The Dog
Two Gentlemen of Verona of course features a dog. Tonight we got some publicity pics!
Life in General
Something Just Doesn’t Add Up
Tony Gardiner, writing in the Telegraph, finds students of mathematicians lacking when called on to combine standard techniques. Apparent improvements in exam results are deceptive…
The DFES studies Steiner Schools
The first state funded report on Steiner education was published today. Written by UWE‘s Philip Woods it encourages the sharing of ideas between Steiner schools and mainstream education. Steiner schools […]
Quantum Mechanics before breakfast…
(…well, just after). At a private view last night, during the course of a wide ranging conversation on learning and understanding, the subject of quantum mechanics came up as an […]
Maths in crisis?
Maths is (still…) in crisis, according to a new report by Tony Gardiner of Birmingham University who calls for a national debate on how to rescue it. Meanwhile the Hefce […]
My work space
This would have to be, in my opinion, the best work space in the world.
Froglets, photon and sleep.
At midnight last night I returned from a 36 hour round trip to Keith for a funeral. A sad purpose for visiting a beautiful area and during lovely weather too. […]
Wine
To a wine tasting after work with a wine buff colleague, generously sharing his obsession. Among the reds, the Wild Pig was justly popular, and not just for the name, […]
IO ERROR » WordPress sidebar login form hack
I came across this very neat hack to put a login form on the side bar. It’s already there – no tweaking necessary!
Hello World!
Welcome to Little Storping-in-the-Swuff. This is my first weblog, named after the village in an episode of The Avengers called Murdersville. This is not to suggest I am exclusively obsessed […]