The short answer is: Yes, I have a note from my doctor. Math would be easier ( Read more... )

I could feel it here in Arrowhead. Wish I'd been down at the lake, wonder what it did there. Was online with tibicina and some others playing a game, so we knew it was pretty far away. Best wishes to the folks south of the border.

I know I'm often critical of religion, especially those faiths which require adherents to turn off their brains, so this whole topic might sound a bit odd coming from me. Sadly, I don't have any non-theistic terms available to talk about it, so... be advised that none of what follows should be construed to indicate a belief in the supernatural of ( Read more... )

Our goal of 5 megawatts by mid May has be stymied by the need for, sadly, money. Now, I'm generally a big fan of money, but it's not the most reliable of friends. Nonetheless, thanks to our friend on the staff, Brian, we secured three thousand dollars for building our little destruction device ( Read more... )

OK, you all know I'm in this for the toys... and so I'm gonna build one.

See, the Advanced Lab class next quarter has the requirement that we design and carry out our own experiment... so I'm gonna build a laser. In fact, I'm gonna make two lasers.

Laser #1 will be an electrically-pumped nitrogen gas pulse laser operating in the UVA spectrum.. the ( Read more... )

Ok, maybe it is... That's what I'm doing now! I have a paying research assistant gig helping to analyse data from a partcle accelerator! Woohooo! Go me!

OK, I know that sounds ominous, but hey ( Read more... )

Yep, yep I do.

There are things I believe in, things that cannot be truly proven to be either true or false, but that I choose to hold as true. This set amounts to my own personal faith. In that spirit, I present BlackDjinn’s Creed, and all who follow shall recieve my blessing.

1. The world that is precived by our senses is Real and is not ( Read more... )