These bank holidays screw up your sense of time… I meant to post this on Wednesday. The small smudge towards the middle of the leaf is my non-traditional entry for EDW this week. Here is a zoom so we can really see the beauty of this little foreign invader. This is Eupteryx decemnotata a Southern …
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A foreign invader for ED
Pie and Mash
I just caught the tail end of the local news to hear a reporter at the Heathway interviewing locals about Roy’s pie and mash shop – apparently it is closing due to lack of custom. The news segment seems to be trying to suggest that the changing demographic of Dagenham had reduced the flow of …
Nutters on the tube
The paragon of comfort and convenience that is the London Underground plays host to a fair number of oddballs, weirdoes and downright nut-cases. These mainly inhabit the central portions of the network. Unfortunately, living as I do, out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy out …
A good scientist takes care of his optics…
I, on the other hand, managed to dissolve two of mine today. Ok, they were both unknown quantities that had been rescued from a junk pile years ago and left to gather dust at home. Today I remembered them and took them to work to see if they’d be any use. A quick blast from …
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Official Photographer
The conference wagon train stops at work next week – two hundred and fifty delegates, five days and some seriously hardcore materials science. On the basis of some photos I took at a wedding (as opposed to wedding photos which would have been done properly), I’ve been elected official conference photographer. Alas, this position does …