There are two high vac pumps in our lab, referred to as "Pump A" and "Pump B".

It is well-circulated in this lab that Pump A is best, especially for difficult solvents.

So who spends hours with it trying to take down some water and then serendipitously finds he can do the same job in fifteen minutes with Pump B?

I wouldn't be surprised if the ( Read more... )

Got back from Frankfurt late yesterday. Boy what a trip. Every minute was crammed with something to do whether it be the talks or the social stuff laid on, and the Germans tried to feed us to death. One of my work mates took to taking the morning half hour coffee break to go back to his room and sleep for 20 mins because we were technically getting ( Read more... )

Oh now please, with an ending like that you can fill the interim series with any kind of trash.

Oh whoops, they did...

Actual transcript of Steve watching last minute of Lost Se02 Ep24:

>Guh?
>SHreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!???

Don’t stick your hand in the blender, don’t use the hairdryer while you’re in the bath. Unplug the electric saw before you try to fix it.Don’t point the crossbow at your friends, don’t trim your toenails with a carving knife. Don’t climb inside old freezers at the junkyard. Don’t put your nephew in the microwave. Don’t summon demons with the ouija ( Read more... )

Well that was... ahem... Interesting...

...Finnish Monsters Rock Eurovision

...And in fact a little bit of Soulseeking and their track "The Devil is a Loser" is roaringly funny, and much better than the Eurovision entry.

Just finished watching Grave of the Fireflies. ( Spoilers )

...But I am stressed out ( Read more... )

I'm following my own data recovery research on this, but in case any techies out there can help ( Read more... )

It's an odd, good, feeling of realistaion when you encounter music/film that has been sampled into something you'd heard before, but till now, never knew where it came from ( Read more... )

You Have a Melancholic Temperament
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Inspired by queersolitude's street art. Herein begins a catalogue of the street art of Alnwick.


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