Took part in some research today. I was hooked up an eye tracking machine (sort of headset with a chunky cable coming out the top which is connected to a computer and follows your pupils to see what part of a screen you're looking at. Spent an hour playing at spotting oil fields on representations of geological information. The researcher is attempting to work out if he can improve geologist's ability to find the particular patterns they need in the midst of lots of noise.

Apparently, I was told, I'd missed my vocation as I was quite good at doing it under time pressure. Perhaps it's too much time spent playing Kennedy Approach, an old Commodore 64 game which someone has kindly converted to work on a PC. (http://www.kennedyapproach.com/home.php)

It was also very strange looking into my own eyes blown up large on the screen as the eye-tracker was set up!