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Month: January 2017

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No post this week, because…

2017-01-31 Brian Pauw 0

Dear readers, I must apologize in advance for there being no post this week. This Wednesday, I have a workshop to lead, for which preparation […]

A handy nomogram. Draw a straight line between two knowns to find the unknown.

Reviving forgotten tools: a Q Nomogram

2017-01-24 Brian Pauw 5

A while ago I stumbled across the Nomogram idea. A Nomogram is a graphical way of displaying mathematical relationships. I managed to construct one of […]

Head-on view of the two motor controllers, and some (still) messy wiring.

Tidying up the USAXS electronics

2017-01-18 Brian Pauw 0

While messes of wires spread over multiple desks allows complete freedom to play, eventually things will have to be put into a shipping-ready package. Here’s […]

Publishing houses: the outside view. CC-BY-licensed image, source: Newton2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABroadway_tower_edit.jpg

Round-Robin down the greasy pole…

2017-01-11 Brian Pauw 2

The increasing disillusionment amongst young scientists with the current academic publishing environment are crystal clear in my Twitter streams. This multi-tweet missive by Prof. Erin […]

Twyfelfontein Binoculars, by Santiago Medem. CC-BY-licensed, from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_medem/3399096196

It is the year that will be (2017 edition)

2017-01-04 Brian Pauw 1

Happy new year everyone. Now, before we get started, it seems that scientific bloggers may be dangerous in Germany: Leonid Schneider has been sentenced by […]

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