| Sunday, June 28th, 2009 |
| 1:34 pm |
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| Sunday, June 14th, 2009 |
| 9:14 pm |
Socks and Puppets
So, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ahdok is running another game of Socks and Puppets in July. S&P is a game in which you request a present, eg "a dragon" or "something about Finland" and then spend about half an hour each on making a small gift for three other people. At the same time, three people are making something for you. Then everyone is happy and has presents :-) There is a website, it is here: http://www.socksandpuppets.com/game/game2.htmlSign up! Spread the love! Make stuff! (any form of creative wossname is encouraged, be it writing, drawing, crafting...) |
| Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 |
| 1:10 pm |
Spit in a jar FOR SCIENCE!
The KCL Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology is looking for UK-resident gay and bisexual cisgendered women to provide DNA samples for their research into the possibility of genetic basis for homosexuality. All you need do if you are one and want to take part is spit in the jar they provide and send it back to them. ( details under here ) |
| Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 |
| 10:15 pm |
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| Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 |
| 11:34 pm |
Alan Renshaw, 1918-2008
So, my grandpa died yesterday, not entirely unexpectedly, painlessly and peacefully, and with family at his side. Pretty much the best way possible for him to go. Grandpa had a stubborn streak a mile wide when it came to doctors. The only time he ever saw a medical professional in his adult life was when his foot was run over by a double-decker bus. Ironically, this means that they have to do a post-mortem for legal reasons as he has no medical notes :P Which is pretty much how I'll remember him, really- someone who was always very self-sufficient (and, of course, the small bit of me that is still four and being held up by him so I could pretend to be an aeroplane...) I have one little request: no comments of random sympathy, as they make me twitch violently. I have not turned comments off as usually this is only done when someone makes a controversial post they know is wrong, and it also makes me twitch violently ;-) |
| Sunday, November 16th, 2008 |
| 2:42 pm |
Socks And Puppets Pimping Time
So, my friend ahdok is running a small-scale handmade-gifts-only secret santa type thing over December. It's called Socks and Puppets, the webpage is here , and the deadline for signing up is November 25th. Everyone will send three hand-made presents and is expected to spend about half an hour making each one, so it's a nice low-committment game that nonetheless should yield some interesting little gifts :) All are welcome to join in- we've had one person from Finland we've never heard of sign up already... Oh, and an alternative summary of the rules is here... |
| Sunday, September 21st, 2008 |
| 10:59 pm |
Music Meme. Why not?
Meme stolen from ahdokStep 1: Put your iPod/media player on random. Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song. Step 3: Let everyone guess what song and artist the lines come from. Step 4: Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly. Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is cheating. I had to cheat a bit to remove all the purely instrumental tracks, but here we go... ( clicky ) |
| Saturday, August 30th, 2008 |
| 12:03 am |
Mooncup: For Science!
So, I got one of them Mooncup thingies. ( here be periods )I think the box is talking bollocks. Apparently "one woman uses 10000 tampons in her lifetime". So, as I was happily wandering home, I worked out that at my rate of 15 tampons per period and 11 periods a year, I'd have to menstruate regularly for sixty-one years to use ten thousand tampons. IE, until I'm 75. I think not. Is this just me? Do I get through far fewer tampons than anyone else? I'd love to know... |
| Monday, June 16th, 2008 |
| 11:00 am |
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| Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 |
| 8:55 pm |
Nightwish Ticket
Anyone want to see Nightwish at the London Astoria tomorrow? (that's THURSDAY 27th)? ahdok and I are going and have had someone pull out. Ticket with booking fees etc is just over £20, doors at 7.00. Please EMAIL ME at my username @cam.ac.uk if you're interested as I am really, really crap at remembering to read livejournal comments. |
| Sunday, March 16th, 2008 |
| 1:53 pm |
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| Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 |
| 10:17 am |
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| Thursday, January 17th, 2008 |
| 6:28 pm |
Pimp My Mathmo
Ralph is actually managing to start looking for a job. Sadly he doesn't know enough about the local recruiterpimps, and doesn't have the "social network" that I do, as in he is even quieter and asocial than me :) So, where should someone with an applied maths degree with some programming experience, mostly in Java and JUnit but a bit of PHP and C looking for a techie job in Cambridge or environs that involves maths and programming (he's not too fussed about proportions) start looking for a job, and who should he throw his CV at? Also, which recruiterpimps are merely bad, and which ones should he not touch with a bargepole? (this may be related to the previous question...) He's not too worried about money and will take a relatively crappy job. No time limits as Caius are rather unwilling to let him go (but he is leaving before my PhD stipend runs out dammit :P) Help appreciated, chocolate and hugs will be given if desired :) |
| Monday, November 26th, 2007 |
| 8:47 pm |
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| Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 |
| 12:10 pm |
IRC fix
To any of the Cambridge University lot suffering from IRC deprivation due to the loss of the SRCF this morning, #larp and #assassins exist on server zeus.jesus.cam.ac.uk jooooiiiin usssss... |
| Thursday, September 27th, 2007 |
| 7:50 pm |
Pufferfish the Mead Fairy
Some of you may have noticed that I am getting married soon. The Treasure Trap Medieval Banquet will be on November 24th (date changed because site has been booked for 1st December since September 2006). These events require Mead, and therefore I will be buying copious quantities of mead from http://www.moniackcastle.co.uk in a few weeks' time. If anyone wants in on the order, please email me at this username at the obvious place. It generally comes out at about £6 per bottle of mead/wine/whatever. Or comment here, of course. |
| Monday, September 10th, 2007 |
| 7:18 pm |
:D
I seem to have become engaged. It doesn't feel any different from not being. Much. The answers to the inevitable questions: I do not have an engagement ring and don't want one. Sorry. I am keeping my name. Hopefully as soon as is sane.. umm... maybe November, and it'll be quiet. I am now going to count how many instances of each of these I get in real life. Current Mood:  ecstatic |
| Friday, August 31st, 2007 |
| 11:12 pm |
Result!
I crosslinked my protein! While I'm not usually given to deliberate attention-seeking, I got a result today which means that several months of planned PhD work are likely to, well, work. Also it means I have something to write about on the poster I have to make in three weeks time. So there you go. Also, larp tomorrow. Mmm, masochistic nympho fire mages with big sticks. (thanks to lupie_stardust for the icon...) |
| Monday, August 27th, 2007 |
| 7:35 pm |
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| Thursday, August 16th, 2007 |
| 3:48 pm |
Costumes!
http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=7013&forum=2By which I mean, English National Opera are having a costume sale on Saturday, and lots of people I know might be interested in going. I would like to go on my own because I kill people if I try to shop in company. But that doesn't mean people shouldn't be told :) Edited: I have been persuaded to go with people. We'll be there about 11.30. Don't blame me if I kill you... |
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