Comments for A canna’ change the laws of physics http://apgaylard.wordpress.com Scotty, The Naked Time, stardate 1704.3, Episode 7 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:32:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Tell ‘em about the honey … by apgaylard http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/tell-em-about-the-honey/#comment-1291 apgaylard Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:32:56 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=982#comment-1291 Thanks for the kind comment, and sharing your specialist knowledge! Thanks for the kind comment, and sharing your specialist knowledge!

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by Brain Exercises Through the Brain Gym and Me Program Makes Learning a Pleasure | Your Gym Advice http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1290 Brain Exercises Through the Brain Gym and Me Program Makes Learning a Pleasure | Your Gym Advice Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:43 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1290 [...] The emperor's new gym « A canna' change the laws of physics [...] [...] The emperor's new gym « A canna' change the laws of physics [...]

]]> Comment on Tell ‘em about the honey … by borderglider http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/tell-em-about-the-honey/#comment-1289 borderglider Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:55:36 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=982#comment-1289 Excellent article - as always. Just wanted to let you know - speaking as a beekeeper of long-standing, honey is distinctly hygroscopic - i.e. it absorbs water from the surrounding atmosphere. This is important for beekeepers, because unless we make sure that honey is stored in airtight jars, it will absorb enough atmospheric water vapour to start fermentation, which ruins the honey. This is why bees cap their honey supplies with waz cappings - which do allow a very small amount of transpiration, but essentially the honey will last for several years 'in the comb'. if left in an open jar it will become 'runny' and ferment withing a matter of a week or so. Honey absorbs water, it does not give it out. Excellent article – as always. Just wanted to let you know – speaking as a beekeeper of long-standing, honey is distinctly hygroscopic – i.e. it absorbs water from the surrounding atmosphere. This is important for beekeepers, because unless we make sure that honey is stored in airtight jars, it will absorb enough atmospheric water vapour to start fermentation, which ruins the honey. This is why bees cap their honey supplies with waz cappings – which do allow a very small amount of transpiration, but essentially the honey will last for several years ‘in the comb’. if left in an open jar it will become ‘runny’ and ferment withing a matter of a week or so. Honey absorbs water, it does not give it out.

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by apgaylard http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1288 apgaylard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:26:56 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1288 Link added as requested. Link added as requested.

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by hughcharlesparker http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1287 hughcharlesparker Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:26:43 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1287 You're welcome - I'm glad to have been of use. Could you add a link to the original location of the files on Wikimedia Commons? You’re welcome – I’m glad to have been of use. Could you add a link to the original location of the files on Wikimedia Commons?

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by apgaylard http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1286 apgaylard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:27:43 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1286 Yes they are. Thanks again for the really useful Wikipedia article. Please let me know if you would like better or different attribution under the Creative Commons license. Thanks aswell to Dave. Yes they are. Thanks again for the really useful Wikipedia article. Please let me know if you would like better or different attribution under the Creative Commons license. Thanks aswell to Dave.

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by hughcharlesparker http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1285 hughcharlesparker Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:31:45 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1285 A bit off topic, but... two of those photos are mine! That's my mate Dave doing brain buttons and crossovers. Thanks for your flattering description of our Wikipedia article. A bit off topic, but… two of those photos are mine! That’s my mate Dave doing brain buttons and crossovers. Thanks for your flattering description of our Wikipedia article.

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by apgaylard http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1284 apgaylard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:26:22 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1284 Yes, I've lost that smug feeling I used to have. Thanks for the links. I do think that HR does some useful things. Unfortunately it has a tendency to want to be the tail that wags the dog. Yes, I’ve lost that smug feeling I used to have. Thanks for the links. I do think that HR does some useful things. Unfortunately it has a tendency to want to be the tail that wags the dog.

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by warhelmet http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1283 warhelmet Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:34:36 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1283 I remember the ads in Marvel comics for Charles Atlas stuff. Does Brain Gym mean that I can kick sand in the face of the thickoes? Especially where I do the bit about having worked in HR and understanding how credulous "proper" HR people were and never quite getting my suggestion that they should be subject to the same sort of VFM discipline for company funded education as the rest. The irony of me asking for funding in astrology was not a joke that was enjoyed or generally understood. I remember the ads in Marvel comics for Charles Atlas stuff. Does Brain Gym mean that I can kick sand in the face of the thickoes? Especially where I do the bit about having worked in HR and understanding how credulous “proper” HR people were and never quite getting my suggestion that they should be subject to the same sort of VFM discipline for company funded education as the rest. The irony of me asking for funding in astrology was not a joke that was enjoyed or generally understood.

]]> Comment on The emperor’s new gym by uberVU - social comments http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-emperors-new-gym/#comment-1282 uberVU - social comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:19:27 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-1282 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by badscienceblogs: The emperor?s new gym: The day they made me do Brain Gym: Brain Buttons, Thinking Cap, Hook Ups and the Cross C.. http://bit.ly/3hZyCI... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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