Bob on February 5th, 2010

Once again: This is not a post about geology, so if you’re picking this up in a geofeed feel free to ignore it.
I’m into my second fortnight of my fitness program, it’s still going pretty well. My diary and some other thoughts follow:

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Bob on January 16th, 2010

This is not a post about geology, so if you’re picking this up in a geofeed feel free to ignore it.
That said however, I’m doing this at least partly for reasons related to my course – so feel free to have a read if you’re interested.

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Bob on September 13th, 2009

Once again, I’ve left things rather a long time between posts. Mostly due to travelling over a thousand miles over the last couple of weeks, but also getting back to work as an Apple Campus Rep now that university is starting back up.
So here’s what I’ve been up to:

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Bob on July 26th, 2009

Previously: Field Trip Music
Our recent trip to Girvan meant driving for at least a couple of hours. And y’all know what that means: new field trip mixtapes.
Geotrip Disc 3: Nerdcore Special
This Disc is comprised of my favourite Nerdcore tracks. Unfortunately everyone else was less of a fan. Went down well at game night though.
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Bob on July 26th, 2009

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here (seriously? A month already?) so I thought I’d write a quick post about what’s been going on recently. I’ve been both busy and lazy, so haven’t had a chance to do much worthy of putting up here.

Lab Work: I’m still working in the Lab, having [...]

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Bob on May 27th, 2009

Everyone has their favourite tracks for listening to on field trips while driving to distant locations, here’re the tracklists from a couple of CDs I put together for an upcoming jaunt:

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Bob on May 22nd, 2009

Jono came over for a visit today and we decided to indulge in a little visit to yet another of Glasgows free museums. This time, the Museum of Transport. It was a decent way to waste a couple of hours, with lots of examples of old buses, bikes, cars and trains to look at, as [...]

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Bob on May 20th, 2009

Thought I’d share a list of my webcomic recommendations for anyone who’s interested. Anyone have any suggestions for me to check out?

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Gems from Glasgow Uni Heroes part 1: “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” – Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
Gems from Glasgow Uni Heroes part 2: “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now.” – Lord Kelvin, 1900

Gems from Glasgow Uni Heroes part 3: James Watt patenting other people’s ideas.

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So there was this video that popped up earlier in the week called “I am a Geek!” starring a bunch of internet “celebrities” (mostly twitter and web 2.0 celebrities) declaring that they’re geeks. Their definition of geek being that they use technology but don’t specifically live in their parents basements or play D&D. Since then [...]

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