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Nature Society of Singapore 2011 conference
Again, on-the-fly unedited notes. Papers atthis conf will be published in 2012. Woke up late cos moved hse yest anddidnt want to pry selfout of bed.. came in ard noon, Prof Cheong Loong Fah speakingon insect conservation. Saproxylic = feed on dead wood. Precarious existence bc depend on stochastic events, ie treefall. Many extinctor gg…
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Mat Salleh pun tahu sejarah Malaysia
I was showing my husband (American) this video and explained to him that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is a long-standing UMNO member who was on the wrong side of Mahathir during a conflict in the 1980s. “He was on the B Team right?” “Team B. But I’m really impressed you know that!” “I’m learning slowly, dear.”…
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CMC
We’re supposed to be validating some plaque and immunofocus assays from our USA side soon, and hopefully streamlining them as well as the overlay media sound like they’re from 1950s virology (yeast extract, WTH?). My supervisor found himself at a loose end the other day and decided to try cooking up different concentrations of carboxymethylcellulose…
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AWARE roundtable on Technology and Gender
It’s been years since I blogged regularly and I’m trying to get back to writing by having installed the WordPress Android app on my phone, but am still finding myself lazy to write. This and the previous post on the Nature Society‘s Green Corridor briefing were typed on my HTC G1 and I have not…
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Singapore’s dream of a Green Corridor
The reason why the below is sort of incoherent is because I was taking notes on my G1 phone during the meeting. I have chosen not to edit it for authenticity =) I’ve added hyperlinks; some subsequent comments are in square brackets. Obviously, I ran out of battery halfway through. ***** I’m attending the NSS…
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Android client test
This is to see if I can upload posts from my G1 using the Android WordPress client.
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Back on the horse
No intro. No nuffin’. I stopped blogging over a year ago due to being sucked in by Facebook, and also trying to finish up my Master’s, leave the USA, and find a job. After much nagging from the spouse, I’m getting back on the horse. An anthropologist friend laughed at me when I referred to…
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Christus Apollo
This is a terrific poem by Ray Bradbury speculating on how the incarnation of God would happen if there were life on other planets. I had a theological dust-up with my first sister and my brother when I was trying to explain it to them. They insisted that “died once for all” means once, period.…