Tim O’Hare
observations, thoughts and useful stuff…Contents
One problem with a “blog” web-site of this kind is that after a while old entries disappear off the bottom of the list and the only way to find them is to dig down into the Archive or browse the various categories. So, I thought it would be a good idea to have a page that was just a list of the different entries in timeline sequence (most recent at the top) and a few words on each describing what they are about. The list will grow as new entries are added and if I can find the time I will add direct links from each item in the list to the original entry.
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The Hanging Garden: a few thoughts on this Ian Rankin Rebus novel
Run O’Hare Run returns: on the return of my running record
Flashman in the Great Game: commentary on my reading habits
May 2012↑
Wave Clouds: morning clouds viewed from my office
Somewhere Under The Rainbow: a nice rainbow picture snapped whilst watching my daughter play football
Sleep: comments on a short introduction book
The Procrastination Equation: comments on Dr Piers Steel’s book
April 2012↑
The Dogs of Riga: comments on Henning Mankell’s second Wallander novel
December 2011 ↑
Coming Back To Me: thoughts on Marcus Trescothick’s autobiography
November 2011 ↑
Coming back on track soon: (another) comment on how I plan to get back to this blog site more often
June 2011 ↑
Chile volcano pictures: link to a gallery of stunning pictures of recent volcanic eruptions in Chile
Waterspout wow!: link to an amazing video clip of an Australian waterspout
June 2011 ↑
Amazing cloud film: highlighting Ken Murphy’s “A History of the Sky” time-lapse film project
October 2010 ↑
Cage football: what I have been doing on Saturday mornings recently
Induction: random thoughts on the annual induction week at work
Super Freakonomics: my thoughts on the sequel to Freakonomics
Sun dogs: report of my observation of the atmospheric phenomenon known as sun dogs
A comfortable opening day win: news on my younger daughter’s first league match of the season
The pleasure of finding a new author: my first read of a Henning Mankel “Wallander” novel
September 2010 ↑
Back again, a little different: a post to get this blog going again
August 2010 ↑
:59 Seconds – Think a little, Change a lot: thoughts on Richard Wiseman’s “anti” self-help book
Faster: thoughts on James Gleick’s book about the acceleration of everything
Voices: thoughts on Arnaldur Indridason’s novel
April 2010 ↑
The Checklist Manifesto: thoughts on Atul Gawande’s latest brilliant book
Mortal Causes: thoughts on Ian Rankin’s novel
Time to catch up: a statement of intent!
March 2010 ↑
Seaflower: thoughts on Julian Stockwin’s novel
February 2010 ↑
The Tipping Point: thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell’s book
Azincourt: thoughts on Bernard Cornwell’s novel
January 2010 ↑
Buy-ology: my (not-so-good) thoughts on Martin Lindstrom’s book
2000 up!: a note to record a milestone for this website
The Circumnavigators: my thoughts on Derek Wilson’s brief history of some of the great ocean explorers and their voyages
On Giants’ Shoulders: my thoughts on Melvyn Bragg’s book about scientists and scientific genius
The ups and downs of my meters: a year in the lives of my meter readings
December 2009 ↑
Homo Brittanicus: my thoughts on Chris Stringer’s book
100 greatest albums: my collection from The Times 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade
The World According to Bertie: thoughts on Alexander McCall Smith’s fourth Scotland Street book
It means something to me: an image with a secret meaning
100 greatest books: my reading from The Times 100 Greatest Books of the Decade
100 greatest films: my watching from The Times 100 Greatest Films of the Decade
Fractal forecasting: link to a New Scientist article on the fractal nature of atmospheric processes
A new kind of cloud?: BBC website and Cloud Appreciation Society information on a campaign for a new type of cloud
Peter Shilton’s Nearly Men: thoughts on Paul Roberts “Plymouth Argyle” book
November 2009 ↑
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The World: thoughts on Francis Wheen’s book
Cloud cakes: proof that I am just a little bit mad
Fighter Boys: thoughts on Patrick Bishop’s account of the Battle for Britain, 1940
Freak waves explained?: comment on a BBC website report on new research on freak waves
October 2009 ↑
Flashman and the Redskins: thoughts on George MacDonald Fraser’s novel
Here comes the cold: Global warming? Not before it gets colder for 10 years or so
Time for Plan B – Geoengineering: note on the Royal Society report on the need for geoengineering research
The Damned United: thoughts on David Peace’s novel
1000 up!: a note to record a milestone for this website
Great Tales from English History 1: thoughts on Robert Lacey’s easy to read history book
Royal Society – Science in the News: link to a useful website providing information on science in the media
The Snack Thief: thoughts on Andrea Camilleri’s novel
Clouds and solar heating feedback: link to a BBC website news story on research into cloud and climate interaction
Problem Solving 101: thoughts on Ken Watanabe’s (not very good) book on problem solving
Methane from the Arctic seafloor: comment on observations of methane plumes escaping from the seafloor
The Best A Man Can Get: thoughts on John O’Farrell’s novel
Marine life mixes oceans: comment on recent work exploring how marine life contributes to ocean mixing
September 2009 ↑
Sharpe’s Escape: thoughts on Bernard Cornwell’s novel
Run O’Hare Run page added: announcement of the addition of a page where I can record my running exploits
August 2009 ↑
Linked Archive page added: announcement of the addition of a new contents/archive page to the site
MovieWatch page added: announcement of the addition of a MovieWatch page to the site
Raindrops are falling: link to a BBC website news story on research into how raindrops change shape as they fall
Spare a thought for sea grass: link to a New Scientist Article on the decrease in global coverage of sea grass
Sea level rise – it just goes on and on…: link to a New Scientist Article on sea level rise
A tale of two gases (and the Southern Ocean): link to a New Scientist article on the connection between the hole in the ozone layer and carbon dioxide uptake in the Southern Ocean
Better – A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance: thoughts on Atul Gawande’s brilliant and inspiring book
Noctilucent clouds: comment on a New Scientist article suggesting a link between clouds formed after space shuttle launches and observed after the Tunguska blast in 1908
A Spot of Bother: thoughts on Mark Haddon’s novel
The use of common sense: a profound thought that I had
New Moon?: an odd letter in my local newspaper
Cricket, Lovely Cricket?: my thoughts on Lawrence Booth’s book (guess what it is about!)
From World War II to surf forecasts: link to a New Scientist article about Walter Munk and his work on surf forecasts for Allied Forces landsing in World War II
Bad Science: my thoughts on Ben Goldacre’s book on science reporting in the media
July 2009 ↑
Clathrates good, clathrates bad?: comment on a New Scientist article on the potential to extract methane gas from clathrates
UK weather in the 2080s – or maybe not: highlights a new set of climate projections for the UK in the 2080s
Wolf of the Plains: my thoughts on the first of Conn Iggledun’s Conqueror series of books
Fact or fiction contradication: thoughts on the disclaimer notice in the historical novel I am currently reading
Properly versus twice: a quote from a staff development course I attended
Contents page added: highlights the addition of this Contents page to this site
A tale of two oceans – the seas in 2050: introduces a nice graphic from The Times newspaper showing two views of how the world’s oceans might look in 2050
Reading list added: highlights the addition of my Reading List to this site
How to throw away £6.99 in one easy lesson: my response to an odd charity fund-raising offer in my local DVD-rental store
Microseisms rumble on: comment on a New Scientist news item on how historical records of past microseisms may be useful in determining past levels of storm wave activity
What Sport Tells Us About Life: my thoughts on Ed Smith’s book about sport
Viking: King’s Man: my thoughts on the third of Tim Severin’s Viking series books
June 2009 ↑
Sink or sink – there’s little choice in the Maldives: comment on a New Scientist article about how sea level poses a potentially unsolveable challenge for low lying island nations
It’s a small world: draws attention to some neat New Scientist maps showing how transport networks connect the world
Green conflict: comment on a New Scientist article about the conflict caused by the need for large renewable energy schemes and their environmental impacts
How touching…: a funny, and slightly rude, photograph of some naked shop dummies that I took
Record ripples: comment on a short New Scientist news item reporting the largest ripples to be observed on Earth
Blink: my thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell’s book about the power and validity of first impressions
Now it’s the turn of Antarctic ice: comment on New Scientist articles that focus on changes in Antarctic ice cover
The Falls: my thoughts on the latest Ian Rankin Rebus novel that I have read
Reach for the stars: introduction to Galaxy Zoo, an online project in which members of the public can help to categorize galaxies
Down, down, deeper and down: comment on a BBC website article about a new deep-sea vehicle
May 2009 ↑
The heat is on: comment on a New Scientist article about the global warming that will be generated simply by all of our power use
The Arctic time bomb: comment on a New Scientist article about the dangers of massive releases of Greenhouse gases from thawing of Arctic permafrost
Visual Thinking: The Back of the Napkin: highlighting this excellent book by Dan Roam and giving a link to a presentation he gave
In Defense of Food: my thoughts on Michael Pollan’s thought-provoking book on how we should eat
The other CO2 problem: highlighting a neat animated film made by children from a Plymouth school about ocean acidification
Sea level rising faster – or is it?: comment on New Scientist reports about new predictions for sea level rise on the eastern seaboard of the USA
Power from seawater: comment on New Scientist article about generate electricity from seawater using reverse osmosis
April 2009 ↑
A Piano in thre Pyrenees: my thoughts on Tony Hawks quite funny book
Humans as ultra-mobile worms: a different way of thinking of the human digestive tract
Sunshine on a rainy day: a link to an interesting “image” of the Sun from New Scientist
It won’t be pretty as the climate changes: thoughts on what coastal towns will look like once sea level rises significantly and a related New Scientist article
VAT’s a mystery: thoughts on anomalous prices in the work cafe
The Hot Topic: my thoughts on Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King’s book on climate change
When the water level rises…: comment on a New Scientist article about how sea level rise will impact more in some parts of the world’s oceans than others
The North Atlantic Trigger: comment on a New Scientist article about the role of the North Atlantic in climate change
BBC Radio 4 Oceans: what lies beneath: an alert to a new radio series
Ted “the human dolphin”: comment on a New Scientist article about an attempt to cross the Atlantic by pedal power
Ice circles: I had never heard of them until one of the students I teach gave a presentation about them
Chance favours the prepared mind: a quote from Louis Pasteur
Eight is not the magic number: comment on a New Scientist article about the optimum size for committees and working groups
Sparrow rescue: how we saved the life of a trapped sparrow
Empathy games: a thought from author Rose Tremain
March 2009 ↑
The Hundred Days: thoughts on my latest Patrick O’Brian “Aubrey” novel
A new Phoenix rises: a note on my youngest daughter’s footballing debut
Carbon negative? That’s in-tree-ging: comments on a recent seminar on “carbon negative” technology that I attended and a related New Scientist article
The Poles are not healthy: amused by TV news subtitles
Good companies don’t need fancy adverts: a rant against a certain drain-clearing company
Extreme ironing: comment on news items about iron fertilisation in the oceans
Visitor Book added: news that I have added a new facility to this site
The most fun you can have with 31 small pieces of paper?: a glimpse of a workshop I ran this week
Ocean gliders: comment on New Scientist article about new oceanographic instrument platforms
Energy from the depths: comment on New Scientist article about Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Snow? What snow?: everyone else seems to have snow, but we don’t
BBC Radio 4 – The Material World: link to an excellent source of science news
CO2 rising: a note about a new book on carbon dioxide, profile in the Scientific American podcast
Google Oceans: link top the latest tool from Google Earth
Collapse: thoughts on Jared Diamond’s book about the collapse of civilisations
February 2009 ↑
Hit The Target: a short book that I wrote about setting objectives (long entry)
Mamma Mia! What an experience: thoughts on some recent films I have watched
Ready Steady Go!: a short book that I wrote about time management (long entry)
January 2009 ↑
