Simple Physics
Dedicated to a colleague who showed me the joys of the google sky app on his cell phone. Its no surprise that such a great guy would "discover" such a…
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February 5, 2011
Almost Yellow Flowers
Dedicated to one of my Biologist colleagues. She mentioned that she really liked bright yellow flowers - hopefully this comes close. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally getting hold of the original…
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January 31, 2011
See the Light
Dedicated to one of my favourite people. I am forever grateful for the times she has "popped in" to my class and helped out with equipment and explanations. Today's Gratitude…
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January 30, 2011
Summer Burning
This one looks like a flame if you squint and use your imagination. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting a great deal on my new computer! Also that my brother was prepared…
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January 13, 2011
Future Computer
An experiment which went slightly strange on me. Today's Gratitude Item: That the Christmas insanity for this year is *almost* at an end. Next time I blog, it will pretty…
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December 24, 2010
Creative Destruction
If its spiky and it gets thrown, bad things could happen! On the other hand, it is rather pretty. Today's Gratitude Item: "Tart" strawberries. We had some after dinner tonight…
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November 22, 2010
Any Road
Simple can be good :) Today's Gratitude Item: That one of my students who was really struggling with Science has discovered a new enthusiasm for the subject and is working…
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October 8, 2010
Psychedelic Dreaming
Here's how it happened this time round. Psychedelic colours and flower implied hippies and the sixties music scene which implied John Lennon. Finding the quote was easy :) Today's Gratitude…
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September 20, 2010
Let’s Rock
In some ways, rocking horses are better than real horses. They don't eat anything, don't leave any mess and are don't bite / nip. Treated right, they'll also last a…
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September 16, 2010
Life Changing
The only miracle here is discovering the Apophysis variant used to make the fractal. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting two requests to design logos in a short space of time. One…
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August 12, 2010