John Bowers has started his own blog, Suborderly, with a link to his Flickr photopages. In the first posts you will find a poignant and sad reminiscence of a childhood friend of his who died doing cold fusion research.
Alas, computer science offers few opportunities for sudden and glorious death.
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Rambling recollections of an aging engineer
About Me
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- Back in academia after a decade in industry, with a new generation of students.
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- Finite Simple Group of Order Two
- Finished model 2007-III
- Hos optikern
- After the party
- A new blog
- Worth his prize
- Asteroids!
- The importance of Lego for animators
- The first griffons of spring
- When the invisible hand cannot be seen
- Politician vs Industrialist
- Mixing with the upper class
- Is it an insult?
- Research can be anything!
- My god, it's full of CARs!
- Finished model 2007-II
- Finished model 2007-I
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- Les Hydravions de la Luftwaffe Vol 2 J-L Roba & H-W Neulen, ft M Ledet. These books really grow on you.
- Les Hydravions de la Luftwaffe, Vol 1 J-L Roba & M Ledet, ft C Cony & H-W Neulen. There are two more volumes.
- Teknisk specifikation SIS/TS 904501:2021 Ergonomi vid människa-systeminteraktion – Användbarhetsrond SIS/TK 380. And now to implement.
- Pilot i Den Danska Brigaden i Sverige under Andra Världskriget: Svensk-dansk flyghistoria A Sandqvist. A tiny corner of history.
- Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests, 2nd ed J Rubin & D Chisnell. Friendly and complete, if slightly dated.
- What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy J P Gee. I need to study more pedagogics.
Places I keep track of
- IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
- Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
- Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
- Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
- Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
- Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
- Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
- Piled Higher and Deeper Mike Slackenerny, that's me. Free food, anyone?
- Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
- Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
- xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.
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