tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90049252024-03-14T03:15:45.167+00:00QuantumbiodiscsWhere randomness is the only certaintymickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-28632241264703495112008-01-17T19:34:00.000+00:002008-01-18T03:30:24.630+00:00Time to moveThis may be no surprise to anyone but I've decided to stop blogging here at Quantumbiodiscs.This blog has been running since 2004, it saw me through the final months of my PhD, my first job as a professional researcher and it played an integral role in luring me to the big wide world of political blogging.From now on I'll be doing all my personal blogging at my shiny new Wordpress blog, Brissie mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-28590327680549450642007-09-10T23:36:00.001+01:002007-09-10T23:36:45.692+01:00The Foo Fighters do the best music videosOne of my flatmates showed me this ripper of a music video last week. I'm not the world's biggest "Foo Fighters" fan, but I think this is a great song and a great clip.Does anyone else have any good music videos they want to share?mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-20044956917491230152007-09-09T19:17:00.001+01:002007-09-09T19:17:07.010+01:00This is totally brilliantSo many memories. *sniff*mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-84750478130146085612007-09-03T16:48:00.001+01:002007-09-03T16:48:26.957+01:00Congratulations Dr Cat!One of my good friends and collaborators, Caterina Mora, is now officially Dr Cat. Yay!mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-36041105323373361412007-08-29T22:49:00.001+01:002007-08-29T22:49:43.775+01:00Greatest song ever?For the boys, you guys know who you are: mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-90710979710151958922007-08-08T12:30:00.001+01:002007-08-08T12:30:49.284+01:00It's time to call itMark has an excellent post over at LP today. He points out that Howard's approach to this election is going over the top and if he continues in this way he's surely going to lose it. Howard's saturation coverage is having the effect of making him look desperate. His plan, as has been suggested widely, is to call the election as late as possible while keeping the blowtorch on the ALP in the mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-63142195855160763622007-07-26T01:21:00.001+01:002007-07-26T01:44:50.021+01:00Old media rules! I loved the line: In your face interested American public! We report! You shut your fu*#ing mouth! mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-90248711299034924042007-07-26T00:57:00.001+01:002007-07-26T00:57:22.254+01:00John Howard - now an even older grumpy old man!Happy birthday John. I really hope that this is your last birthday as PM...mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-3017383283038863952007-07-25T01:44:00.001+01:002007-07-25T01:44:01.530+01:00The greatest procrastinator of all time?I think Brian May (the guitarist from Queen) has got to be a contender for the title.mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-19241781098820491062007-07-25T01:14:00.001+01:002007-07-25T01:14:58.590+01:00This about sums up the whole Harry Potter thingmickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-87464393173220647632007-07-24T16:34:00.001+01:002007-07-24T16:34:06.159+01:00Banner changeI really should get around to changing my banner photo sometime soon seeing as there aren't really any mountains in these parts. mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-57088094987605673772007-07-24T15:50:00.001+01:002007-07-24T15:50:52.766+01:00Apartment hunting is driving me nutsWell, I know I've been crap at updating my blog recently but the real world has been getting in the way far too much. As many of you know I'm now living in Bristol. I start working in the CS department at the University of Bristol next week. This week, I'm trying to get my life somewhat organized before I start work. Unfortunately, job number one - finding a place to live - is proving to be mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-83354425571603993352007-07-23T16:19:00.001+01:002007-07-23T16:19:19.757+01:00Family Guy - Stewie is SO all about Ultimate Frisbeemickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-73289630566539586972007-06-19T10:57:00.001+01:002007-06-19T10:57:27.645+01:00The tri-nations beginsHow long has it been since I've written about Rugby? I was in the UK on the weekend and for the first time since forever I was able to watch Australia play live. You know what, I was impressed by what I saw. Australian Rugby has been in trouble this year. The Super 14 season was pretty much a dud for every team except the Brumbies, the ARU has been completely mismanaged (as have some mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-58736663862676566542007-06-18T12:25:00.001+01:002007-06-18T13:20:51.515+01:00I'm moving to BristolRegular readers would remember that I visited the University of Bristol a month or so ago for a job interview. Well, my interview and talk went pretty well and I got offered a job there a few weeks back. I've been keeping it somewhat under my hat (ie I haven't posted this until today) because I was waiting for the paperwork to come through.If all goes to plan (which it seems to be at the moment) mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-69354624897582263182007-06-08T15:21:00.001+01:002007-06-08T15:21:46.890+01:00Scirate.com keeps getting better and betterDave had been busy improving SciRate.com in the last week or two. Now you can comment and there's a funky little "recent comments" and "recent Scitations" box on the side. It's really great to see that people are already getting on board and writing comments about papers!mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-59370286273746577412007-06-06T13:46:00.001+01:002007-06-06T13:46:51.447+01:00I'm blogging politics at Larvatus Prodeo from now onI just thought I'd let people know that from now on I will be posting most of my political posts over at Larvatus Prodeo as one of the regulars there. My first article as a regular can be found here. Sometimes I might cross-post my articles between the two blogs when it makes sense to do so.mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-3126809713642496982007-05-23T13:34:00.001+01:002007-05-24T13:11:52.850+01:00So truePhD comics rips out another classic.mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-5770579933936846492007-05-23T13:20:00.000+01:002008-11-13T07:45:57.693+00:00Coffee tastes better in ItalyOne of the best things about living in Europe is that it's easy to travel between countries. On the weekend I dipped down to Italy for the day to check out Bolzano, a town in Süd Tirol. Bolzano is just over the border with Austria and culturally it is quite similar to Innsbruck. Fortunately, the Italian influence is just strong enough to demand a high standard in coffee!Here are some pics from mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-18149266136519718252007-05-08T15:53:00.001+01:002007-05-08T15:53:17.748+01:00Where's mick?Following the example of Dave I thought I'd start posting my travel plans for all the world to see. For the next week or so I'll be heading to the UK. I will be traveling to Bristol for an interview and will be there till the weekend. After that I'll be in London where I will catch up with a whole bunch of people and maybe sneak in a little research on the side. On Thursday I'm giving mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-79306594585400767342007-05-04T09:39:00.001+01:002007-05-04T09:39:59.864+01:00Super Mario awesomenessThis is so fantastic:mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-91338966688316313402007-05-03T08:56:00.001+01:002007-05-03T09:25:20.621+01:00What got me into politicsYes minister: Season 1, Episode 1, first half: Season 1, Episode 1, second half: Err, Season 1, Episode 1, third half... mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-48105966876521885992007-05-01T12:27:00.001+01:002007-05-01T14:29:23.535+01:00Well, I triedI don't know how many regular readers noticed me mucking around with the template of this blog yesterday. I was attempting to switch over to one of the New Blogger templates. Unfortunately, I seem to be encountering real conflict issues between the Haloscan commenting system which I am using and the style editors in the new template. I have no idea why, but it seems when I install Haloscan mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-18722644122404093232007-04-30T13:37:00.001+01:002007-05-01T14:28:48.733+01:00Who is the greatest on-screen physicist?Weird question no? This is the sort of stuff that I worry about as I fall asleep at night. Well no, not really but it's something that I thought about late last night after watching Spiderman 2. I'm gonna go all out there and say that Spiderman, or rather Peter Parker, is the best fictional character that is both a physicist and has appeared on the big screen. Can anyone out there come up with a mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004925.post-16389636179126325352007-04-24T14:07:00.001+01:002007-04-24T14:07:41.011+01:00Where have I been the last few weeks?I've been on a bit of an unannounced hiatus for the last three weeks. This wasn't because I was intentionally avoiding blogging, but rather because since Easter I've either been snowed under or on holiday. One of the major blogging killers of the last three weeks was the IQING conference that I was running here in Innsbruck. Unfortunately, as an organizer I felt a bit left-out of the mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835110280480984884noreply@blogger.com0