I’m writing up a presentation which is intended to introduce and give an overview on the instruments we use in the analytical chemistry laboratory. What I’ve done is include the text below (the completed project is actually in poster format). If you see anything that doesn’t make sense, could you let me know in comments?… Read More Laboratory Instruments
There are days where the love of learning isn’t quite enough to keep me enthusiastic about school, and I have to remember why I am doing this to myself. That stiffens the old upper lip and I keep marching on. But if you’re still curious and want to learn, here’s a link to a really… Read More Love of Learning
In honor of my physics exam today, here are ten eleven helpful tips and tricks to study by. As I am a non-traditional student – read that as: Old and sludgy-brained – I have learned some things by experience that I have been able to pass on to classmates, and now to you. Don’t procrastinate:… Read More Mad Scientist’s Apprentice: Sticky Data
You know those days where things just don’t go quite right? Well, I’m having one. The marvels of technology come with a headache. I opted not to snippet since I haven’t been working on Jade Star, and it needs work, my beta readers told me. I haven’t been working on any thing else because I’m… Read More the Wonders of Modern Technology
Sorry, there will be a delay with this week’s Eat This While you Read That! because I just ran out of time. I have the photos, but they need edited and the recipes need written out and well it has been crazy here. So! Instead you get an essay I had to write for math… Read More Mad Scientist’s Apprentice: Math
Yes, yes, this is slightly more than a mere delay. It was an interesting day. And then I was in class for eight hours. Which was more interesting toward the end while we were dissolving limestone in acid. I do have pictures, but until sometime tomorrow, I also have computer issues (ok, might be longer… Read More There was a delay
What follows is a paper I wrote for the Criminal Law class I’m taking. I think you, my readers, will find it an interesting case when you read it, and my analysis. What is the future of digital privacy, and is there a way to retain our privacy in the era of the Cloud and… Read More Blind Justice Texting on Her Phone
My mother and I have not always gotten along. But one thing I have always been grateful to her for was homeschooling me. In the last year or so, after I’d re-started college as what they euphemistically term a non-traditional student, I had a professor ask me, ‘are you an autodidact?’ Why yes, yes… Read More The Homeschooled Adult
The end of the semester, that is. This week has been fraught with snow, on Monday, and sick, yesterday, and… once it’s over I have two days next week, then a full week after Thanksgiving, before entering Finals Week. Today I have the last microbiology wet lab at 8:00 am, and as I was prepping… Read More The End is Near
I’m going to do something a little different today. Those of you who read my blog regularly are now saying (I can hear you in my head!) how is this different from every other day? Well, this is one of those days where I let my inner geek/nerd/techie out to play. Someone shared a link… Read More Geeking At School
I had to write a very short paper, almost so short I wouldn’t call it a paper. However, I thought I’d share it here, and expound a little bit, as I only have a little time. Perhaps you know that there are two methods of analyzing crime in the US, the UCR (Uniform Crime… Read More Probing the Shadows
I’m tired, and I know it. Which is good, because otherwise I might start listening to the internal voices that nibble away at my confidence and make me start to wonder what I’m doing, and why. But this feeling, of fatigue and uncertainty, is an old familiar one. I’m not exhausted, just tired. Exhaustion is… Read More Assailed with Doubts