If you’ve been following the chemhacker twitter feed, you’ll know that I promised video of the etching I accomplished last weekend.
The video does a much better job of explaining the process than my words can:
A few notes: I made a few mistakes on the narration (it was late!):
1. The drop of “water” suspended in that steel plate is actually 2 molar sodium hydroxide (yikes)
2. Yes, those resistors are clearly in parallel, not series (gimme a break, I was tired)
So yesterday afternoon, I was sitting next to my good friend Tim and half-listening to a talk at BarCamp (half listening, half writing a talk I was giving right after the one I was listening to).
The talk was by Saya, and she mentioned that she wanted a boyfriend who smells of campfires.
I stopped working on my slides and raised my hand.
-all the time?
-yes.
Tim raised his hand.
-even right after a shower?
-yes, right out of the shower.
I looked at Tim and said “I’m sure I can make that scent, let’s try it!”
(photos after the jump)
I’m happy to announce the formation of a new Open Science group here in Chicago, called ChiOpenSci. We’re open to enthusiasts, amateurs, researchers, hobbyists, anyone interested in solving scientific problems using (and making) open source and open culture tools and philosophy.
New website here.
Google group here.
First meeting will be on Sunday, September 12 at 4pm at Pumping Station: One in Chicago 3354 N. Elston Ave.
Feel free to bring your enthusiasm and ideas for problems that are best tackled via open software style approaches. Also, all realms of science that study natural phenomena are welcome: astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, math, engineering, and many more I’m sure I haven’t mentioned.