This was baby Gucci
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This was baby Gucci
OMG those NMR lab temperatures! I used to keep all mine at 19C (66F) with little or no diurnal variation - we were in the basement. Students complained lots for a few winter months but took refuge there for the summer. Machines happy all the time.
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
OMG those NMR lab temperatures! I used to keep all mine at 19C (66F) with little or no diurnal variation - we were in the basement. Students complained lots for a few winter months but took refuge there for the summer. Machines happy all the time.
Angel and Buffy sitting together
January 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Angel and Buffy sitting together
Take good care of yourself - you can hug the new baby later.
September 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Take good care of yourself - you can hug the new baby later.
Hope you have the tubes too!!
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Hope you have the tubes too!!
Trudi, nearly 10 years ago, still miss her …
August 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trudi, nearly 10 years ago, still miss her …
We are Buffy and Angel and lunch is late!
August 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We are Buffy and Angel and lunch is late!
Not very interesting - we went to the shelter. Couldn’t cope with Angelica and daughter Megan … so they became Angel (r) and Buffy (l) … more than 10 years ago.
August 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Not very interesting - we went to the shelter. Couldn’t cope with Angelica and daughter Megan … so they became Angel (r) and Buffy (l) … more than 10 years ago.
Me: can you filter this before we run it?
User: it will all dissolve if you use a heat gun before you put it in the magnet
Me: #%€$< ¥***^
User: it will all dissolve if you use a heat gun before you put it in the magnet
Me: #%€$< ¥***^
July 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Me: can you filter this before we run it?
User: it will all dissolve if you use a heat gun before you put it in the magnet
Me: #%€$< ¥***^
User: it will all dissolve if you use a heat gun before you put it in the magnet
Me: #%€$< ¥***^
You put towels in the Echo basket … what else is going to happen?
July 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You put towels in the Echo basket … what else is going to happen?
One data file name was mon.carb Tells you everything you need to know about the sample and the student
June 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One data file name was mon.carb Tells you everything you need to know about the sample and the student
That A3 laser was an expensive revaluation. Almost as much of a shock as the ATR infrared machine.
June 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
That A3 laser was an expensive revaluation. Almost as much of a shock as the ATR infrared machine.
Of course we used 8-character file names; it’s what you did.
June 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Of course we used 8-character file names; it’s what you did.
Pens lasted quite a while and had different colours for spectrum, integral and scale. But - this was our first machine with gradients - we ran more scans in 2Ds than S/N required otherwise the plotter got too far behind. All changed when we got one of the first A3 laser printers.
June 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pens lasted quite a while and had different colours for spectrum, integral and scale. But - this was our first machine with gradients - we ran more scans in 2Ds than S/N required otherwise the plotter got too far behind. All changed when we got one of the first A3 laser printers.
Lucky that cos they will be looking at you until lunch is served.
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Lucky that cos they will be looking at you until lunch is served.
Mine aren’t bad … for a non-black cat.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Mine aren’t bad … for a non-black cat.
That’s a real can of worm. I had someone wanting information on samples of SeS2 for use testing/quality control. Made some great xtals trying to get it onto hot dichlorobenzene-d4. Big swathes of peaks, no structure to it. Ph2Te2 and PhTe- compounds much neater.
January 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
That’s a real can of worm. I had someone wanting information on samples of SeS2 for use testing/quality control. Made some great xtals trying to get it onto hot dichlorobenzene-d4. Big swathes of peaks, no structure to it. Ph2Te2 and PhTe- compounds much neater.
I had a TBO on a 500 with 1H, 31P and BB so you could do 13C[1H, 31P] and the like. Sensitivity on the fixed 31P wasn’t great.
January 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I had a TBO on a 500 with 1H, 31P and BB so you could do 13C[1H, 31P] and the like. Sensitivity on the fixed 31P wasn’t great.
Fame at last … our very own Buffy & Angel puzzle
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Fame at last … our very own Buffy & Angel puzzle