →

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Call me doctor

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

I graduated yesterday. The culmination of four and a half years of stumbling around in the dark, which by a small miracle yielded something that might actually be useful to the wider world. Fortunately, in keeping with the rest of … Continue reading →

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Fixing bugs by upgrading

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

I’ve spent the better part of a week trying to fix a show stopper bug in my rendering code that manifested itself after my forced machine change. I published a minimal test example on my github repository demoing the bug … Continue reading →

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Dead laptop :(

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

A couple of days ago my trusty old Dell Inspiron 9400 (with the most delightful 1920×1200 screen) died on me. I’m pretty sure, based on the symptoms, that it was a graphics card problem. I tried, with assistance, to reflow … Continue reading →

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