{"id":654,"date":"2013-05-02T19:59:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blopig.com\/blog\/?p=654"},"modified":"2016-12-13T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T16:08:05","slug":"free-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/free-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Free food!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I walked into Group Meeting not having read <a title=\"Bernhard Knapp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.2020science.net\/profile\/bernhard-knapp\" target=\"_blank\">Bernhard<\/a>&#8216;s paper (shameful, I know), and I was immediately&nbsp;asked &#8220;Where is the Daleks post on the blog?&#8221;. &nbsp;To which I mumbled something unconstrued, because I am not sure what a <a title=\"Dalek Explained\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dalek\" target=\"_blank\">Dalek<\/a> is and because I didn&#8217;t know we were doing post requests.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, at every group meeting one of us is responsible to organise the talk and another to supply food. &nbsp;The only current rule (since the well-received demise of the &#8220;No alcohol&#8221; one) &nbsp;is: &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">No tomatoes<\/span>&#8220;. &nbsp;We&#8217;ve had a number of original and tasty&nbsp;contributions: Dominos pizza, Ben&#8217;s and Millies cookies, truckloads of Haribos,&nbsp;Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Sushi, Nutella baguettes and home-baked delights.<\/p>\n<p>But <a title=\"Eoin, the guy now without a pony tail.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lsi.ox.ac.uk\/LSI-content\/tutors-and-staff\/dtc-staff.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eoin<\/a>&#8216;s contribution takes the prize this round (a small trophy in Lab Room #1).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_655\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-655\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-655 \" title=\"Eoin Malin's Food Contrib\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food-300x153.jpg?resize=400%2C204\" alt=\"drwho-daleks-food\" width=\"400\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food.jpg?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food.jpg?resize=1024%2C525&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food.jpg?resize=624%2C320&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/drwho-daleks-food.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eoin&#8217;s Dr. Who Daleks sugar rush inducing cakes (click for the juicy detail).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, a small pointer to OPIG prospective students &#8211; &#8220;baking&#8221; and &#8220;creative thinking&#8221; skills are really well appreciated and look good on your CV!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I walked into Group Meeting not having read Bernhard&#8216;s paper (shameful, I know), and I was immediately&nbsp;asked &#8220;Where is the Daleks post on the blog?&#8221;. &nbsp;To which I mumbled something unconstrued, because I am not sure what a Dalek is and because I didn&#8217;t know we were doing post requests. 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