hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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A wedding in Stuttgart
I’ve known Rebecca Busch for about 13 years. We first met in Heidelberg while I was there on a school trip. My mate Ben stayed with the Busches, and they both came to rescue me when my own host family … Continue reading
It’s been a busy month
Today it was brought to my attention that my lack of posting on voo-du has caused a number of people to become misinformed about my rough geographical location. I am in Munich no longer (and haven’t been for most of … Continue reading
Wir sind in München!
Andrea and I have just arrived in Munich, where she’ll be spending the next three months on a research stay.
Croatia
At the end of July, Andrea and I met up with Thea and Bruce in Croatia. They’ve been travelling the world (well, Africa, the Middle East and Europe) for the last six months and I haven’t seen them since I … Continue reading
San Diego Comic-Con
As it happens, the week that ANTS-X was on was the same week that the San Diego Comic-Con started. Fortunately for me I managed to come by a ticket from work (Titan has a stall at Comic-Con each year) and … Continue reading
Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups
Where I work we have a fantastic set up to send newsletters, a newsletter editor written entirely in-house that makes it easy to add products (in a variety of styles), signings, competitions, and random text into a newsletter. We send … Continue reading
Just like Doc Brown
I’ve got a couple of trips coming up this month, and both of them are to countries with different currency to what I normally deal with. So I went off to the bank this morning to change some money so … Continue reading
Completely forgotten
I was in London last week working. I was working and I caught up with as many people as I could squeeze into the week while not collapsing from exhaustion half way through. I also had a great idea for … Continue reading
Happy 1st Birthday!
It’s hard to believe that a year ago Andrea’s sister Mamen gave birth to tiny Bruno. Well, it’s true and that means yesterday was his first birthday! So, Happy 1st Birthday Bruno!
The problem is too many researchers
This is the response from the Secretary for Science after widespread outcry over the recent cuts to Spain’s research spending. The tone of the opinion piece in Nature, written by the Secretary herself (or the publicity department at any rate), … Continue reading