Working in the Honors Chem lab
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New Kids on the Block…
No, no, not those kinds of “New Kids on the Block” – new podcasters! I just listened to the first episode of Knitty D and the City this morning, and I *loved* it. Wendy of Knit and the City and Christina of Knitty D are the hosts of this new show, which just went live yesterday. Now, as a warning, Wendy had told me ahead of time that she didn’t like how the mic picked up the recording, and they are working on it. Also, keep your finger on the volume button, because the first music clip that they play in the show came through my car stereo really loud. But hey, if that is the worst that you can say about a first show, then it is pretty fabulous!
Seriously, as I said in their comments, listening to the show made me wish I could call them right away and talk to them about what they were talking about. When that happens, you know it is good. They made my drive to school this morning pretty great – and if you recall from that “to do list” I am pretty stressed right now. So anything that makes me laugh and smile is a very good thing. Heck, if Loop had been open in Philly at 9am their time, I would have called Grace and talked to her again! (I talked to her in the beginning of April – details coming on the next podcast that I’ll record tonight or tomorrow night!)
Now I really wish I could hop on a plane and go back to Philly to see the most fabulous knitters outside of Houston! Wow… Mac, Sarah, K., Wendy, Knitty D., Grace, plus visiting Loop again and Rosie’s Yarn Cellar for Koigu? And getting some lemon sorbet? How kick ass would that be?
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out their show. It is fantastic!
On a completely random separate note – I had someone ask to buy my prints today! A member of the school staff sent a message to me through my Photography instructor; she wants to buy two of the color photos of Paris that I had printed for the student art competition at school. I was so surprised! Now here is the big question again … how much should I charge? I was considering $50 per print, but in some ways that sounds too low, and in other ways it sounds too high! Ugh. I just can’t decide; I guess I need to research it a little more before I call her tomorrow. (If you have advice and need details, the are color 8×10 prints, unmounted and unframed. Should I mount them and frame them first? And then price accordingly?)
Also on the plate for tonight:
– Edit outline and slides for the Honor’s Day Presentation on X-Ray Crystallography, prepare for preliminary run-through tomorrow afternoon;
– Press leaves for Biology Scavenger Hunt project;
– Start shooting final roll of film for Photography class, if the light permits;
– Gather information on the reproductive systems of birds and mammals for comparitive analysis group project;
– Pick a photographer and write the “famous photographer” paper. I don’t want to go to the library tonight, so I’ll go with a photographer that is mentioned in at least 2 books that I have here at the house. (5 resources required, maximum of 3 from the internet.) I cranked out the last research paper in under 1.5 hours, so I’m sure I will do the same with this one.
– Write show notes for next Pointy Sticks podcast. Not for school, but I want to do a show now. Now, now, now.
(I’ll update when I finish stuff.)
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The Paper Update…
Done so far today:
– Submission of scholarship form and the “Why I want to be a Pharmacist when I grow up” essay. (Cheese. Pure cheese.)
– Paper that I forgot about on the seminar I attended about saving the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. Doing my part to help bring them back to the Galveston beaches. (If you see one down there, or you spot turtle tracks, call 866-Turtle5 right away.)
– Paper on the Solarization technique, aka the Sabatier Effect, for photography. One of my favorite things to do in the photography darkroom when I took the course back in high school, the effects this technique produces are really cool.
Still to do tonight:
– Powerpoint Presentation to go with the outline created for our X-Ray Crystallography presentation on Friday. Mike, the resident Powerpoint guru, has promised his assistance on this project. (I wrote the outline, all we are doing now is transferring pieces to slides.) UPDATE: Initial draft done; will need more editing tomorrow.
Still to do, but probably not tonight:
– Paper on a famous photographer. Considering Man Ray, as I just read a lot about him because he helped make the solarization technique famous. Willing to consider others (but not Ansel Adams) if you have suggestions. My teacher can only read so many papers on Ansel Adams in one semester.
– Beginning of research on the reproductive systems of vertebrates for Biology presentation due next Tuesday.
Today was also officially our last lecture day in Chemistry II. We will do labs on Wednesday, a test next Monday, and that is it before the final. No more classes as we have a Wednesday off. Wow. I think the Photography darkroom closes this week also. But in Biology II, I think we are having lectures up to the last possible second, and then a practical, a test, and the final.
I’m beginning to feel a bit drained of creativity, losing all of my knowledge power, and finals are coming up fast and furious. Somebody hold me.
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Cookie!
How can you not love watching old school Sesame Street videos? You know, from back before Elmo came on and the whole show changed? Man, I love Sesame Street. And cookies.
[via TV Squad’s article, Cancel Everything and Watch Sesame Street the Rest of the Day]
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Some Days, People Suck…
Pretty picture shared to remind me to focus on the good things and not the bad.
Gah. Some days, people suck. I mean, really suck.
I don’t normally rant about anything related to Blogomania here. Matter of fact, I don’t really rant about Blogomania at all – it is actually fairly smooth 99.998% of the time. People need hosting, I set up their hosting, their sites run.
Back in 2004, there was a problem with the online registration form. Depending on web browsers or on the type of computer people were using, the form broke and they didn’t get sent through to PayPal to pay for their hosting. No problem, we normally set them up, sent them the link, they paid, all was good in the world. A little inconvenience, but we could never duplicate the problem to fix it, and eventually it just stopped happening.
Fast forward to today. A client wrote that he wanted to shut his site down. No problem. Close the account on the server. Go into PayPal to find his payment subscription and make sure it is cancelled. Can’t find it. Write him and ask for the e-mail address, as sometimes PayPal is weird about searches on names. He sends it. Repeat search. Find that he has no payment subscription. Ever. Odd, but look around some more – and discover that he is one of those people that we set up when the form failed.
Problem is, he never got a payment link. So he has been hosted for 17 months without any payment at all for the hosting.
Ugh. I write to him, explain the mistake, point out that it is entirely my fault for not catching it – oh, 16 months ago. Ask him if he would be willing to pay a small, greatly reduced portion of the fee. I offered to take payments. Anything. I considered not writing at all, since I have nothing to hold over him – I can’t suspend his account as it is already closed, and … well, it is my own fault. I was just hoping to maybe make up a small portion of the lost fees.
He wrote back that I offered no proof, he really didn’t see any reason to pay anything. A “better luck next time” sort of response. Uh, hello? The proof is right there in HIS bank statements, or in HIS PayPal account – he hasn’t paid a thing. I can’t log into these things to show him this proof, and I already told him everything I know, down to the date he initially signed up. It wasn’t a ton of money, but still – I guess I just didn’t expect that response. Whatever. Sigh. At least his account is closed and gone.
People. I normally have a lot of faith in the good of mankind, but it has been really rocked tonight. Oh well, karma is a bitch sometimes, and they always say that what goes around comes around.