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2018-03-11 Would Mouse like to leave now?

Mar11
by on 2018-03-11 at 13:17
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Gosh, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry about that.

Anyway, turns out that taking pity on the cute* likkle wood mouses and letting them use our house during the cold spell was not without consequence. After finding mouse droppings on the breakfast table even Karen was convinced that murine check-out time had now arrived. We baited the (humane!) trap with peanut butter, which the little dears love so much that even once the trap door is opened to freedom they’d still rather have just one more little nibble before they go.

Six so far, and counting.

UPDATE: We took about 14 mice away, or possibly two mice seven times each (on average.) Then Karen took two of them a lot further away and now we have no mice at all. The house is quiet and sad again — we miss them. (But not their poo.)

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*oh! But they are SO cute!

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Wood mouse sitting at a table prepares to eat bread and peanut butter, oblivious to the primed mouse-trap around the peanut butter jar.

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2017-12-21 Winter Greetings

Dec21
by on 2017-12-21 at 18:38
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Winter greetings to all my readers, and non-readers too. Wishing you all a happy and healthy year ahead!

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Woman and polar bear dance in the snow

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2017-09-15 Thomas Truax

Sep17
by on 2017-09-17 at 12:52
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We enjoyed an unsual musical act at the Old Fire Station on Friday. Thomas Truax plays songs with an understated, whimsical, often dark humour, with the occasional help of an mechanical drummer (named Mother Superior — you can see her at bottom-right in my doodle.) Also starring were the Hornicator and the Stringaling, and an impressive selection of effects pedals and looping tools. Thanks Thomas!

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whimsical record of a whimsical performance.

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2017-01-11 Helen Czerski in the Pub

Jan11
by on 2017-01-11 at 23:39
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The very energetic and interesting Dr. Helen Czerski presented “We need to Talk about Physics” at today’s meeting of Oxford Skeptics in the Pub. We learnt why blueberry jam isn’t blue; why the Hubble telescope is like a raw egg; and why there is a lot of physics still to do to understand everyday phenomena (such as how bubbles move in a turbulent fluid.)

I’m afraid the likeness is worse than usual. Dr. Czerski doesn’t do standing still.

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PV=nkT
oceanographers
graph of time vs size: quantum / cosmos, life in the middle
benedicts' reagent and blueberry jam
slosh damping bubbles -- frequency of slosh depends on size of cup. Walk slower (or faster)
Mexico city eqrthquake: freq(quake) = freq(buildings) Tai Pei 101, pendulum inside resists toppling
Helium powered gas gun -- jelly diamond catcher
toaster: far more interesting* than a distant star -- and it makes toast! (*maxwell's laws, *black body radiation)
"What can you do when you know that?"
body - planet - civilization (life support)
physics ducks
Homework Experiments:
1. raisins in lemonade...
2. watch spilt coffee dry...
3. tap the rim of a tea cup...
4. slide buttered toast off the table...

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2010-10-17 Green Hippo Doodle

Oct17
by on 2016-10-17 at 21:55
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Just a doodle from this evening. After scanning I added the flipped inverse image just because.

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A large, green hippopotamus, facing his anti-matter counterpart.

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