A lot of good work was accomplished this week. We obtained a vial full of nanotubes (its in a glass vial with a pointed bottom making it one of the most worthless containers of all time. So we store it in an old soda can to keep it from tipping over) and the spectrometer is quasi oporational. There has been plenty of code fixing to adjust for the new stepper motor in the spectrometer and the wavenumber (instead of wavelength) drive. The aquisition of a green laser today made it possible to properly align and calibrate the spectrometer gratings. All seems to be going right on track, we'll see if it comes together in time to collect any data before the end of the summer.
Last night was pretty wild. A coworker from the lab and mutual friend decided spur of the moment to go to the Astros game. However we missed the fact that it was $1 hot dog night and that Pedro Martinez (people who know say he's good) was pitching. So instead of the game, we just hit some bars downtown and watched it on TV. Fast forward to 1am: we are all blitzed and Greg is broke. There are some nice places down there with enough change in atmosphere and company that I'm sure it will lure be back during the coming year. However, those places are damn expensive - sorry ladies, until I get an income you'll be buying your own drinks.
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