The parts for micromechanical motors are fabricated by shining a computer-guided laser onto a chemical film. The laser solidifies the film that it moves over, leaving the gears when the liquid film is washed away. It's pretty cool stuff ( Read more... )

So. It turns out that when your department is given a ludicrous research grant, one suddenly stops having time for non-school or -research related activities. I'm still alive, but only barely. Just in case anyone was wondering.

I turn my back for a few days and the whole damn world starts doing stupid shit. Has everyone been taking lessons from my students?

I like quiet. I like not having people bother me when I'm trying to work; I get more done.

Goddammit, when did I stop liking quiet?

[ooc: This was supposed to be private. It is not.]

Yo Mukahi, are you still alive?

If one is going to plagiarize, then perhaps one should first make sure the stolen paper you're using wasn't written by your professor.

College freshmen: surprisingly responsive to gold star stickers.

It's the first week of class and I'm already regretting my decision to accept this position. Of my students, precisely none of them are science majors. I'm not sure who/what I pissed off to get a classroom full of literature and economics students, but I feel as if I need to sacrifice a goat or something to Mathematica in apology. The lit students ( Read more... )