Dear Sales people, I am writing to you because I feel that I need to get something off my chest. I’d have done this in person but you are a collective of thousands of people and it seems unlikely that I can persuade you all to meet me at a Read more…
I am currently shopping for a new laser as a Christmas present from the department to myself. My existing laser was purchased in 1996 and is currently held together by wishes, string and probably fear – thanks to the threats I give it almost daily. For those not trained in physics, lasers Read more…
Last week I finally got round to research I a new bit of kit I need. A fancy machine for doing fancy science stuff, trust me it’ll be super fancy (when I actually buy it). So I took to the internets and found the exact kit I needed for the very reasonable price of £15,000 pounds. Sadly my grant only has enough money for a bit-less-than £15,000 pounds
Dear Lab supply companies. Over my decade in science and research I have had call to order things from many of you. Your supplies are the almost literal life blood of my experiments… if the word ‘literal’ didn’t mean something else. I have over the years funnelled tens of thousands Read more…