Archive for March, 2008

Kitchen door

Posted in YoursTruly on 03/23/2008 05:11 pm by Jimbo


Kitchen door, originally uploaded by eat your greens.

“I bet you could rip that out with a claw hammer”, said Neil C. He was right too…

So I’ve spent my Easter Sunday ripping the flat apart with my bare hands. Cos , baby… There’s something quite satisfying about demolishing 30-year-old DIY.

 

Rings around one of Saturn’s moons?

Posted in astronomy on 03/10/2008 08:09 pm by Jimbo

The Cassini team have announced the interesting news that Saturn’s second largest moon, Rhea, may have rings. Comments over on the Royal Observatory blog.

 

We call upon the author to explain

Posted in YoursTruly on 03/09/2008 10:51 pm by Jimbo


Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, originally uploaded by eat your greens.

Blair Millen tagged me to write six unimportant things so here goes:

  • My favourite record at the moment is .
  • I was born, and grew up, in .
  • I spent a semester of grad school on academic probation, with the threat of being kicked off my PhD if I didn’t improve my grades.
  • I spent this afternoon painting the spare room.
  • I first used e-mail in 1989. No internet back then, as I recall.
  • I’m about to make a nice cup of fairtrade tea. Cheers!
 

Cambridge students and lecturers demonstrate to close Guantanamo Bay

Posted in amnesty on 03/05/2008 08:14 pm by Jimbo


Cambridge students and lecturers demonstrate to close Guantanamo Bay, originally uploaded by Amnesty International UK.

Spotted on flickr, Cambridge students formed a human Amnesty candle to protest against Guantanamo.