Monthly Archives: July 2012

The Star of the Olympics

Posted on July 28, 2012 by stoove

This is for everyone. I’m not a sportsman, I’m not an athlete in any sense. I’m not patriotic, and I’d rather not tell someone I’m a Brit while abroad (if I can avoid it). The Olympics is absolutely alien to … Continue reading →

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Underlying Subtleties

Posted on July 26, 2012 by stoove

Since the topic of science in the media has come up somewhat often recently, I thought it would be interesting if I could shed a bit of light on a way which is perhaps better for science to be talked … Continue reading →

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Blog Productivity Flow

Posted on July 16, 2012 by stoove

My Blog productivity flow is an interesting one; if it were a fluid, the Reynold’s number would be somewhat over one hundred thousand. I tend to try to write posts in as much advance as possible, but inspiration is somewhat … Continue reading →

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Some Trivia

Posted on July 8, 2012 by stoove

A minipost today (big one tomorrow, promise!) about my site stats. The top three searches, recently, according to my dashboard, are; 1. “execution of experiments” 2. “power aura for spirit link totem” 3. “mphys worth it” So first off, I … Continue reading →

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A Bosonic Debacle

Posted on July 8, 2012 by stoove

Twitter is a wonderful thing, but it rather ruined my day on Wednesday as the news broke of a rather ridiculous piece of programming on BBC Wales. The mid-day talkshow “The Radio Wales Phone-In” was rather depressingly misleading and naive … Continue reading →

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Experiments, and a Lesson in Planning

Posted on July 3, 2012 by stoove

So I’ve mentioned before that I’m currently working at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories on image sensing devices (“camera chips”, for any laymen who may have wondered in this evening). I’m mostly working on experiments for a new technology called Single … Continue reading →

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