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A little bit of bizarre research from just around the corner in at the Western Imfirmary, Glasgow..

There were 7219 admissions during the study period, comprising 167 complete lunar cycles. Stroke admissions were evenly spread throughout lunar phases (P=.72). Admission with medically unexplained stroke symptoms was significantly increased during full moon phases (P=.023). There was no [...]

“A giant inflatable dog turd brought down a power line after being blown away from a Swiss museum.”
(BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Inflatable faeces raises a stink )
Didn’t have any plans for this afternoon.. untill now..! Exhibited at the Zentrum Paul Klee till October…
UPDATE: In a stunning piece of undercover citizen journalism, and [...]

It’s not the gear that matters. It’s you and your ideas that matter. Tone is in your fingers.
[From Gearheads don't get it - (37signals)]

Trying to do food photography in the style of doug..! (Who is incendentally whipping out magic images like this)
Flatwarming 2.0 sometime in October!

Had a beautiful evening last night.. ending up listening to an artist I’ve heard very little of, but lots about, after picking up a copy of Metro and randomly opening up at the gigs page - a pleasant surprise!
Like Duke Special, the resident Nothern Irish population turned up in force to see Foy Vance… and [...]

Now I know why I bought a Mac! I’ve been using the a wee adaptor to plug my power supply with a european plug into sockets here and thought that it might be cool to buy the british version of the wee socket. I popped along to the Apple Store in Glasgow to ask, who [...]

Looks like we missed a big party in Bern last night! Yakin, Zuberbühler and Behrami should get some extra toblerone this morning..!
Hopp Schwyz!

Sitting in my sister’s flat in edinburgh typing this and watching the Switzerland v Portugal (not much hope for them!).
if you’re interested in hanging out on tuesday night/wednesday in Glasgow give me a wee text on my UK mobile number (same one I had just before I disappeared off to switzerland).
It’s good to taste the [...]

Our conventional response to all media, namely that it is how they are used that counts, is the numb stance of the technological idiot. For the ‘content’ of a medium is like the juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind.”
(McLuhan, p.207 New Media Reader)
I picked this quote [...]

In the hope that it’s useful for some googling photographers.. there’s a wee hidden update that gives Aperture 2.0 RAW support for the Canon 450d. Nice to finally be able to play with RAW!

Doxology is not a hymn to be sung but a life to be lived.
[From The Church’s Language « Inhabitatio Dei]