http://www.lexrigby.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hurray, my mystery flowers have been identified. As part of the What on Earth project I decided to upload a photo of these really cute flowers we grew last year. The aim is: to get as many people across the country to go outside into their parks and gardens, to take photos ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/03/10/virginia-stocks/ The world's greatest showman Phineas Taylor Barnum has come to Sheffield! Well considering he died in 1891 this isn't exactly true but almost. Humbug is the first exhibition to make use of the new Exhibition Gallery at the University of Sheffield's Western Bank Library and this past weekend I brought ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/03/08/theres-a-sucker-born-every-minute/ I submitted a proposal for this year's New Professionals Conference. It wasn't accepted but I thought the process was worth saying something about. I've never really written a proposal for anything before, my last attempt was for a grant to attend the IATUL conference last year, but the powers that ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/03/02/new-professionals-and-career-development/ Hurray it's almost time for the National Science and Engineering Week again. From March 12th until March 21st the University of Sheffield has once again teamed up with Sheffield Hallam University, local schools, industry, commerce and museums throughout South Yorkshire to celebrate the best in British research and innovation. This year's theme ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/02/26/national-science-and-engineering-week/ I'm a fan of technology... always have been. From my Dad's first home-made 'beeb' computer I used to play what I consider to be some of the best computer games of all time on, to my first film-loading camera, to my first Walkman, to my first (and only) Playstation, to ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/02/23/the-future-is-electronic-or-is-it/ It's actually amazing what you can teach yourself given an hour or 'sew' to focus. After finally fixing up Max's gi (one of the bigger boys at Brazilian Ju-Jitsu ripped it up) I decided it was time to teach myself the buttonhole! For Christmas I received Cath Kidston's awesome book ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/02/10/button-up/ My house is full of vegans - bar Bella, she eats fish with her Amicat - and it means there are a lot of cook books. I make it sound like there are a lot of people in my house but in fact there's just the two of us and ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/01/25/vegan-yum-yum/ I'm not much of a New Year's Resolution type person but last year I did write a list of 25 things I wanted to do in 2009. I thought it'd be worth going over what I did and didn't do ready to prepare a new list of 26 things I ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2010/01/10/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/ Last week saw the return of Sheffield's FREE vegan food fair. We had a great time making up soups, chillis, curries, pizzas, vol au vonts, dips, cakes, cookies, displaying fresh fruit and serving up jo-public. Although essentially the fair was 100% free, donations were welcomed and ended up covering the ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2009/12/12/sheffield-vegan-food-fair/ There seems to be a lot of stuff flying around at the moment about what the Noughties will be remembered for. What has happened in the last decade that will make it stand out from other decades? Well... In general: 9/11? The 'War on Terror' (i.e. two unjustified unending wars)? America's first black President? Iran's ... http://www.lexrigby.com/2009/11/30/the-naughty-noughties/