I had some cute canvas shoes. Very important for a scientist (in training) because you have to wear enclosed shoes in the lab (a pain in summer). Sadly, they had worn right through the sole, I was practically walking directly on concrete (it burns!). I went out in search for new ones. It was actually […]
Archives for 2007
Bogong Moths
Inner Sydney is just infested with Bogong moths at the moment. It’s a bit gross actually. There’re all over the halls in the buildings at uni, they’re in the buses and trains. Generally they seem to be trying to get out, but they can’t find the open doors and windows. Some people are inclined the […]
404 blues
Don’t you hate it when you find yourself at an error page? If you’re linking in from a site and you get a generic error page how likely are you to try to find that page from the homepage? Not very, especially if you have to go to your address bar and figure out what […]
The Kingdom
We saw The Kingdom last night. Having read the one sentence synopsis on IMDB it wasn’t what I was expecting. If I had seen the trailer or looked at the official website I might have been expecting something closer to what I saw. Even then, it was quite “sobering” (was the word my husband used) […]
Snowed under
There’s been a distinct absence of posting for which I apologise… You know when you feel completely snowed under with no hope of escape? Lately I feel like I’ve been productive, but not enough. Busy, but not really. It’s a little odd, but what I do know is that I try to do uni work, […]
Humans play fair
Traditional models of economic decision-making assume that people are self-interested rational maximizers. Empirical research has demonstrated, however, that people will take into account the interests of others and are sensitive to norms of cooperation and fairness. In one of the most robust tests of this finding, the ultimatum game, individuals will reject a proposed division […]
