Uisge Beatha

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I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would break the silence. It's been a roller-coaster ride the past two weeks, but now tha...

On another note, I got a new phone this week. My old one was two years old, and Verizon allows you to get a $100 credit on a new phone when...

I can't believe that some people buy more than one house in a lifetime. Or worse, refinance! Every day it's something different wi...

Well our new vacuum cleaner was delivered yesterday. Our old vacuum we got when we were married and it has lasted 8.5 years, but it was pre...

Yesterday we had our home inspection done. It was a really neat experience, and I got to know the home we are going to buy a little better....

Well after much hunting we finally bagged a house. And because it was a long weekend everyone was anxious and we were able to get under c...

Today is a big day for us, we are going house hunting. We are looking at places that are close to our church. We can't live close to w...

Yikes, another week without blogging. Unfortunately I've just been too busy. I barely even had time to update the news page for the ma...

That's what I've been for the past two weeks. The last time I went running or worked out was almost two weeks ago. That's goin...

This week I was doing a lot of UNIXy stuff on the computer that is due to run the spectrometer. Since it is not being used right now, it is...

Boy what a week. I'm glad that is over. I felt like I was running behind all the time, and never had enough time to get everything don...

Well, I have officially been erased. I sent my letter in to the department yesterday to say that I was changing jobs and today all record o...

Well officially I guess tomorrow will be my first day at my new job. I say officially because I've kind of been doing a lot of it alrea...

Well we went to Boulder today to get all my final paperwork sqaured away. I had to pick up a computer as well to use temporarily in the fac...

Well, as expected everything came together at the last minute for our visa. So it looks like Monday I'll be officially starting the new...

Well this has been a great weekend off, I've caught up with my chores and still had some time to relax with the family. Today was a lit...

Well if anyone was wondering if it was possible to run 5 miles in 100 degree weather then the answer is yes. If anyone was wondering who wo...

Well starting this week I am officially on call. The system that keeps the magnet up and running is set up to contact me if something goes ...

Today the magnet reached the lambda point. For lower frequency systems, the magnet coils are cooled to superconducting temperature by liqui...