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Back to normal

Wallaby — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:54:20 +0000

Now that all the thesis stuff is over and done with, it turns out that having a certificate saying I’ve got a PhD

One down…

Wallaby — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:59:34 +0000

“No openings right now. Sorry.” And the other one I really wanted could be a couple weeks until I hear back,

Whew!

Wallaby — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:54:00 +0000

Busy week… it’s now about four and a half months (and counting) until I defend, and I’ve finally gotten

Grad student morale

Wallaby — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:43:53 +0000

This week the lab completely rearranged two of the instruments. These are basically microscopes with some extra optics, and we got in some optical breadboards to mount the laser and optics on. (One disadvantage is that the 532-nm laser is now pretty much at eye level for everyone in the lab…. oops.) One thing that [...]

Mondays

Wallaby — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:06:19 +0000

Got the paper out the door yesterday; I wound up submitting it since my advisor was out of town. One of the most

Autumn blues

Wallaby — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 01:10:46 +0000

Or do I mean “browns” intead of “blues”? Blue seems like a nicer color, at least right now, when

Seminars are great

Wallaby — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:04:22 +0000

A good seminar has a good topic that’s well presented. Something original, something significant, something

travelog – monday

Wallaby — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:46:09 +0000

I’m a couple days behind already, other days to follow as I catch up… eventually? Flight to Portland was uneventful, except for Mt. St. Helens erupting a little bit more halfway through. The pilot called our attention to the dramatic view of an irregular cloud of dust hovering on the horizon. So now I’ve seen [...]

Seminar – Weihong Tan

Wallaby — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:55:26 +0000

Finished the first draft of the paper. At last. No idea how many changes my advisor’s going to want, but at least now I’m editing instead of writing from scratch – even when that turns into rewriting a paragraph, it’s amazing how much easier that *seems*. Seminar today was Weihong Tan (of Florida), talking about [...]

Now that was a good day.

Wallaby — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 00:17:26 +0000

Been a long week, but the end was worth it…. finished up the last of the [boring fluoride

Now that’s advising

Wallaby — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 05:45:25 +0000

You know your advisor cares when he forwards job announcements at 1:40 AM on a Friday night.

Humble is good.

Wallaby — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:27:00 +0000

At least my title was mostly okay.