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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
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Hello!
My name is Phil. I'm doing my Ph.D. at ETH Zürich (that's right, in Switzerland), where I'm working in the field of Medicinal Chemistry. This is my first post, hooray!
One of my group jobs is to take care of the LC-MS system we bought last year. You know, that magic ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
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I've unfortunately been suckered into representing my boss (Heino Nitsche) for the prospective visits this spring. My boss is unavailable due to teaching, and I will be doing the typical office meet-and-greet for him. So, if anyone wants to chill in his office with the best cheap wine I can ...
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
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I See Dumb People-Courtesey of Arkcon-Chemicalforums.com
BEST FIRST-OH HELL THEY ARE ALL GOOD!!!!! LMAO
Caller: Hi...my name is ...and I am a Chemist with....and I need some help with part numbers for my XYZ accelerated solvent machine...
Accelerated solvent machine...OK it is an EXTRACTOR-OK we'll see....!!!!!
Tech: Which system do you have? And what ...
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Although most undergraduates are fretting over acceptance letters1, there has been recent interest in personal statements2,3,4. Below is an outline of what I would consider a typical chemical personal statement should consist of, and with slight modifications, it can be used as a generalized outline for all bright-eyed science undergraduates.
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
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As most readers have noticed we’ve done a massive revamping of the website since Jan 1st 2008. Site upgrade posts are the most boring, so I’ll do everyone a favor and write it in outline format.
An unfortunate circumstance of the upgrades have been the inability to migrate all comments made ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
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Here we are again...more stories for you from the bowels of Technical Support. I do not mean to scare you (OH YES I DO!!!)....but fair is fair....If I have to live with this I am NOT going down alone.....I want company!!!!!! Be Afraid Be Very Afraid....
OK Best First:
E-MAIL:
Dear Technical Support:
I ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
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... The Mercedes symbol looks like an eclipsed conformation.
... The first thing you reach for in the morning are your prescription goggles
... All your shirts have holes.
... All your scars are not from bar fights but from chemical burns.
... Someone offers you acid, but its not what you expected.
... Describing ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
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From The Archives of Tech Support for Chemical Instrumentation:
This is My Job….I LOVE MY JOB…
Caller: Hi my name is….and I am calling to get help with my IC system.
Tech: OK ma’am what seems to be the problem?
Caller: We can’t get a stable baseline. There are all kinds of ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
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A computer hard disk reader that uses a GMR sensor is equivalent to a jet flying at a speed of 30,000 kilometers (19,500 miles) per hour ... at a height of just one meter above the ground, and yet being able to see and catalogue every single blade of grass ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
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A lot of recent discussions in the chemical blogosphere have centered around making Chemistry visually more stunning: TheChemBlog, Carbon, Kutti. I present my own work below. The molecule is an acetylacetate complex of Rutherfordium.
If your going to be showing off your beautifying molecule skills, bring your A+ game.
Note 1: ...
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