Structural characterisation of respiratory complex I from Escherichia coli by electron microscopy.
D. J. Morgan
Live weather on djmorgan.org.uk!
Live weather reports from my garden are now available to view in the weather station.
Brilliant Christmas present. Would you believe, it dropped to -5.2 degrees Celsius one night. Historical graphs and charts showing weather for the last few days can be seen here.
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secret yellow dots in my laser printouts
The yellow dot pattern secretly printed onto every one of my documents. Viewed under blue light this dot pattern from an HP colour laser jet appears black. Apparently, each pattern is unique to the machine and encodes it's model and serial number.
I've illuminated this printout using the overpowering blue LED of an Aldi Tevion mini amplified speaker system.
I hope they put all this money to good use. There are so many interesting ways to promote the idea, buses are just the beginning.
"The Atheist Bus Campaign launches today, Tuesday October 21. With your support, we hope to raise £5,500 to run 30 buses across the capital for four weeks with the slogan: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Donate online now!
Professor Richard Dawkins, bestselling author of The God Delusion, is officially supporting the Atheist Bus Campaign, and has generously agreed to match all donations up to a maximum of £5,500, giving us a total of £11,000 if we reach the full amount – enough for a much bigger campaign. The British Humanist Association have kindly agreed to administer all donations."
From http://www.atheistcampaign.org/
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"Buy to let" sung to the tune of "Boy for sale"
A sad story of greed, bad investment and buying flats off plan at the height of a booming property market.
One flat,
Buy to let.
It's going cheap. [How much?]
Only seven guineas.
That -- or thereabouts.
Small flat...
Rather pale...
From lack of capital,
Feed him gruel dinners,
Stop him getting repossessed.
If I should say it wasn't very greedy...
I could not, I'd be telling you a tale.
One flat,
Buy to let.
Come take a peep.
Have you ever seen as
Nice
A flat
For sale.
If you want to sing along at home, try this nice stage version at Youtubes
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Fatties unable to eat cake!
"Patients who go for obesity surgery abroad are being exposed to unnecessary risk because of inappropriate surgery." warns the BBC in this exclusive investigation
"One woman, too slim for NHS treatment, was given surgery privately in Belgium.
She developed problems, and, unable to contact her surgeon, turned to the NHS for emergency care. Jilly Trella cannot eat cake, and potatoes, and she has difficulty swallowing doughy foods. That is because she has had obesity surgery. A band has been fitted
around the top of her stomach so she physically can't eat more than a
few mouthfuls at a time."
Hang on, fatties shouldn't be eating cake. A device that stops fatties from eating cake is perfect. What is she complaining about.
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Pears - The end of summer
Taken at the beginning of September 2008. This year looks like being a bumper crop of Conference pears. A fruity photo using Fujichrome Velvia100 and an old Praktica MTL3.
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Creationism is funny
If you must argue with science, why not teach this?
The HoverSpeed SR.N4 passenger hovercraft operating between Dover and Calais up until 2000.
The wonderful new (newly acquired at least, they don't make this kind of thing any more) Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 is bringing my old 35mm film back to life. The scans from these old negs are amazing compared to the faded photo prints.
Next project, find some exposed 35mm film and modify it into a 110 negative carrier.
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This is an update
I have nothing to say right now.
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It's spring and the pond is warming up
The fish have been blury shadows all winter. Some spring sun will warm the water, bring the fish back to the surface and encourage the plants to grow. This will have to do for now though.
all kinds of stuff
"One woman, too slim for NHS treatment, was given surgery privately in Belgium.
