Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Egyptian Junk Food

It is a little frustrating to be traveling in an exotic land, seeing all sorts of interesting eatables and being unable to partake of them. ...

Friday, January 6, 2012

The Golden Dumpster Award

At the Machines Behaving Badly tournament there are of course Winners and, well, parts of Losers. So in recognition of it being a competiti...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Robotics-Hard at work

We have just returned from Christmas vacation, but a few images of the robotics class before and after the break. Here is the mobile ve...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Surviving Egyptian Street Markets. Or, "Souk the Rich"

If you come from a Western nation you are not going to be prepared for street markets in Egypt , or presumably elsewhere in the Arab world. ...

Monday, January 2, 2012

IBM Egypt

Egypt has been in the news a great deal this past year, as long simmering political problems finally boiled over into open revolt. As the E...

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Archy the Cockroach-Discovered!

You might have missed this little news item. Scientists have found a new kind of cockroach in Africa, notable for its ability to leap consi...

Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Point Five Club

For me working the ER is not actually a new experience, it is more returning to my roots. Back in Med School days we all did ER rotations, ...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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