Archive for July, 2006

“Postdocs don’t get vacations.”

At least not in my new lab. Which isn’t to say that I was planning to take that many — an occasional weekend

It’s the little things

Estimated cost of a high power femtosecond laser that “just works”: $250,000 Estimated cost of a decent power

Random conversion of the day

I am 225 barleycorns tall. (High?) And taking notes on nonlinear stuff using my own private Mediawiki installation (same

See? I’m trendy and “Web 2.0″ already!

Apparently, it’s okay I don’t post super-often, because post frequency doesn’t matter anyway. And you

First day

“Um… can I help you?” “Well…. I’m [orange]. The new postdoc.” Repeat half a