Does time stop? Do we get time to pause and relax? And if it throws up, then what? Do we go back in time? Does it throw up memories, like fragments of the past?

I was just pondering as I went by the Chronophage (Time Eater) on the first day of the year:-) I think I'll throw up some fragments from the past year in the coming days (ie do a review of 2009:-)

More on the Clock here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock

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2009 Review. When I first heard about "Octo" being a part of the University's 800th Anniversary celebrations I went, "Oh no! What a gimmick!" We would be seeing this plastic thingy or unofficial mascot all over the place for the full year. Octo (800) was, I was told by a University official, an "it" and not a s/he. Very PC:-)

I have to admit that I got to like Octo as the year progressed. I even took "IT" for a meal at the University Centre. Here she -- I mean IT -- is resting on the carpet near the bar! She, er it, just lay there, and gave me these funny looks. My pulse raced and I whispered a sweet nothing, "Octo, my love, you look gorgeous". In an abstract and platonic love kind of way, I mean:-)

So, as the sun sets on the 800th Anniversary celebrations and Octo disappears down Trinity Lane, we raise over hands to wave it goodbye. (This would make a great love story, I think:-)

More Octo photos (not mine) at the 800th Anniversary website .

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Light Show Finale, University of Cambridge. One of my stained glass images reworked by Ross Ashton and projected onto the Senate House. This is a close up of the same stained glass image seen in the previous shot.

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King's College Chapel, University of Cambridge. One of my stained glass images projected onto the chapel during the 800th Anniversary Light Show Finale. The man behind it all was Ross Ashton, the light projection genius.

This is one of the images in the University's special edition Newsletter (see previous image).

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A behind-the-scenes shot from the Light Show Finale showing Ross Ashton, the light projection artist, and Professor Jeremy Sanders at King's College during the "Press Night" preview of the show. They were preparing to be interviewed by ITV (see photo below). Low light candid to show Ross in front of his artwork.

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