Thoughts - The Archive
Webmaster
I am pleased to have a new role as "webmaster" for my friend's new website "Living Life Fully". Check it out...
Move to Oxford
I am pleased to say that in February 2006 I moved to Oxford to take up the post of Researcher at Oxford Brookes University on the AtGentive project.
Japan photos added
From my 2001 journey to the land or the rising sun. Take a look!
Is it real, or is it Memorex?
A web site forwarded recently by my erstwhile colleagues at Glasgow Uni reminds me of the tag line from an old videotape advert. Here it is updated for the 21st Century. Guess which images are photos and which are computer generated. A tricky Christmas quiz. Try it here
A favourite book--Possession, by A.S. Byatt
I am always delighted to find a novel I really enjoy. "Possession" is not just such a novel but, "in my humble opinion"--as they say, a masterpiece. Read more
Irvine beach enjoying an Indian Summer
One of Scotland's many beauties. Take a look
Complaint about DAB radio advert
It's bad enough to buy a fancy new gizmo and find it's rubbish, but when it relays adverts telling you how wonderful it will be, that's really a bit much.! Read more
Beyond the Brain Conference
This conference was such a pleasure, if perhaps a little indulgent. A weekend in sunny Lincoln, discussing "the nature of consciousness by considering the nature of memory, especially evidence suggesting that aspects of memory may extend beyond the brain". Phew!
Burning of the clocks
This is a ceremony carried out most years on Brighton beach at the winter solstice. When I lived in Brighton in '98 I wrote a short description of that year's event, and some seven years later posted an edited version to this web site.