I have Chrome installed for one reason ...

I have Chrome installed for one reason only: to chat with a good friend who won't use anything else. I used to use Adium, but it won't do it any more. What are my alternatives to interact with Google Hangouts?





A thread about ideas for Botany One plant stories

Such a fine example of endearing grumpiness in the pursuit of truth and beauty.

I too have been ignoring Spotify's apparently ...

I too have been ignoring Spotify's apparently magical Discover Weekly these past several weeks, not because I was feeling algorithmicly manipulated, but because I've just had more of a hankering to listen to whole albums. Unfortunately, unlike Phil Gyford, even when I was doing Discover Weekly regularly, it didn't seem to surface anyone in particular for me. Maybe I should try again.

Watched The Right Stuff, which I had ...

Watched The Right Stuff, which I had never seen, for the obvious reason, and was very pleased to have done so. đŸŽ„

My kind of Xmas tree.

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My kind of Xmas tree.

A mostly white (5% each rye and wholemeal) sourdough loaf for Sunday breakfast and beyond.

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A mostly white (5% each rye and wholemeal) sourdough loaf for Sunday breakfast and beyond.

Anna Jones’ peanut butter kale ready for the oven.

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Anna Jones’ peanut butter kale ready for the oven.

I was tempted by a fully electric ...

I was tempted by a fully electric car earlier this summer, but the cruel fact is that in a city or apartments, in which we have no access to a garage (or "box" as they are known here) there just wouldn't be any way to re-fuel. So I got a hybrid. Then, over the past few weeks, the city has been hard at work installing two charging stations on the corner. Currently they are not yet functional, and occupied by gas-guzzling SUVs.

When they are functional, I wonder how the city plans to keep other cars from occupying the spaces. I suspect they won't.

I have just one question: how on Earth do they get whole chestnuts for marron glacé?

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I have just one question: how on Earth do they get whole chestnuts for marron glacé?

It’s that time again.

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It’s that time again.

After the rain ...

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After the rain ...

I have not yet been bitten by ...

I have not yet been bitten by this particular version of helpfulness gone awry, but I am aware it could happen, and I agree with Peter that there really ought to be a simple way to indicate that someone is no longer available to be shared with.

The Most Beautiful Experiment: Meselson and Stahl &bull; iBiology

Cannot wait to watch this. For as long as I have been a biologist, I have regarded this as the one thing I wish I'd been around for. Well, maybe poly-U too ...

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The past month of micro posts served ...

The past month of micro posts served to reinforce my belief in my need for extrinsic motivation.

Pizza night.

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Pizza night.

Crossing pedestrian off my list. #mbnov

Crossing pedestrian off my list.

In tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.

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How did the Brits become a nation of tea drinkers?

“Comparative Consumption,” Sir James Buckingham, A Few Facts about Indian Tea and How to Brew It (London: Indian Tea Association, 1910, p. 4. British Library shelf mark 07076.48 (4).">In tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.

In tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.

How did the Brits become a nation of tea drinkers?

“Comparative Consumption,” Sir James Buckingham, A Few Facts about Indian Tea and How to Brew It (London: Indian Tea Association, 1910, p. 4. British Library shelf mark 07076.48 (4).