Monthly Archives: August 2006

What’s up with creation? What’s wrong with evolution anyway?

Posted on 30/8/2006 by jasmine

The Pope’s meeting with his Cardinals to discuss the Catholic religion’s stance on evolution. I don’t understand why these people won’t believe that evolution can be a divine mechanism. After all, what is more amazing: that God created the Universe … Continue reading →

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That’s no moon… oh wait.

Posted on 29/8/2006 by jasmine
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Oh where can that fishie be?

Posted on 24/8/2006 by jasmine

I took some photos on my way to work a few days ago. It was a sunny day.

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In Limbo

Posted on 14/8/2006 by jasmine

I made a video this weekend. It is here. (h.264 format. Needs QT7.)

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Practical Chemistry

Posted on 11/8/2006 by jasmine

Currently, the Blair junta is holding Britain at red alert, believing that triacetone triperoxide is within minutes of being manufactured on planes and used to blow them up.  At first sight, this seems reasonable.  The explosive is easily made from … Continue reading →

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Raise your expectations

Posted on 9/8/2006 by jasmine

The reason corporate megaliths- especially telecoms ones- are able to screw us, the consumer massive, so badly is simply that we expect them to do so. If you yell and scream at them when they screw up, you will get … Continue reading →

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David Bodanis: Electric Worthlessness

Posted on 8/8/2006 by jasmine

I’ve just finished reading David Bodanis’ Electric Universe. It’s no secret that I have a soft spot for pop-sci stuff but I am afraid that this book did not satisfy. Worse still, it made me worry that David Bodanis’ previous … Continue reading →

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Some days it’s like everything is coated in Vaz

Posted on 7/8/2006 by jasmine

Looks like I solved my problem at work :-) Today I feel clean.  Some days I just can’t get the stink off, I crawl in my skin, but today I feel clean and everything feels easy.  I wish I had … Continue reading →

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Prophetic

Posted on 3/8/2006 by jasmine

My MacBook Pro cable is now intermittent in operation, and is getting very hot. Shit. Nice one, Apple. Later:  the connector has actually melted and charred.  To the Apple Centre I went, whereupon I discovered that they wanted me to … Continue reading →

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Apple, Style and Physics

Posted on 1/8/2006 by jasmine

I have a complaint. I used to have an Apple Powerbook G3- actually, I still have it, it runs the mixer on my DJ gear- and it was a nice machine with only one small flaw. The power connector. This … Continue reading →

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