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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....
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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.
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
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Sometimes in lab there will be an interesting result that would be good for fellow scientists to know but is not worth even considering publishing. In that spirit, I bring you random science fact.
In the course of experiments, it became prudent to determine whether Rhodamine B will stain an apparatus ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
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Reactive Reports, the coolest monthly online science magazine, has an awesome interview this week. I highly suggest everyone go check it out!
Link: http://www.reactivereports.com/66/66_0.html
Mitch
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
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While sitting on the couch watching TV last night, I got to thinking about what I consider one of the most important parts of grad school: what you do when you are not in lab. The rest of the working world takes this time for granted. No matter ...
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
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Chemical Forums has finally surpassed the one million unique visitors mark. Thank you everyone! And a special thanks to the staff and regular posters who make chemical forums such a useful and high quality chemistry website.
If you want to track the number of visitors to Chemical Forums the webcounter is ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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The dirty truth in the synthetic literature is that reaction yields are inflated. After many long discussions with my synthetic friends, they all admit that the yields reported in their papers or the yields they report to the boss are often the maximum yield they ever obtained. I will admit ...
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