James' Empty Blog

Here in Japan, there isn't much that can't be enhanced by the addition of a cartoon character, preferably fluffy. We found this...

Well this is published on 2nd April, but I wonder if it's a late April Fool? New safety standards for radioactive cesium in food product...

There's a lovely fusion of mad scientists and bonkers bureaucrats in the Torygraph today: EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydrati...

For those of you who don't know what Pocky is, I bring you: and also: and just in case you still haven't worked it out: (Well if cli...

All these pesky so-called "climate auditors" have got nothing on JAMSTEC, who really know how to do these sorts of things properly...

We are off to Tohoku again shortly for more volunteering with Peaceboat. Partly because we enjoyed it last time and partly with the thought ...

He just can't stop himself, burrowing away (don't much like the idea of a Curry hole , euuuurgh.) It's quite amusing to watch...

Roger continues to flounder away , trying to salvage something from his latest statistical train-wreck . It's all remarkably trivial for...

Roger Pielke has a new post up asserting that 28% of the IPCC's findings are incorrect. Although it's obviously a rather implausibl...

This conference announcement deserves wide circulation, I think: Summary The current year’s theme will culminate in a major Mellon-funde...

In the current situation, one thing I didn't expect to see is a puff piece for...radiation therapy quackery! Tamagawa Onsen’s special ho...

In a brilliant display of the sort of lateral thinking that the Japanese are so famous for, the Govt has decided to abandon its idea of adop...

For those who aren't up on the lingo, kani = crab, jaga = potato and mayo, yes, mayo is mayonnaise. And rest assured that the title is n...

Not to be outdone by the UK's ban on toner cartridges , Japan Post has upped the ante with a ban on sending all parcels weighing over a ...

Once again proving that life is far stranger than fiction... Unbelievable as it may sound, following the recent bomb attempt , there really ...

Bit of a backlog of blogging to do, but now I'm back in Japan with hardly anyone to talk to, I've got no excuse... First up, I notic...

Usually it goes like this , but not always. Here is the alternative version: 1. Receive invitation from Editor to write a commentary on a pa...

This must be all over the blogs - I haven't dared look. I suppose the politically correct thing might be to ignore it - and I'm cer...

A little light relief before I wade in (though the comments and blog posts have been light relief enough already). Just before leaving, I wa...

You may recall not so long I ago I blogged about our paper in which we argued that the (standard outside climate science) paradigm of a sta...