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Triumphant return of simianpower's Word of the Day
Cat's paw- a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
- Nautical.
- a hitch made in the bight of a rope so that two eyes are formed to hold the hook of one block of a tackle.
- a light breeze that ruffles the surface of the water over a comparatively small area.
- the small area ruffled by such a breeze.
- a hitch made in the bight of a rope so that two eyes are formed to hold the hook of one block of a tackle.
- a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
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Question for the PhDs out there
From last week I know that I need practice at "professional" technical writing. From today I know what a good dissertation looks like, which is distinct from informal reports, papers, and books ( Read more... ) -
Request
Does anyone have a loud floor fan I could borrow for a couple of months? Mine's rapidly dying, and I use it to drown out the neighbor noises at night. I looked everywhere for one this afternoon and every store pointed to their two nearest neighbors, who pointed right back. My ideal here is something loud and indestructable. Built out of surplus ( Read more... ) -
Alternative Geek Night tomorrow!
We're departing from the usual Big Boy --> my place for scifi/drinking this week. The plan now is:
Temptations Indian food at 6:00
Children of Man at Showcase at 7:45
Either my place or the Cathouse for further geekage/drinkin' afterward
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Latvians... what can I say?
Stand aside, Latvian Paratroopers... here's the Latvian Boar Patrol! Just like Worgs, just more... well, piggish. -
Apparently stupidity is catching
Now the Canadians are coming down with it, too.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/01/09/bc-yoga.html?ref=rss -
I refuse to work today
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Hmmmm... weird SEM shots
I just took some FEI Nova SEM shots of the Choi sample... and they're weird. They confirm the damage I saw on the optical microscope, but even weirder are the standing mushroom structures inside the trenches. I think I need to talk to Jay about this. ( The jpegs )
