Spools of copper wire

A list of some small, useful things (links):

• Lab Monkey has written a great series of posts about what UK chemists do, post-graduation.
• Sharon has more on the chemblogosphere's favorite hair treatment, Brazilian Blowout. Be sure to check out the contributions of Perry Romanowski of Chemist's Corner (cosmetic chemistry blog.) It's great when experts weigh in on a subject.
• Fred Lakner wrote an letter that I posted; turns out that he makes naturally-extracted perfumes in his spare time. (via Newscripts)
• John writes convincingly on "Not Invented Here" and "Invented Here" syndrome. I hate to admit it, but I've seen both in action.
• Paul Bracher writes about using bystanders usefully in an emergency situation in a lab; in my experience, one person (hopefully smart and level-headed) needs to quarterback the process.
• Paul Hodges writes about China's potential for a housing bubble; ugh.
• Lastly, Derek Lowe's post about Professor Pepys and his now-infamous comment has an update where a colleague of the professor says that the comment was tongue-in-cheek. For the professor's sake, I sure hope so.