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This book is now on my wishlist: Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29. A bargain, at only $8,539.00 (plus, shipping is free!).

Check out the reviews. Here are some:

I picked up a copy at my local used book store at a discount. It was only $7,000 so I feel like it was a HUGE bargain.

Some people chide this epic for being “too commercial,” calling it the “Harry Potter of Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29,” but let me assure you, the depth and scope of Gupta’s insight is a blessing on all of mankind

(Found through New Scientist’s Last Word)

A nice cheerful video for the weekend about global dimming and the possible underestimation of the effect of CO2 on global warming:

Looks like the Carter catastrophe is heading our way.

I just put my old PhD thesis online here (10MB). There are occasional requests for it, most recently from a student from Nankai University. So, in the interest of Science, I scanned the whole thing and put it all in a PDF. Spent almost the whole day doing it! Wouldn’t have had to do this if I still had the LaTeX source for it.

On Friday night Alexander and I visited Discovery 2008. We had a really good time and saw some amazing things. Like the Philips 3D TV that you can watch and see the 3D effects of without special glasses! We also had some great fun with the Shamestation. And we saw a flying device that flew by flapping its wings. Now also possible in theory!

I discovered a photo of myself from last year’s Discovery on their website, completely by accident. I’m so photogenic! :-)

http://uk.youtube.com/experiencewii

Brought to my attention by my mate Alexander.

Reminds me of this Hema site.

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

It sucks that BBC-HD is not being broadcast by UPC. And that the iPlayer doesn’t work here. Please, please, let me pay for a television license and give me access!

Guess I’m stuck with watching the Tudors in inferior resolution. Alas, poor, poor me.

Unless I get satellite and catch a stray signal of course. But then I’d need a DVR that can record the signal as well. I almost never watch TV as they broadcast it.

Check here:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/