My friend Emma made me some Ninjabread Men. She is awesome.
My friend Emma made me some Ninjabread Men. She is awesome.
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Oh, this nonsense again? How did you MO?!
The First Of November. You all know what that means by now, I’m sure. According to the Rules of Movember, any traces of facial hair (other than the eyebrows) were removed from my grinning visage on Hallowe’en, and today the moustache growing starts afresh. And the question, as always, is… What Type Of Moustache…
And you thought I had a big nose before…
When Warhol made his famous “15 minutes of fame” quote I suspect he meant 15 continuous minutes, rather than the sporadic splattergun effect which I’ve been putting into play of late. So, after appearing a photo in The Sun, a 2-page spread in the Virgin Trains magazine, in the background of an ITV News report…
What have Stephen Hawking and Bon Jovi got in common?
I’ve stared at the back of both of their heads. In what turned out to be a bit of a science-heavy week, HC, PB & I sauntered along to the Royal Albert Hall (coincidentally – my co-burrito-addict Mital came along the same night, but he was positioned up in the nosebleed section) to listen to…
As far as meetings go, that one was pretty amazing!
You’d think that paying a couple of hundred quid to go to a non-work-related weekend-long conference might seem an odd thing to do, however when that conference is The Amazing Meeting and the panellists & speakers are some of the scientific & skeptical world’s most engaging and colourful personalities it suddenly doesn’t seem so weird….
Oh wow, @mitchbenn has done something very special here:…
Oh wow, @mitchbenn has done something very special here: I’m Proud Of The BBC
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In 2005 a few friends afforded me the opportunity to go snowboarding in Soelden, Austria. It was an exciting time, and one rich with new experiences. For instance, my German-speaking skills to date covered being able to ask, “Where is the frog throwing contest, please?”. I knew nothing of Austrian culture, nor of the etiquette…
Got to see scifi author/legend William Gibson speak last night!…
Got to see scifi author/legend William Gibson speak last night! That was a bit of a treat…