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It's hurricane season
Apparently Chicago is prone to hurricanes. First Gustav and then Ike, with a vengeance. With all the flooded roads between here and Argonne it took at least an hour each way in the car. I guess I… more →
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It's hurricane season
timfoolery wrote 1 year ago: Apparently Chicago is prone to hurricanes. First Gustav and then Ike, with a vengeance. With all the … more →
tricycles at APS
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timfoolery wrote 1 year ago: People who visit the Advanced Photon Source never seem to remember what a synchrotron actually does, … more →
another experiment down
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timfoolery wrote 1 year ago: Just finished another experiment with some good and some annoying results. We came in to get some n … more →
Beam Adventure No. 1
timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: Our hero has been consumed by the monster that is the Beam, for a month-long adventure sure to produ … more →
another five weeks
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timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: Well, Andrea came and went in three short days. We had a really good time, but it made me long for m … more →
briefly
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timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: Cool synchrotron pictures here! Also, Dave and Kate are dropping by for dinner before heading back t … more →
satisfying trip so far...
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timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: …and by satisfying, I mean looong! Well, it’s 2am and it’s my last night here! We … more →
now what?
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timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: In day 12 of the beamrun and counting…last week was a scramble with the interviews, applicatio … more →
beamrun update
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timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: Well, things here are going at about their normal pace…slowly. The first couple days of setup … more →
helluva time to being job hunting
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timfoolery wrote 2 years ago: Last year, the Advanced Photon Source (where I do my experiments) was promised to get a large bump i … more →
random-stuff-that's-not-especially-interesting-to-anyone but-me-but-I-already-posted-it-so-there
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timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: (huh, that could be the title for pretty much any of my posts) Snapped that picture before leaving A … more →
wrapping up
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timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: Well, last night of beam and it’s been pretty easygoing…so you get a few more pictures. … more →
tuneup is complete.
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timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: After checking everything, and I mean everything on this instrument for the last 5 days, I finally g … more →
"enough with the detectors already..."
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timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: ..at least that’s what I bet you’re thinking, but it’s really quite representative … more →
hello tim, this is your detector speaking
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timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: Things are going along somewhat swimmingly, at least by beamrun standards. Maybe it’s the stre … more →
my new toys
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timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: We’ve been in the process of getting ready for next week’s upgrade to my experiment. Cur … more →
got my own detectors now!
timfoolery wrote 3 years ago: The last five times at APS, we have greased palms, scraped barrels, and triked around the ring count … more →
