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Poison Tuesday

21st Apr 2009 ·

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Short and sweet this Tuesday (just about Tuesday) as I'm suffering from what appears to be food poisoning. I'll spare you the details.

1. 64 Things Every Geek Should Know. (based on this I am NOT a geek :)

2. I want one of these

3. And these:

4. Thankfully it Looks like Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is to make a full recovery. It promopted me to take a look at his Wiki page for more details about the man.

A snipped of his awards from that page:

1975 Eddington Medal

1976 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society

1979 Albert Einstein Medal

1982 Order of the British Empire (Commander)

1985 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

1986 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

1988 Wolf Prize in Physics

1989 Prince of Asturias Awards in Concord

1989 Companion of Honour

1999 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society

2003 Michelson Morley Award of Case Western Reserve University

2006 Copley Medal of the Royal Society