Posted in Misc on Jun 6th, 2009
Wandering in Cambridge the other day I came across a shop I’d never heard of: wombatclothing.com (alas, my hasty photo is blurred). I didn’t think to buy something with the wombat brand for my friend the secret wombat (he pretends he hasn’t come out yet, but he hides in plain sight in the emergency exit [...]
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Posted in Misc on Dec 30th, 2008
We returned to London on Saturday after a few days en famille in Provence which, it seemed to me, was colder by far than balmy old London. The in-laws also put up with a truly insupportable Internet connection that cost more and delivered a tiny fraction of what is readily available in London. Still, one [...]
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Posted in Misc on Aug 21st, 2008
The New York Times has a fine article on the microbial forensics that “finally solved the anthrax puzzle.” The article doesn’t say that the detective work involved depended entirely on a natural phenomenon known as evolution. Had Dr.Ivins not committed suicide prior to being arrested and charged with sending the anthrax laden messages we might [...]
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