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Dwain Chambers’ Olympic ban upheld

Richard — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:28:41 +0000

So Dwain Chambers has lost his attempt to overturn his Olympics ban. Almost certainly the right decision given every other runner he’s competing against for a place has a clean record. His transgressions in the past sully the image and reputation of these fine runners. I recall hearing somewhere that we’re the one of only a [...]

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The Particle Zoo: Subatomic Particle Softies

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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Pushing my 5k PB

Richard — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:19:24 +0000

Last week I took part in the Co-operative Jog Scotland 5k challenge on Glasgow Green. This was two weeks after my club ran it’s annual “Presidents Cup” handicap, over the Bella 5k course. So lots of 5k races to report on. The Presidents Cup is a handicap, and this was my first experience of such an [...]

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The iPhone 2.0 update - don't do it, kids

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Shrinking Sun under the gun

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Quit putting down dorks to sell your product!

A portrait of me

Richard — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:07:06 +0000

My friend shardcore offered to paint a picture for Frances and my recent wedding. Frances wasn’t so keen on the prospect, but I rather fancied seeing what would happen, so jumped at the chance at getting the shardcore treatment (How often do you get such an offer?). So without further ado here’s

Awaiting Wall-E

Richard — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:50:32 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Pixar, and all that they’ve achieved. I recall watched their early films (including the famous lamp and ball, and the tin soldier) when I was a student, and the magnificent progress that has been made in the short amount of time since then is magnificent. Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and [...]

Oxford Brookes University’s new Chancellor

Richard — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:27:27 +0000

Marvellous news from my old University, Oxford Brookes. They’ve announced that Shami Chakrabarti is to become the new chancellor. She succeeds Jon Snow, from Channel 4 news. I’ve a huge amount of respect for both Jon Snow (my various posts here), and Shami Chakrabarti: She’s an impressive personality who has helped make Liberty the impressive [...]

My Blogging MP

Richard — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:05:44 +0000

Well, there’s nothing quite like a media storm to draw attention to the fact that your own MP has a weblog. It seems he’s been accused of calling us all miserable (link to BBC news). You can read the article here on his weblog - I plan to do so later on. He also has a [...]

MHFS 10k - 2008

Richard — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:44:06 +0000

This was a significant race for me in a number of ways. Most importantly last year it was the first race I ran after I took up running (here’s my 2007 write-up), but more recently it was a race I’d taken on to beat my PB in, as part of the XT Wings Challenge. It’s [...]