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Jackson, Frank & Pettit, Philip 1992: ’In […]

I’ve been making revisions to our ACKMIDS paper, which deals with the problem of defining the task in TbKM.
This whole question brings me back to the apocryphal tale of the famous bank robber Willie Sutton. The story (which has been exposed as myth) goes: when asked why he robbed banks, the bank robber Willie Sutton […]

I’ve spent a lot of the past few weeks drafting research grant proposals, basically outlining the details of the sort of research I would be doing if I didn’t have to be writing the grant proposals. One thing I find frustrating about this whole process is that the level of detail needed to draft a […]

Its been a rough week for me, and a rough day for Melbourne. Now I’m back on board, and back on the blog, with just a few remaining sniffles of the wretched cold, and the slowly receding pain of the cracked rib …
…as the winds howl outside, and the much-needed rain continues to fall […]

The pain continues. I now have at least one thing in common with David Beckham…

"It’s a frustrating injury because there is no treatment. I can’t go running or training because it hurts too much. … If you come back too soon, you can damage it again. I am in constant pain. I have been on […]

I was wrong. It hurts.

Since I’m researching meteorologists, and have more than a passing interest in the environment, a few people have asked me whether I’ve seen the “The Day After Tomorrow”. Well, I finally saw it on DVD last night. What an appalling piece of crap! And pretty bad entertainment as well. I can barely believe that New […]

This isn’t my idea, but it is quite a good one. Here’s a way of turning the upcoming election into a no-lose situation. All you have to do is work out how much you think a victory for your favoured party is worth.
For next weekend’s Australian election, on Centrebet you can back a Coalition victory […]