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Archive for April, 2008

Google maps miles off on Barcelona hotel

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted under barcelona, companies. | 6 Comments »

I'm a big fan of Google maps. But sometimes they get things very very wrong. In January I posted this example of them getting the location of the San Francisco international ... Read more..

Digital camera found in Barcelona. Do you know these girls?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted under barcelona, other. | 11 Comments »

We found a digital camera down in Barceloneta this afternoon. Here are a couple of the images on it. Do you know these girls? The menu on the camera is in German. You ... Read more..

Paper on the global spread of influenza published in Science

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted under me, other. | 4 Comments »

I spent Sept. 2004 to Sept. 2007 as a postdoc in the Zoology Department at the University of Cambridge. We did research into influenza virus using a technique we called ... Read more..

Could someone please give Natalie Jeremijenko a MacArthur grant?

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted under other. | Comments Off on Could someone please give Natalie Jeremijenko a MacArthur grant?

Could someone please give Natalie Jeremijenko a MacArthur "genius" Grant? Thank you. I'm not in charge of these things, obviously. If I were though, I'd be hoping to see Natalie nominated so ... Read more..

The trouble with bitter

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted under politics. | 8 Comments »

When I heard that Obama had described people in small US towns as being bitter I immediately thought it was an unfortunate word choice and that it was probably something ... Read more..

Everything you think you know is wrong

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted under other, tech. | 2 Comments »

I'm often surprised at how confident people are about their knowledge of the world. Looking at the history of thought and of science, you quickly see that it's strewn with ... Read more..

Individuality, transparency, and the cult of impersonality

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted under companies. | 3 Comments »

I've been talking to people about raising money for Fluidinfo over the last 5 months. Along the way I've had plenty of time to reflect on the process. I have ... Read more..

A curiously empty space in the heart of Manhattan

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted under other, travel. | 4 Comments »

I was taken to lunch at the New York Yacht Club today by Ted Carroll of Noson Lawen Partners. By some miracle I happened to be dressed well enough to ... Read more..