Saturday, April 29, 2006

Sensitivity vs. Stability

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As a result of some really sloppy behavior on the part of our instrument yesterday, we tore the whole front end apart, put it back together,...
Thursday, April 20, 2006

Say "hello" to my little friends

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Who would have thought that a few simple filaments of hydrated mantle could add so much complication to a home renovation? First person to c...
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Friday, April 14, 2006

Tear down the walls.

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My wife and I tore out our kitchen today, Good Friday. If we are lucky, a new kitchen will rise from the grave on Sunday. However, the tim...
Saturday, April 08, 2006

Clean insulators are a man’s best friend

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Like all ICP mass spectrometers, our machine spews a lot of ionized gunk into the extraction lens and first lens stack, so after a couple of...
Thursday, April 06, 2006

Why I became a geologist

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Occasionally, I have to do a little science to remind my boss why he pays me. The science I do is geology. It’s a good science- all about ...
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Fire and Ice

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Some say the world will end in fire; Some say in ice. * Tomorrow we have a total fire ban declared for 24 hours starting at midnight tonight...
Friday, March 31, 2006

The Suck-up blog

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I while back, I read somewhere about an increasing phenomena among the terminally lifeless*: suck-up blogging. This is where a blogger stop...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Myth Busted

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So, Thursday arvo I managed to finally test my theory on the anomalous backgrounds that I was whinging about here . I did an excellent job ...