The University of Sydney is covered with modern buildings, but it also has a few that date back to the 1850s. As it happens I'm located in one. It has no heating, cooling, or internal toilets, but look at it:
My office is the two windows to the right, on the floor above the arch. I don't know if I will do any good work here, but it won't be for lack of tradition. I can even deal with the carillon exercises immediately above my head each day.
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I thought hunchsilverbacks were warned away from bell towers.
It's an inflammatory disease, OK? I can't do anything about that...
Very nice.
Does your furniture slide to one side of the room?;)
If it does, my lateral aphasia prevents me from noticing.
[This is turning out to be Medical Revelations, isn't it?]
Hey! I thought everything in Australia was upside down, but here it appears to be only tilted about 5 degrees. I hope that you have velcro for your Mac Book so that it doesn't slide down your desk....
Two windows? TWO!?
I thought philosophers were stored in the basement, to be dragged out on special occasions.
So if there are no internal toilets, what do you do?
@ 6 & 7: note that the area below the windows is cordoned off...
Does everyone get their own [hopefully] lidded contained or do you have to share?
So if there are no internal toilets, what do you do?
Go outside.
There are toilets accessible from the quadrangle...
Oooh! I wonder if the Skeptic Zone podcast might meet up with you one day to talk about Science blogging? That'd be cool! :)