Wide Niche » blech http://blog.paultomlinson.net Forest, trees, and balance within. I guess. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:31:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 From The Wrong Side of the Condensor http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2009/08/badoj/ http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2009/08/badoj/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:12:08 +0000 Paul http://blog.paultomlinson.net/?p=156 This is a horrible picture, because I didn't bother with setting up the right kind of lighting and/or moving the specimen to better conditions.  As a result, the tungsten filament light was refracted through the side of the ornamented glass pitcher, resulting in the bands visible here (correcting for tungsten is easy - uneven lighting, not so much).

When Orange Juice Goes Bad

When Orange Juice Goes Bad

Informationally speaking it's a rather rich photograph, and a fairly intriguing accidental science experiment.  The more I think about it the more I'd love to have a good lab setup, for proper handling and chemical analysis - they're making rapid improvements to the "lab on a chip" configurations for field work that I hope to eventually benefit from.  Until then I can't really justify the expense of my curiosity.  Not even when there's Science to do.

]]> http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2009/08/badoj/feed/ 2 Lessons Learned http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2008/12/lessons-learned-2/ http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2008/12/lessons-learned-2/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:02:00 +0000 Paul http://blog.paultomlinson.net/?p=118 Let It Be Known, That:

Even In A Pinch, Despite Mutually Agreeable Holiday Sentiment, That:

Egg-nog Makes A Really Nasty Creamer for Hot Chocolate, and That:

This Use is Not Recommended and May Be Punishable By Blech.

That is All.

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