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I have just spent two full weeks in Australia. Yes, it’s not much, considering how long it takes to get there from the UK. The trip was an odd one. The length was dictated by several factors - I wanted to get out and meet my Australian supervisor, as well as... [Read More]

The full title of the course was "Core and advanced environmental statistics training: Quantifying the environment – Part II" at the University of Glasgow. As a NERC funded student I could attend the course for free - thank you NERC!It was a week long course, it was rather intense and... [Read More]

It's the beginning of a new year, which means blogs and websites are flooded with new years resolutions. I don't really believe in new years resolutions and most of the ones that I came across were pretty silly (e.g. jumping off of the highest diving board at a swimming pool).... [Read More]

I'm looking forward to this year, but it looks like it will be a fairly busy one. I'm away for at least a week every month till foreseeable future! Courses, demonstrating, conferences, workshops, fieldwork - you name it, I'm doing it.I'm excited, but also a bit apprehensive, as I've been... [Read More]

I wasn't convinced by tags at the beginning, but using a notebook-only approach wouldn't work due to Evernote's rather simple nesting capabilities (notebooks can only go one level deep). I actually see some advantages of tags now too - for example I can have a bunch of notes on a... [Read More]