I am fretful. Forgetful too, but that is a story for elsewhere. Last week, my efforts to find out what is going wrong have shown me things look very wrong. I don’t know why; I am unsure what to do…
Pinholes and pinheads! Before getting to the latest installment of the Calibration Campaign, I want to remind everyone that I welcome questions and comments (unless you are a troll!). Happy to answer. Also do hit the subscribe button so you…
Last week, I wrote about my misgivings over the 5 degrees of separation (actually, of misalignment) between the rotatable polarizer’s positioning on the microscope stage and the polarization of the microscope’s laser. In discussing with Rudolf Oldenbourg (MBL), I learned…
Last week, I carried on the quest for calibration. Avalon remains stubbornly out of reach. I tried things I mentioned last week and a new thing besides. The liquid crystal device seems undamaged. To have a look, I improvised a…
Last week, I had three sessions on the confocal to work on calibration. My calibration went from steaming garbage to cold leftover pizza (Fig. 1). Better, but not yet appetizing. What you are looking at in Figure 1 is the…
I can think of stronger words: mutilation? defenestration? OK, OK. I was not injured let alone thrown out of a window. This past week, for the first time, I tried to calibrate the system. What system? The one I brought…
Maestro to the pit; actors to their places; its time to raise the curtain. Sure, that might be happening over at the Crescent Theatre with their latest production, but I am talking about mine: I am ready to collect data. …
Hi Lab Fab fans. UMass changed blogging platforms which forced me to take a few weeks off while they retooled. Things seem ok now (?). The following post was written for Jan 14th but still holds. By the way if you like Lab…
Happy 2024! I hope your year is full of peace and projects. And of course, lots of blogs! Maybe some art too (Fig. 1). On my last post, I described how I plan to observe the orientation of cellulose in…