https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/03/lets-driving.html?showComment=1238422080000
James' Empty Blog: Let's Driving!
[I originally wrote this post this post back in January, when the news came out. But somehow it didn't get posted...] Japan is worried that ...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-failure-of-brexit.html?showComment=1544615182144
James' Empty Blog: The failure of brexit
This post is long overdue, I thought I should at least write it down before the vote on Tuesday. And now this post has been overtaken by ev...
james empty blogfailurebrexit
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/02/jules-pics-power-of-eternal-life.html?showComment=1329469121511
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] The Power of Eternal Life
At last it has come to pass that I can just go and sit down forever under a tree in Kenchoji (pictured above), and not get thrown out of t...
james empty blogthe power ofjulespicseternal
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/04/jules-pics-4262010-081200-pm.html?showComment=1272339815631
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 4/26/2010 08:12:00 PM
Took my ace wide-angle lens* up the mountains at the weekend, which enabled me to photograph the local architecture - mountain huts [*Tokina...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-so-fast.html?showComment=1326929496578
James' Empty Blog: Not so fast!
It seems that reports of the death of global warming have been somewhat exaggerated. Thanks to commenter doskonaleszare on the previous post...
james empty blogfast
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/06/two-strikes.html?showComment=1150733400000
James' Empty Blog: Two strikes...
And this time the Comment on Hegerl et al is definitely in the bin. No surprise there, and I did appreciate getting a more reasonably-worde...
james empty blogtwostrikes
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/05/ho-hum.html?showComment=1148088960000
James' Empty Blog: Ho hum
Another week, another rejection (without review) from Nature. This was an attempted comment on Hegerl et al , which can be found here . The ...
james empty bloghohum
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/12/reputable-surely-not.html?showComment=1133816700000
James' Empty Blog: Reputable? Surely not!
I'm rather amused to see myself described as a "reputable sceptic" on this blog . I don't know anything about the author, a bit of idle goog...
james empty blogreputablesurely
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/01/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html?showComment=1264354270518
James' Empty Blog: Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Jules used to be an astronomer. Thankfully, no more. Not just because of the horror stories of being driven up and down the mountain (where ...
james empty blogmeanwhilebackranch
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2015/01/temperature-bet-update.html?showComment=1420537315999
James' Empty Blog: Temperature bet update
Another year gone, so I suppose it's time for an update on the bet . The NCDC data seems to have moved again, I think this is the current ...
james empty blogtemperaturebetupdate
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/07/did-jack-eddy-really-discover-or-name.html?showComment=1247013109758
James' Empty Blog: Who named the Maunder Minimum?
Jack Eddy died recently. Numerous articles and obituaries have credited him with discovering, and christening as "the Maunder Minimum" the ...
james empty blognamedminimum
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/09/jules-pics-9072009-110300-pm.html
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 9/07/2009 11:03:00 PM
mark all as read , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . This is the Buddhist equivalent of Shift-A in Google Reader (mark all as read). O...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/02/guardian-unlimited-climate-scientists.html
James' Empty Blog: Guardian Unlimited: Climate scientists issue dire warning
There's an interesting article by David Adam in the Grauniad today, entitled Climate scientists issue dire warning : The Earth's temperature...
james empty blogclimate scientistsguardianunlimitedissue
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowfalls-are-now-just-thing-of-past.html?showComment=1293651901434
James' Empty Blog: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past
Cheap shot I know, but hard to resist. This is the Indescribablyboring from March 2000 : According to Dr David Viner, a senior research s...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/03/are-pigeons-smarter-than.html?showComment=1299123462231
James' Empty Blog: Are pigeons smarter than sciencebloggers?
I've been meaning to write about Monty Hall for ages. This is the well-worn probability problem based on a game show. There are three closed...
james empty blogpigeonssmarter
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2007/06/20000-climate-forecast-bet.html?showComment=1182303900000
James' Empty Blog: The "$20,000" Climate forecast bet
This looks interesting: Scott Armstrong will announce a $20,000 challenge (each side to post $10,000 to go to a charitable cause nominated b...
james empty blogclimateforecastbet
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/01/do-it-doggie-style-says-japanese-pm.html
James' Empty Blog: Do it doggie style, says Japanese PM
Even after 5 years in Japan, life here still throws up plenty of surprises. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed hope Wednesday that J...
james empty blogdo itdoggie stylesaysjapanese
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/06/double-vision.html?showComment=1340537724720
James' Empty Blog: Double vision
Just for fun, I had a go at stereoscopic photography on our recent trip to Meigetsu-in. I hadn't realised just how easy it was. So long as...
james empty blogdoublevision
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2013/03/decadal-prediction-stuff-part-2.html?showComment=1364834668534
James' Empty Blog: Decadal prediction stuff part 2
Ok, having got various things out of the way, on with the show. I liked this letter which appeared in Nature recently. Not just becaus...
james empty blogpredictionstuffpart
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/10/jules-pics-10122009-041100-am.html?showComment=1255357449913
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 10/12/2009 04:11:00 AM
whoosh , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . hmmm... more than one person now seems to be anthropomorphising the poor bison. I 'm worri...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/01/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html?showComment=1264302999941
James' Empty Blog: Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Jules used to be an astronomer. Thankfully, no more. Not just because of the horror stories of being driven up and down the mountain (where ...
james empty blogmeanwhilebackranch
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/12/laugh-i-nearly-choked-on-my-kani-jaga.html?showComment=1293577132299
James' Empty Blog: Laugh? I nearly choked on my kani-jaga-mayo pizza
For those who aren't up on the lingo, kani = crab, jaga = potato and mayo, yes, mayo is mayonnaise. And rest assured that the title is not s...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/10/for-those-who-are-too-lazy-to-ride.html?showComment=1160238360000
James' Empty Blog: For those who are too lazy to ride a bicycle...
Get a robot to do it for you! I'm not sure whether this is less useless, or more, than the one-legged hopping robot I mentioned earlier. Bu...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-david-evans-is-wrong-along-with-all.html?showComment=1178272620000
James' Empty Blog: Why David Evans is wrong (along with all the other sceptics)
David Evans has a post up on Backseat driving , explaining why he has taken Brian on with a series of bets about global warming . Usually, I...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/02/hansens-el-nino-forecast-reprised.html?showComment=1234146360000
James' Empty Blog: Hansen's El Nino forecast reprised
I have no idea why Roger Pielke chose to bring up James Hansen's old 2006 El Nino forecast again just recently , but since he did, and it ge...
james empty blogel ninohansenforecast
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-observational-assessment-of-climate.html
James' Empty Blog: On the observational assessment of climate model performance
I already blogged about this some time ago , but here is the final published version, with a free download for the first 50 who want it, by...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/04/self-serving-crap-from-nature.html?showComment=1270126604833
James' Empty Blog: Self-serving crap from Nature
Ok, this is a bit of a dog bites man story, but IMO it's pretty poor behaviour, one might even say " reprehensible ", for Nature to use its ...
james empty blogselfservingcrapnature
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/03/that-mit-report-in-full.html?showComment=1243535523705
James' Empty Blog: That MIT report in full, in brief
OK, a few people have asked me about this study . So far it's only a department report but no doubt there is a paper in preparation somewher...
james empty blogin fullmitreportbrief
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2015/01/yet-more-blue-skies.html
James' Empty Blog: Yet more blue skies!
Continuing the snowy theme.... It might appear a strangely familiar scene to my regular blog reader. Yes, jules and I are back in ...
james empty blogblueskies
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/08/but-they-also-laughed-at-bozo-clown.html?showComment=1251734127832
James' Empty Blog: But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown
I'm amused to see Roger Pielke Jr playing the Galileo Gambit regarding his (Klotzbach et al) paper: Had Michael been blogging around the ti...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/07/bet-with-bashkirtsev-and-mashnich.html?showComment=1174078620000
James' Empty Blog: A bet with Bashkirtsev and Mashnich?
Some time ago, I mentioned the reluctance of Mashnich to bet on his forecast of global cooling by 2021-2026. Since that post, he got in tou...
james empty blogbet
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2013/01/jules-pics-guide-to-hawaiian-wildlife.html?showComment=1357921735637
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] Guide to Hawaiian wildlife
The giraffe and zebra roam the great plains of Oahu. -- Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 1/09/2013 05:00:00 PM
james empty blogguide tojulespicshawaiian
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/05/jules-pics-pawn.html
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] pawn
A year and a half ago things were looking grim in Ayr , but now lots of new shiny shops have sprung up to replace the closed-down ones: ...
james empty blogjulespicspawn
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2014/03/blueskiesresearchorguk-cloudy-lock-in.html
James' Empty Blog: BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk: Cloudy lock-in
BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk Cloudy lock-in Posted: 23 Mar 2014 03:20 PM PDT Some scientific meetings, like the ...
james empty blogukcloudylock
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/01/eating-ecosystem.html
James' Empty Blog: Eating an ecosystem
The Christmas/New Year blogapause seems to be ending around the world. Japan doesn't really do Christmas (although parents of young children...
james empty blogeatingecosystem
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-so-hot.html?showComment=1280920033289
James' Empty Blog: Not so hot
Another month of HadCRU data came in some time ago, so I can update this previous post . It's still not looking too good for me. First ENSO...
james empty bloghot
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/05/assessing-consistency-between-short.html?showComment=1275313977961
James' Empty Blog: Assessing the consistency between short-term global temperature trends in...
People seem to have got very excited over the presentation Chip Knappenberger gave at the Heartland conference, which I am a co-author ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/08/bet.html?showComment=1264568564188
James' Empty Blog: The Bet
A few people have asked about the details of the bet I've arranged with Bashkirtsev and Mashnich. Both Jim Giles (Nature) and David Adam (G...
james empty blogbet
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/07/its-all-kicking-off-on-climate-of-past.html?showComment=1152624780000
James' Empty Blog: It's all kicking off on Climate of the Past
Climate of the Past is a fairly new on-line journal with an interesting review/publication model, which I've mentioned before. This recent ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-david-evans-is-wrong-along-with-all.html?showComment=1178442180000
James' Empty Blog: Why David Evans is wrong (along with all the other sceptics)
David Evans has a post up on Backseat driving , explaining why he has taken Brian on with a series of bets about global warming . Usually, I...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/11/war-on-toner-cartridges.html?showComment=1288738167978
James' Empty Blog: War on toner cartridges
Once again proving that life is far stranger than fiction... Unbelievable as it may sound, following the recent bomb attempt , there really ...
james empty blogwartonercartridges
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-so-fast.html?showComment=1332181961342
James' Empty Blog: Not so fast!
It seems that reports of the death of global warming have been somewhat exaggerated. Thanks to commenter doskonaleszare on the previous post...
james empty blogfast
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/08/jules-pics-8022010-090400-pm.html?showComment=1280871026691
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 8/02/2010 09:04:00 PM
James pretending to be scared on the daikiretto , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . There is an infamous deep cut (daikiretto) towards...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-on-betting.html?showComment=1268954770462
James' Empty Blog: More on betting
I see that through the Climate Onion (did they really aim to be a parody of climate science blogs, and in that case which ones are they pa...
james empty blogmore onbetting
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2014/03/sawyers-remarkably-accurate-forecast.html?showComment=1395499864624
James' Empty Blog: Sawyer's "remarkably accurate" forecast
Spotted this in the Guardian, not sure what provoked it, but never mind. The claim is that a paper published in 1972 made a remarkably acc...
james empty blogsawyeraccurateforecast
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/08/nuclear-meltdown-in-hokkaido.html?showComment=1314667217614
James' Empty Blog: Nuclear meltdown in Hokkaido
Debito is back on Fukushima again, in full-on hyperventilate mode. " It's time for the naysayers to capitulate ". By which, apparently, h...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/09/listen-to-me-being-vaguely-alluded-to.html
James' Empty Blog: Listen to me (being vaguely alluded to) on the radio
The latest More or Less has Andrew Gelman being politely dismissive of some extremely dodgy work on sex ratios that he has blogged about a...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/06/no-cycling-cycle-path.html
James' Empty Blog: A no-cycling cycle path
You couldn't make this stuff up. UKP100,000-worth of newly-renovated cycle path in Yorkshire has been re-opened, complete with "No Cycling" ...
james empty blogcyclingcyclepath
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2014/12/jules-pics-pointy-cow.html
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] Pointy Cow
-- Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 12/08/2014 08:47:00 PM
james empty blogjulespicspointycow
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/01/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html?showComment=1264467766955
James' Empty Blog: Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Jules used to be an astronomer. Thankfully, no more. Not just because of the horror stories of being driven up and down the mountain (where ...
james empty blogmeanwhilebackranch
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/07/jules-pics-7112009-061800-am.html
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 7/11/2009 06:18:00 AM
let's happiness beach walking , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . ...one Saturday morning on Kamakura beach. -- Posted By jules to...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2016/01/happy-10987654321.html?showComment=1452028953358
James' Empty Blog: Happy 10*9*8*7*6/(5+4+3+2+1)
Alex Bellos writes an occasional puzzle column for the Grauniad. Yesterday he was asking for ways of inserting maths symbols into the list...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/12/jlpt-done.html
James' Empty Blog: JLPT done
...so I can now forget everything I have memorised over the last 6 months :-) I won't reveal any details of the test as it still hasn't star...
james empty blogjlptdone
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-end-of-world-as-we-know-it.html?showComment=1278755803446
James' Empty Blog: It's the end of the world as we know it!
Or maybe not. Hot on the heels of the latest exoneration (and in anticipation of the next - possibly the last?), Fred Pearce has rounded up ...
james empty blogthe end
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-so-fast.html?showComment=1326781026050
James' Empty Blog: Not so fast!
It seems that reports of the death of global warming have been somewhat exaggerated. Thanks to commenter doskonaleszare on the previous post...
james empty blogfast
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/05/assessing-consistency-between-short.html?showComment=1275610695214
James' Empty Blog: Assessing the consistency between short-term global temperature trends in...
People seem to have got very excited over the presentation Chip Knappenberger gave at the Heartland conference, which I am a co-author ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/05/assessing-consistency-between-short.html?showComment=1275521002123
James' Empty Blog: Assessing the consistency between short-term global temperature trends in...
People seem to have got very excited over the presentation Chip Knappenberger gave at the Heartland conference, which I am a co-author ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/05/assessing-consistency-between-short.html?showComment=1275492116465
James' Empty Blog: Assessing the consistency between short-term global temperature trends in...
People seem to have got very excited over the presentation Chip Knappenberger gave at the Heartland conference, which I am a co-author ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-test-of-vallances-claim-about-cases.html
James' Empty Blog: A test of Vallance's claim about cases?
Not so long ago, Vallance claimed that there could be about 1,000 cases of COVID-19 for every current death in the UK . Now, the Italian de...
james empty blogtest
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/03/blueskiesresearchorguk-coronavirus.html
James' Empty Blog: BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk: Coronavirus
This is mostly an excuse to publish a blogpost using Rmarkdown. This is a system for combining R code in a "markdown" text document which c...
james empty blogukcoronavirus
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/06/wedding-cosplay.html
James' Empty Blog: Wedding cosplay
I suppose I'd better add the 1000 words to go with jules' recent picture . Don't worry, it won't really be that long. The wedding situation ...
james empty blogweddingcosplay
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/11/more-mad-japanese-gadgetry.html
James' Empty Blog: More mad Japanese gadgetry
On the BBC news website via Chris Randles, we find this microwaveable bra and knicker set : Chris invites me to deride their uselessness vis...
james empty blogmadjapanesegadgetry
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/11/jules-pics-11232009-055600-pm.html
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 11/23/2009 05:56:00 PM
cooked prawn , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . This time the focus is on data people, but to all climate modellers, whose arts are ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2014/03/blueskiesresearchorguk-internet.html
James' Empty Blog: BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk: Internet
BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk Internet Posted: 21 Mar 2014 08:49 AM PDT After 2 months in the internet wildernes...
james empty blogukinternet
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/03/timing-is-nothing.html
James' Empty Blog: Timing is nothing
Recently mathematical epidemiologist Thomas House published a nice blogpost (see link) in which he argued that it was important to time po...
james empty blogtimingnothing
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-end-of-world-as-we-know-it.html
James' Empty Blog: It's the end of the world as we know it
Couldn't help but laugh at this from the Grauniad, complete with caption: And with this much snow they can't even run trains in tunnels !
james empty blogthe end
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2019/03/more-brexit.html?showComment=1552845970688
James' Empty Blog: More Brexit
Stoat has called for another Brexit comment. I actually don't have a whole lot to add to what I said last time. It is clearly a mug's game ...
james empty blogbrexit
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/05/ho-hum.html?showComment=1147519020000
James' Empty Blog: Ho hum
Another week, another rejection (without review) from Nature. This was an attempted comment on Hegerl et al , which can be found here . The ...
james empty bloghohum
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/07/did-jack-eddy-really-discover-or-name.html?showComment=1247088163171
James' Empty Blog: Who named the Maunder Minimum?
Jack Eddy died recently. Numerous articles and obituaries have credited him with discovering, and christening as "the Maunder Minimum" the ...
james empty blognamedminimum
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/12/jules-pics-12212009-084200-pm.html?showComment=1261534422431
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 12/21/2009 08:42:00 PM
Japanese Hawaiian Burger , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . year-end cleanup pic 4: While some assumed poor James enjoys raw prawn a...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-on-betting.html?showComment=1265738540519
James' Empty Blog: More on betting
I see that through the Climate Onion (did they really aim to be a parody of climate science blogs, and in that case which ones are they pa...
james empty blogmore onbetting
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-dim-and-dom-show.html?showComment=1591110534988
James' Empty Blog: The Dim and Dom show
I feel like I should be blogging about something related to the ongoing epidemic, but I can't bring myself to do it. The utterly vacuous, s...
james empty blogdimdomshow
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-shocked-simply-shocked.html
James' Empty Blog: I'm shocked, simply shocked...
...that people can pretend to be shocked at the police assaulting members of the public - some protesters, some simple passers-by - at the...
james empty blogshockedsimply
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2008/12/dangers-of-blogging.html?showComment=1229481480000
James' Empty Blog: The dangers of blogging.
An amusing exchange on scienceblogs has been used here as an example of the dangers of blogging about a job search. In summary, a few month...
james empty blogdangersblogging
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/01/whitehouse-bet.html
James' Empty Blog: The Whitehouse bet
I hear that David Whitehouse is crowing about winning the bet we had over global temperatures. I can't say I blame him - but he had better m...
james empty blogthe whitehousebet
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-sensitive-matter.html?showComment=1360063450408
James' Empty Blog: A sensitive matter
So, sensitivity has been in the climate blogosphere a bit recently. Just a few days ago, that odd Norwegian press release got some people ...
james empty blogsensitivematter
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2008/05/oops.html?showComment=1212292140000
James' Empty Blog: Oops
This seems pretty embarrassing for all concerned. Remember that mid-century cooling that people have been desperately fiddling their models...
james empty blogoops
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/11/ujcc-workshop.html?showComment=1133079420000
James' Empty Blog: UJCC workshop
The 1st UJCC (UK-Japan Climate Collaboration) workshop took place here on 24-25 November. This is part of the Hadley Centre/CGAM collaborat...
james empty blogworkshop
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/01/thanks-but2.html?showComment=1295701254866
James' Empty Blog: Thanks but...(2)
Another for the annals of useless invitations. It is not rare to receive publishing mill spam - usually from Hindawi, inviting me to publish...
james empty blogthanks
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/03/is-r0-larger-than-people-think.html?showComment=1585583411309
James' Empty Blog: Is R0 larger than people think?
EDIT: as a quick update to this, I'd just like to point to the new IC report out here , which vindicates what I've written below. Yes, R0 i...
james empty bloglargerpeoplethink
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2013/01/jules-pics-guide-to-hawaiian-wildlife-3.html?showComment=1358230962237
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] Guide to Hawaiian wildlife #3
Cute monkeys are everywhere on Oahu. The tufted great apes are ubiquitous - the little malnourished ones leap and swim in the ocean, while t...
james empty blogguide tohawaiian wildlifejulespics
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/05/jules-pics-post-for-my-sister-in-law.html?showComment=1306784264548
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] A post for my sister-in-law, Helen.
Green River , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . The only place to get breakfast in desolate Green River makes no promise to be open. ...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-odds-hot-2008.html?showComment=1206129360000
James' Empty Blog: What odds a hot 2008?
About 20%, if you just want the executive summary (at least, that is the market "consensus"). If you want the details, read on... Via Chris ...
james empty blogoddshot
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/05/jules-pics-5212011-015700-pm.html?showComment=1305964762519
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 5/21/2011 01:57:00 PM
Alien Invasion , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . Help! Help! Alien Invasion! ...no longer surprised that so many people have been ab...
james empty blog
https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/02/woohoo-surfs-up.html
James' Empty Blog: Woohoo! Surf's up!
Shouldn't joke really, it is probably not a good time to be in Chile, but the tsunami is unlikely to amount to much by the time it gets here...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/05/ho-hum.html?showComment=1147494000000
James' Empty Blog: Ho hum
Another week, another rejection (without review) from Nature. This was an attempted comment on Hegerl et al , which can be found here . The ...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/01/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html?showComment=1264270603229
James' Empty Blog: Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Jules used to be an astronomer. Thankfully, no more. Not just because of the horror stories of being driven up and down the mountain (where ...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-on-that-recent-sensitivity-paper.html?showComment=1369516052362
James' Empty Blog: More on that recent sensitivity paper
Now I'm embarrassed at my naivety...it is all as clear as day. The story goes as follows: Way back in the mists of time (well, about 2011...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/01/pielkes-all-way-down-revisited.html?showComment=1296250084250
James' Empty Blog: Pielkes all the way down, revisited
Remember Pielke and Matsui 2005 , Klotzbach et al 2009 and the debate over how plausible and valid their results were? You may recall my ma...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-will-science-fare-and-other.html
James' Empty Blog: How Will Science Fare? and other questions
Science has a fairly vacuous article ( How Will Science Fare? ) about the forthcoming science budget negotiations in Japan. Not that I'm rea...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2015/09/blueskiesresearchorguk-tanstaafl.html
James' Empty Blog: BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk: TANSTAAFL
Otherwise known as, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. At least, there isn't any longer in the Climate Division at NCAR . I...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/03/is-r0-larger-than-people-think.html?showComment=1585506857679
James' Empty Blog: Is R0 larger than people think?
EDIT: as a quick update to this, I'd just like to point to the new IC report out here , which vindicates what I've written below. Yes, R0 i...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2016/01/happy-10987654321.html?showComment=1452073746690
James' Empty Blog: Happy 10*9*8*7*6/(5+4+3+2+1)
Alex Bellos writes an occasional puzzle column for the Grauniad. Yesterday he was asking for ways of inserting maths symbols into the list...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2021/12/omicron.html?showComment=1640263874123
James' Empty Blog: Omicron
It occurred to me that the talk of perhaps bringing in restrictions some time in the future was probably poorly timed, in that we are probab...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2014/03/pause-blah.html?showComment=1395478545849
James' Empty Blog: "Pause" blah
I've got lots of bits and pieces to write about, so this will probably turn out to be a fairly incoherent blog post as I don't have time to...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2015/01/temperature-bet-update.html?showComment=1420128559583
James' Empty Blog: Temperature bet update
Another year gone, so I suppose it's time for an update on the bet . The NCDC data seems to have moved again, I think this is the current ...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-sensitive-subject.html
James' Empty Blog: A sensitive subject
I know I said previously that I wasn't keen on participating in a ClimateDialogue on climate sensitivity, but the organisers recently repe...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2016/07/jules-pics-highland-hols-4.html?showComment=1470111547138
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] Highland Hols #4
And then the gardens... Inverwewe (that's weird - Wikipedia has photographed the two of the same vegetative artefacts as me - there are SO ...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2020/03/uncertainty-in-covid-19-model.html?showComment=1585314748859
James' Empty Blog: Uncertainty in the COVID-19 model
Time for James to Speak to the Nation. Well, Speak to my Reader at least. Rather than subjecting myself to the waffling windbag, here are s...
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https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2009/11/jules-pics-11182009-093400-pm.html?showComment=1258656721081
James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 11/18/2009 09:34:00 PM
Hase Dera , originally uploaded by julesberry2001 . Another abrupt climate change occurred yesterday and it is only 4 months since the last...
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