Richard G Clegg
@richardclegg
Academic studying complex networks at Queen Mary University of London and amateur scuba instructor. I do a lot of research using the Raphtory software for temporal networks, a fast efficient way to analyse network data: He/Him
I'll pop it into my diary, wouldn't want my knowledge to get out of date.
I do find tube noticeboard art incredibly charming. This one is from Euston, classic old TV cartoon. One of the things I miss about living in "The Cally" as they now call that bit of North London, is tube noticeboard art from Caledonian Kimmy.
If you're in London and you enjoy saying "Look, it's the Goodyear Blimp" here's how to track it with Flight Radar. It's been flying around all week. Here's a terrible shot from the balcony. www.flightradar24.com/DLZFN/40980aa1
End of another year of networks presentations. Enchanting/comic GenAI of myself and co-organiser @garethtyson.bsky.social as the final slide.
The traditional "networking researchers awkwardly saying cheese" photo. #Coseners26
That time of year again. #Coseners26. @garethtyson.bsky.social kicking us off.
@eleanormorton.bsky.social I have been getting lots of well meant adverts from the globe theatre that make me think "Craig the tour guide doesn't give a f**k"
Cave diving warning signs hit hard. Pretty certainly you only see this for real if you are doing fairly advanced diving anyway. (I was relatively far - yet still within daylight range - into a cave system in Yucatan peninsula.) These are (rightly) signs that tell you clearly you will die.
Tompot blenny is a fish with eyelashes (or eyebrows anyway). They are really territorial so when you see them underwater they always look super cross with you.
We have all had days like this right? (AI ice cream bot in my Beijing teaching building. I did not know this was going to happen I was genuinely charmed by the robot.)
"Inspirational" quote found in a notebook. Honestly though, while Amelia Earhart is tremendously inspirational, my takehome from her story was "sometimes probably do give up".
Lovely. It is peculiar how much it looks like viscous finger patterning yet you would not think they can have the same mathematics.
Me right now - about 4 bosses from the act 3 ending. The gauntlets at coral tower are brutal though.
@bridgecommand.bsky.social remains an amazing experience. Here's me at my science station worrying about morally grey areas in space. Not pictured, minefield, explosions, futuristic night club and space Lord Flashheart. If you're in London and sci fi is your thing this game is absolutely amazing.
Honestly lovely when a real world problem works out so neatly. Here is a picture of some but not all of the socks he bought.
Christmas board games. This is the most elaborate possible way to roll dice.
Nothing says festive like Who villains in Christmas lights on a Yorkshire petrol station roof.
We got the Spencer one from Marks and Spencer. I had always assumed Marks and Spencer were both human. Speciesist thinking.
I went to an event at Goodenough college. It was a great event but I could not shake the feeling I had wandered into a parallel parody academia.
Nice afternoon lecturing at UCL. Bloomsbury is very attractive at Christmas.