Category Archives: Technology

Day 249: Sad

Posted on 06Sep2011 by

Another failure in the lab this week. This time it was a computer running software that we no longer have access to.  Great.

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Day 209: More innards

Posted on 28Jul2011 by

More equipment failures mean more photos of the insides of stuff!  Today is the inside of a compressor (see how nice and filthy…oy):  

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Day 202: Detector Internals

Posted on 21Jul2011 by

Had a piece of equipment go haywire on me today, so I had to open it up and explore its innards:

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Day 199: New cable box

Posted on 18Jul2011 by

We had some issues with our cable internet a couple of weeks back and when the technician came to look at it, he noticed some major issues with the way the cable was installed for our set of condos back … Continue reading →

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Day 196: Photo uploading

Posted on 15Jul2011 by

I spent some time this evening uploading photos from my Tampa trip to share with my roommate:

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Day 193: Poster presentation

Posted on 12Jul2011 by

I gave a poster at the AEESP conference on some of my research. My friend Dao took this photo of me with my poster:

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Day 187: New tank

Posted on 06Jul2011 by

I got a new gas tank today: R134A!

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Day 185: Lots of images to share

Posted on 04Jul2011 by

First, my sister got a ringer: Then, there was this really cool, old tractor on the vacation house property: And then, we got to see the rescheduled fireworks! As a human, I love fireworks: As an air quality engineer… not … Continue reading →

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Day 161: Another forgotten photo…

Posted on 10Jun2011 by

Forgot to take a photo again… please enjoy this image from 5 days ago when Seth and our friend M (of Hawaii fame) took the door off of C’s car to fix the driver’s side window, which had decided to … Continue reading →

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Day 140: Lab equipment

Posted on 20May2011 by

More lab stuff. This is the glass enclosure for a Cahn 2000 microbalance (c. 1990). I use this to measure my carbon’s adsorption capacity for various compounds:

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Day 110: Vessel

Posted on 20Apr2011 by

Another work thing… I’m trying to find a gasket or flange to work with one of our adsorption vessels to keep it from leaking under vacuum… so I had to measure the top:

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Day 109: GC

Posted on 19Apr2011 by

This week is very busy work-wise, so you will get lots of work photos. Today I spent some time trying to figure out how to get this old (c. 1990) gas chromatograph running again. Here’s one view of it:

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Day 97: My other camera

Posted on 07Apr2011 by

This blog was originally started to force myself to use my Nikon D60 on a regular basis. I still do use the D60 for the majority of the photos that get posted here, but sometimes I use my smart phone’s … Continue reading →

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Day 65: All work…

Posted on 06Mar2011 by

This weekend has basically been the epitome of all work and no play makes Kaitl a dull girl. I spent today putting together an application that required some modifications to my CV:

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Day 31: Watch

Posted on 31Jan2011 by

A friend’s livejournal post about his watch inspired me to photograph mine.  The one pictured was a Christmas gift from my parents.  I wear it daily and feel really uncomfortable without it (unless I’m playing ultimate… then I feel really … Continue reading →

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Day 5: Reading!

Posted on 05Jan2011 by

My new Kindle arrived today, just in time for our trip to Hawaii!  I probably won’t have time to do any actual reading before we leave, but hopefully this will make traveling much lighter! (Please note: I used my husband’s … Continue reading →

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