April 2005
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There is power in a Union?
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My great-grandfather moved to the US from Russia in the years before the First World War, in part forced out due to his trade union activities. Although working at a University isn’t exactly the equivalent of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, or my great-grandfather’s construction sites in New York City, I was pleased to find out…
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Google maps in the UK
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Google Maps is (are?) up and running in the UK. Here’s where I work, more or less (actually I thought I was in SW7 2AZ, but it can’t seem to find that…). It’s a slick interface, although it will be much cooler when the Satellite maps are available, like they are in the US.
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Outlaws and geeks
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From David Gates’ review of ‘The Outlaw Bible of American Literature’: The Rebel Establishment complete with great quote and weirdly out of place tech reference (extra points if you get it): From Waylon Jennings’s autobiography, … the Platonic country-music anecdote, about Hank Williams: “Faron Young brought Billie Jean, Hank’s last wife, to town for the…
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Followups
Hunter Thompson: Rich Cohen’s Gonzo Nights recounts Thompson’s sad end, subsumed in the persona he created through drinking, drugs — and his words. For Women in Sciences, Slow Progress in Academia: Women applying for a postdoctoral fellowship had to be 2.5 times as productive to receive the same competence score as the average male applicant….…
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Downtime warning
Yet again, the servers will be off this weekend: from about 6pm BST Friday 15 April through 8am Monday 18 April. Get some fresh air.
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Einstein in the Midlands
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Just back from a few days at the University of Warwick (which is actually in Coventry, a city with a such a bad rep that they didn’t want to name the University after it), at the IOP‘s Physics 2005: a Century After Einstein (a bit more information on what I discussed here). An unexpected highlight…
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Comin’ back from Cali
First, sorry if you tried to access the blog the last couple of days: the power was down in the building over the weekend for some pretty serious periodic maintenance. Some day soon I plan to bite the bullet and transfer over to an independent host and my own domain. A few highlights, culinary and…
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