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Sometime this afternoon a painted 'nobike' sign appeared on the pavement outside the Chrystal Macmillan bldg on George Square.  (ac...

Asleep...but not for long What a great ride on Sunday.  No, not Wiggo and Cav but us - and half the rest of the population of Edinbur...

I've been reflecting on why I didn't blog for many years.  One of the big reasons is that others put things so much better than I ca...

I need somewhere to post links to OA stuff, and until I get better organised, that's going to be here: Recent articles: (24 July 2012)...

We all love to hate the big publishers that are bankrupting our libraries (is it true that UK universities only spent 2.7% of their budget...

Proposals to embrace open access and throw open the doors of academe have been met with great enthusiasm. 'Progressive' scholars (...

Those of you who live in Edinburgh will know that we have lovely tasty drinkable water; that your clothes wash in sudsy water, that your hai...

I know it's been a rainy summer. There are almost no pictures of the children, except in wellies and waterproofs.

After 8 years of silence, I've been 'prompted' into activity. Thanks Sally, Dave et al. Will have a go at a few short posts, the...

Scotland 20-16 France . Almost makes up for Cameroon losing!

Cameroon lost! and there go my chances of winning our football sweepstakes. It takes all the fun out of watching the final too. More serious...

nearly there 

This has been a working weekend - with a bit of procrastination, obviously. Last weekend, though, we climbed Ben Lomond (above). This was a ...

Amazing what inspiration can be provided by a plateful of spaghettini al granchio and a bottle of white wine....after thinking about it for ...