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// December 5th, 2006 // No Comments » // Blog

I discovered this treasure chest on YouTube today.

Who says Muslims don’t know humour? I was biting into the back of my hand at work to stop myself guffawing out loud!

The best thing is that it isn’t all for laughs – the series of vids by Baba Ali present a serious message as well.

Some videos are more geared at a Muslim audience, but i think non-Muslims will appreciate them too. At least that’s what the comments suggest.

Happy Viewing (you know what i’m saying?)

Grrrowl…

// December 1st, 2006 // 14 Comments » // Blog

In academic circles, research scientists, especially PhD students, are frankly, cheap labour. We do all the hard work, get very little pay, even less thanks, and virtually no credit. The Principal Investigator (the guy/ gal [mainly guy] who heads the group) however does very little work, gets a lot of pay, even more thanks and 99.9% of the credit.

That sounds fair, right?

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