... am I still in the lab at UCSC at 1:10AM?

Because Op Amps are a freakin' pain in the ass to work with!

Migraine! Gaah!

And I just woke up, too.

Grrr...

I'm ordering some sample microchips from a semiconductor manufacturer, and the Sample Terms of Use actually contains this prohibition.

But missile guidance systems are okay, yes? ;)

I'm cleaning up the archive of all the digital photographs I've taken; i.e. finding duplicate files, locating strays and putting them back where they belong, trashing the scraps of editing work, etc. There are over 36 thousand files in the archive. This will take a little while. Thank God for automated tools.

The power came back on at 6:30 this morning.

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What can reviewers possibly say about the basic ballpoint? With an active imagination, quite a lot.

Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, black, EACH

Every freakin year (just about). Blech.

Other than that, it's great.