It was the year that was (2017 edition)
This year flew by at ludicrous speed, in particular the second half. In trying to chase the preset goals, and deviating from them more often […]
Blog posts
Putting everything in order
If you are unsure of what goes where when it comes to data corrections, we’ve compiled a handy sequence for you (available OA here). This […]
Job opening: Instrument scientist for advancing ultimate (GI- US/S/W)AXS methods
As those of you on Twitter will know by now, we’re having our dream machine installed these weeks (which hopefully also compensates for my recent […]
Bad SAXS under the microscope: TBT method further discredited
It has been a while since I last vented about the continued use of the so-called “Tangent-by-tangent” (TBT) method. This method ostensibly is able to […]
Preparing for the new instrument and more…
A brief post, just to let you know we’re still alive over here. Stress levels are at a maximum right now, with about a dozen […]
After the logbook comes the conversion
After you’ve taken the pains to fill in a decent logbook (see last post), you can use it to give your raw scattering data much […]
Managing data: the logbook
We’re experimenting with new ways of managing our datafiles, and frankly, the old, ubiquitous paper logbooks are just not cutting it for that. Previously, we’ve […]
Holiday’s over, now read up!
Some of you would have had a holiday by now, and so would enter the workplace with a certain sensation of being lost in this […]
RR Paper progress, Data correction paper progress, and some thoughts on Google’s gender balance issues
These weeks are filled with writing. Last Thursday, we handed in the corrected proofs for the Round Robin paper. This will be available soon under […]
Round Robin Paper accepted, and other news
As I’m slowly getting overwhelmed with admin (partly my own doing), the past two weeks did bring some good news: