doc @doc@mastodon.social
Pedant, Small-angle Scatterer, Long-time blogger at http://lookingatnothing.com/ . Science, sailing, cycling, photographing, programming, father, pessimist.
imagine how much better sports would be if the word "ball"didn't exist and we used
"Orb" in its place
basket orb
volley orb
base orb
Also the us couldn't call their weird version of rugby "foot orb" cos that's clearly not an orb
More tea pot dragons :3 #mastoart https://mastodon.art/media/tlGhbW5OZM3mamNgQD0
Found this pee color chart in an Indonesian toilet, to help you find out how hydrated you are.
https://mastodon.social/media/dAufbqzSL89x1vvxdMY
I wanted everyone to go back to saying "tip" rather than "lifehack" but apparently we should go further Show more
Don't let the existential dread in.
If you want to get not just data, but truly correct data in your X-ray scattering experiments, check out our latest sequence! https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576717015096
You can now apply for my dream job: https://www.bam.de/Content/EN/Job-openings/job-opening-258-17-605.html
DID YOU KNOW? integrated semiconductor circuits are called "microcrisps" in Britain
P.s. it is super creepy to shop for something on Amazon, and then see an ad on Twitter about that very thing not a few seconds later. I’m just not all that into targeted advertising, I suppose.
Have been postponing an illness but it’s time to pay my dues now. Ugh.
Was “bonsai kittens” the first social media viral fake news?
to give you an idea of how bad the air is in the bay area right now, the SF Chronicle just posted this photo. that blood-red orb poking through the smoke is the sun
Broke my bike chain yesterday just as I was putting loads of force on it to speed away from the traffic light. Result: ridiculous swollen knee and hopping.
I hope I didn’t break anything serious in that knee.
That fuck @realDonaldTrump is afraid Puerto Rico might have difficulties paying the bill of humanitarian aid. WHAT?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/29/san-juan-mayor-criticizes-us-officials-for-calling-puerto-rico-relief-effort-good-news
Writing a scientific paper on Overleaf is fantastic. No hassle collaborative writing...
Just returned to Mastodon from a while ago. Wondering what has become of it.
I've come back from a pair of trips exploring small-angle scattering software and method development. Here are my findings: http://www.lookingatnothing.com/index.php/archives/2460
Aargh. So at home everything is working fine with OpenPlotter on a Pi 3. I take the thing along to Greece on a chartered boat, and the Pi fails to complete its start-up sequence, leaving me unable to access it over VNC! I arrive back home a week later, plug it in again, and have no problems. Bloody Murphy!
At least we had a good sail.
If you are into sailing, programming and open hardware, check out the SignalK and OpenPlotter developments.
http://www.sailoog.com/en/openplotter
http://signalk.org
Using those, I built a small Arduino MKR1000-based wireless GPS sender, sending information directly in SignalK to the OpenPlotter board computer. My dinky code is here:
I finally got my wireless GPS transmitter working for longer than a few hours. The MKR1000 has a few tricks up its sleeve, one is a watchdog timer. That has been very useful here!
