James' Empty Blog

We'll rain on your parade, forecasters tell rogue pundits : Nature Interesting short article in Nature referring to a project to evaluat...

This is why I was wedged on a train on Friday morning - to visit our close partners CCSR for a project workshop on climate research (our u...

It's time I wrote something about this fabulous geek toy. But let me start off by telling the world what an outrageous hypocrite my wife...

Piers Corbyn runs Weatheraction , an independent and rather controversial weather forecasting operation which claims to be able to make usef...

(previous installments can be found here and here ) World Climate Report (apparently another fossil-fuel-funded lobby group ) is a blog ru...

George Monbiot is getting in on the game now. Ok, I admit, emailed him about it - but was surprised and pleased that he picked it up so ent...

Anyone who has come here from my home pages will probably have seen my investigation into the disk brake and quick release problem . People...

A fun look at what ID cards could bring. I'm not sure if our local pizza delivery has caller ID or just recognises my halting Japlish, ...

Mid-May sees the early season " Beach Festa " (Japanese link) with hula dancing and ukelele playing all round. They've got a l...

Went down to Hachimanguu today to see the annual kimono display. It was a lovely sunny day, but very crowded and I didn't get any go...