Do not put all your trust in root vegetables

Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider

2009-11-06T07:46:08Z

Popular Science is reporting that a piece of bread, dropped by a passing bird, has managed to damage the Large Hadron Collider.

"The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine."

punky_nymph @ 2009-11-03T09:47:00

2009-11-03T07:51:26Z

My brother and sister-in-law officially received their Australian permanent residency visas last week.

Ideas on what to get them for Christmas? Not too cheesy/soppy, I think we're going to have enough of that already this coming Christmas. Also can't get them anything huge, as they going to send most of their stuff in a packing crate, and obviously space will be limited.

Something to do with photos/memories is obviously a thought, but that is difficult because I'm only getting home a week before Christmas, and all our family photos is at home. I thought about a digital photo frame, but damn, those things are expensive!

punky_nymph @ 2009-10-30T13:48:00

2009-10-30T11:50:19Z

punky_nymph @ 2009-10-29T12:01:00

2009-10-29T10:22:19Z

Most distant gamma-ray burst spotted A violent explosion picked up by a NASA satellite earlier this year is the oldest object ever seen by astronomers, its light having been emitted some 13 billion years ago. At that time the universe was roughly 5 percent of its present age and the big bang was a fairly recent occurrence, having taken place just 600 million years earlier.

Growing tumour cells on paper Scientists from Havard University overcome difficulties with growing cells in 3D by using good old chromatography paper.

Naked mole rat might help win the fight against cancer Contact inhibition regulation in naked mole rats might help scientists explain why these animals never get cancer.

Infrared spectroscopic observations of the Moon provide evidence revealing that it may not be as dry as assumed.

ETA: Bees that drink human tears

I ATENT DED

2009-10-27T18:21:14Z

... To quote Granny Weatherwax

So being crazy busy is not an excuse for not posting in like ages, but there it is. I have been, and am still. But I'm planning to give my LJ a bit of an overhaul (I've been giving myself one, but more about that in another post). Since I'm unfortunately not going to have time for Nanowrimo this year, the least I can do is to start writing in my LJ again.

Hello world!

District 9 (no spoilery!)

2009-08-29T17:57:08Z

Excellent. Disturbing. Thought-provoking. South African through and through. (which made my heart very happy)

Stay frosty gents

2009-08-19T10:45:39Z

The fact that I have only now discovered the wonderfulness and awesome of Generation Kill saddens my greatly.

If you had told me beforehand that I would be totally and utterly in love with a tv show that is about marines (yes, and some of them are *actual marines* driving around in humvees in Iraq I would not have believed you (but now that you've clicked the links I think you understand why :p)

Aah boys <3

***More rainbows and unicorns can be found here ETA: Stupid didn't see it was a locked post

I'm coming out of my cage/And I've been doing just fine...

2009-08-05T12:56:12Z

...THE KILLERS ARE PERFORMING IN CAPE TOWN IN DECEMBER!!! Only problem is that it costs as much for a ticket as the whole cokefest did.

punky_nymph @ 2009-07-19T01:18:00

2009-07-18T23:22:38Z

In preparation for watching Half Blood Prince, I've just finished re-reading The shoebox_project .

It remains the story of my heart <3

punky_nymph @ 2009-06-16T18:05:00

2009-06-16T16:05:14Z

22:58 How do I only find out now that a Billy Talent III is imment?! (14 July!) #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-06-12T18:05:00

2009-06-12T16:05:40Z

12:50 "Motivation for doing a PhD" - cheezburger.com/tw/?v4-17203 #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-06-10T18:06:00

2009-06-10T16:06:08Z

17:18 But where are the zombies? www.twitpocalypse.com/ #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-06-07T18:04:00

2009-06-07T16:04:22Z

18:51 At Arabella wine estate listening to Hot Water #wackywineweekend #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-06-05T18:06:00

2009-06-05T16:06:16Z

11:24 is off to Wacky Wine Weekend www.wackywineweekend.com/ #wackywineweekend #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-06-03T08:11:00

2009-06-03T06:13:50Z

Go. Read. This. Now.

People Who Repair Quantums, or Five Planets The Enterprise Never Visited by ignipes

punky_nymph @ 2009-05-25T18:03:00

2009-05-25T16:03:58Z

15:27 Damn I forgot my towel #towelday #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-22T18:08:00

2009-05-22T16:08:13Z

15:24 Photo: Fort Fordyce, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 15 May 2009 tumblr.com/xq61ucpzu #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-20T16:06:00

2009-05-20T16:06:52Z

14:29 Internet only been down for an hour and im already jittery #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-18T18:09:00

2009-05-18T16:09:12Z

20:26 Has just driven 5 hours and 5 more ahead tomorrow #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-14T18:05:00

2009-05-14T16:05:54Z

08:16 Road trip to Grahamstown starts today. 12 hours of driving lies ahead #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-11T18:08:00

2009-05-11T16:08:26Z

14:50 ode to the mitochondria bit.ly/a1OWp #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-10T18:05:00

2009-05-10T16:05:23Z

11:23 still thinking about how fantastic #StarTrek was #

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punky_nymph @ 2009-05-08T18:09:00

2009-05-08T16:09:27Z

11:38 I when I saw the sun shining this morning I might just have heard angel music playing #
14:51 RT @hayibo Zuma does Abba. Thabo goes Hannibal Lector. It's going to be a great inauguration party www.hayibo.com/articles/view/1035 #

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Crossposting...

2009-05-05T14:12:03Z

...is working.

Also looks like I successfully imported my LJ.

ETA: And subsequently deleted LJ entries cause can't cross-post from there to here and it's just gonna cause massive confusion in the future.

punky_nymph @ 2009-05-05T15:17:00

2009-05-05T13:20:52Z

Thanks to the awesome forcedmovement I am now electric_star on Dreamwidth!