thegillspatch http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk en-us 40 Prohibited from bathing or cycling on public highways Lively, Intrepid, Young, Seeking Fun 2009 <p>If anyone has any better ideas for what LIYSF should stand for, please, let me know.</p> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:09:00 -0400 urn:uuid:3e54a51f-436f-41a6-b068-69b73123da03 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2009/08/16/liysf#comments london international youth science forum LIYSF http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2009/08/16/liysf If it ain't broke... <p>&#8230;you know the rest</p> <p>Those of you who still read this thing will have noticed that everything broke for a while, followed by everything being gone. Those are technical terms.</p> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:01:00 -0400 urn:uuid:1577cd10-e85e-455e-96ad-373fc1ab03dc gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2009/06/05/if-it-aint-broke#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2009/06/05/if-it-aint-broke A frozen still life <p>Before today (and since my last post), life was generally gloriously, extravagantly, shatteringly boring. And then today, this happened:</p> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:56:00 -0500 urn:uuid:5e72e174-9397-4269-a2a7-208f7cc503bd gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2009/02/02/a-frozen-still-life#comments snow http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2009/02/02/a-frozen-still-life Like waving to Stevie Wonder... <p>Welcome back. Miss me?</p> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:33:00 -0400 urn:uuid:46ac493f-61c5-43cb-bfc1-12c82d8bc2bf gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/08/31/like-waving-to-stevie-wonder#comments school yawn summer http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=46 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/08/31/like-waving-to-stevie-wonder I can't be arsed to think of a relevant song reference <p>This entry might seem a little belated. Thinking about it, it is almost two weeks after I should have written it. But time is all how one perceives it, a meandering river that flows over both flat planes and surges down the most turbulent of rapids.</p> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:42:43 -0400 urn:uuid:7b586314-717e-4610-baad-77cff8567605 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/04/16/i-cant-be-arsed-to-think-of-a-relevant-song-reference#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=45 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/04/16/i-cant-be-arsed-to-think-of-a-relevant-song-reference I picked up the song and saw my picture... <p>...in the paper. What, I like Elliott Smith lyric references, they make me sound intelligent. Anyway, 'twas 34 days since I last posted, and since I figured you'd all be getting drunk and merry yesterday, I thought I'd post today.</p> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:31:12 -0400 urn:uuid:28058f13-1c48-4918-aed4-c453551baac6 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/03/18/i-picked-up-the-song-and-saw-my-picture#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=44 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/03/18/i-picked-up-the-song-and-saw-my-picture It (was) Business Time <p>Tonight we're gonna make love. You know how I know? It's Wednesday, and Wednesday is the night that we usually make lurve.</p> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:17:00 -0500 urn:uuid:531ed7b9-1c8a-4ef0-9197-3c225b65add2 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/02/13/it-was-business-time#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=43 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/02/13/it-was-business-time Downtime <p>I apologise for the inexplicable downtime that my blog has had over the past few days. It really is a mystery as to why it happened, and indeed why it appears to have fixed itself.</p> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:24:34 -0500 urn:uuid:6d76a9ed-8db9-41d3-b127-937c28aef5d6 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/02/12/downtime#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=42 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/02/12/downtime Pancreatitis. DO NOT WANT. <p>I was set free from my hospital prison on Monday. After an 11 day stint with pancreatitis. And I can now tell you, from first hand experience, that you do not want pancreatitis. No really. It isn't fun.</p> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:42:00 -0500 urn:uuid:45ab7472-96fe-40e0-ba32-3c186c6959f3 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/01/26/pancreatitis-do-not-want#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=41 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2008/01/26/pancreatitis-do-not-want Instant Messaging - What It All Really Means <p>As you probably won't have noticed (as I only put it up last night), I have a new page on the site, where I have "published" the essay I wrote on instant messaging last year. Having been rejected by <em>Nature</em> and several other such scientific journals, I thought I would publish it on the only place I can for peer review. Happy reading.</p> <p><a href="http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/pages/msnguide">A Newbie's Guide to IM</a></p> Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:10:00 -0500 urn:uuid:cd278893-a53d-4e4a-80d5-a817bbb3ad54 gilly@gillspatch.co.uk (Gilly) http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2007/12/28/instant-messaging-what-it-all-really-means#comments http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/trackbacks?article_id=40 http://blog.gillspatch.co.uk/2007/12/28/instant-messaging-what-it-all-really-means