Posts by David Ng

Copen-what? A discussion on the Copenhagen Agreements (Jan 29th, 12noon, SUB 42U)

O.K. This looks interesting. Tomorrow (Friday) on January 29 from noon to about 1:00pm, Liz Ferris from the Student Environment Centre will run a discussion session…

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Do you kind of wish Pokemon cards had REAL creatures not FAKE creatures?

If so, you should join this facebook group. Here’s part of what started this group: a friend of mine passed on this “letter to Santa:” It…

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(We have a winner!) New Terry blog game (leave a comment and maybe you’ll win a book!)

(Note: We have a winner – the magic number was comment 2096 and that happens to be Hilary. Congrats!) – – – O.K. so after paying…

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What is twitter good for? (some reading for the procastinator)

Well, it’s been about four weeks since I signed up for a personal account on twitter (you can follow me here if you’re interested – my…

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“The Danish Text.” Oh dear – this might hurt a little. Copenhagen soap opera continues…

Lately I’ve been wondering if everything going on in the world of climate change has been done just for the benefit of ASIC 200, a course…

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Well this is a little sad. Americans waste approximately 40% of the food they produce.

Courtesy of this paper at the Public Library of Science. This is pretty bad. Basically, the authors attempt to quantify food waste by calculating global food…

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What do you see?

Or rather, what word do you see first? Ready? Give your answer below…

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That’s disappointing. A song that embodies inclusion gets edited.

So, the other day on television, I caught a rather nice rendition of Lennon’s “Imagine.” It was during an episode of Glee, which is newish show…

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Twitter: as in actual science jargon (something to do with marmosets and shrews)

Since playing around with twitter for the last couple of days (I’m @dnghub), I think I’m starting to a hit this threshold that’s feeling a little…

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Star Wars: Botany edition.

All I can say is, is that this is brilliant… And there’s much more here from Christopher Niemann from the NYT Abstract City Blog. (via Magpie&Whiskeyjack)

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