<\/a>Unhappy bug <\/div>
Probably a bad insecticide trip. Also Bill's new avatar in the group chat<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Fourier Transform Spectrometer <\/div>
Anne's been setting it up in the other highbay<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne and Jon play with it a little. <\/div>
The moving mirror moves<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Space invader <\/div>
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<\/a>Sasha connects housekeeping on Theo <\/div>
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<\/a>Jamil connects housekeeping too <\/div>
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<\/a>Housekeeping on Theo <\/div>
Flight like!<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Barth's back <\/div>
And he's arranging computer boxes<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Cryo trouble <\/div>
Team Cryo has been dealing with ice plug(s) recently<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Proposed final computer arrangement <\/div>
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<\/a>Becky doing science <\/div>
Aligning the rotating polarized source<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Using diffraction of a laser in the polarizing grid, and a plumb bob <\/div>
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<\/a>Further science <\/div>
Cup of water to damp the bob's oscillations, and protect from wind<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne makes a motorized valve control box <\/div>
And laughs at how easily I'm amused by people doing "boring things" (hole drilling pun not intended)<\/div><\/div>
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