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The first paper: Squished microtubules
So.. here's the first paper summary. I'm not all that good at writing them, so this one's a bit of a mess, and probably hard to understand... (Um... I certainly don't expect anyone to read this... In fact... just thinking about it, I'll probably start another LJ for these paper things. Still; any comments welcome if you're brave enough to ( Read more... ) -
Duncan writes about papers
In a bid to improve my writing style, to read more (good, hopefully) papers and to get myself thinking again, I'm going to try to write a brief (i.e. 200 word) review of one paper each day, along with a 100 word critique of the writing used. Though I know the adage "there's no time like the present", I'm going to start tomorrow, as I'd like to get ( Read more... ) -
Splurge
Well... I just had a splurge of internet shopping. NOt something I do all that often, but I found this great website about Nick Drake, and found out that there's ANOTHER ALBUM ! (Sort of... It's apparently a bootleg of a bunch of home recordings... but given that I love "Smoking too long" and that was taken from this album, I'm pretty keen ( Read more... ) -
Writing
Ok... I now know how to make a cut. Sorry about that all! It just didn't occur to me that I could google for "livejournal cut howto". Duh.
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A meme, A meme; I've been tagged for a meme....
I'm on an updating spree tonight; I imagine this will cause me some pain tomorrow morning when I try to wake up at 5:30 to go for my morning run.
Anyway; BrettW tagged me with a bit of memeage, and as this is one I can do without too much trouble, I'll do it now. Thus, the meme:
List five books you've been reading lately, then tag five people:1 ( Read more... ) -
Koch vs Penrose
In the 30 March issue of Nature, Christof Koch and Klaus Hepp brought out an article ("Quantum Mechanics in the Brain") which puts a fairly strong case for why quantum mechanics is unlikely to play a significant role in mediating conscious experience ( Read more... ) -
Piano
I'm trying to get back into playing the piano again; in particular, I'm trying to transcribe piano solos that I like ( Read more... ) -
Paper and Files coming out of my ears! Argh!
I'm currently contemplating doing a major re-organisation of all the papers I've collected, files I've generated, simulations I've run, etc etc. They're currently in a great big mess, partially organised into a hundred different systems I've thought were worth trying at one time or another, but then forgot about. As a result, I have no idea where ( Read more... ) -
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A confirmin' we will go...
Since I'm coming up to a milestone in my phd, I thought I'd poke my head into LJ again and update (just a short one for now ( Read more... )