liveblogging a Nobel

That someone is blogging the Nobel ceremony from the spot is cool, that it is one of the laureates is cooler.

Krugman needs a twitter now though, methinks.
One day a physicist will get there first.

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I was at the Medicine Prize talks yesterday. It's a strange occasion as it attracts a lot of individuals who are not scientists (and are thus bored out of their mind for two and a half hours since they don't understand the scientific details). The medicine talks were on a Sunday for a change so I managed to get a seat this time (usually theres too many students from the Karolinska turning up - the talks are held next door to the Institute's library).
The actual 'ceremony' when they get awarded the prize doesn't happen until the 10th (the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.