A collection of small, useful things (links):
- For our German readers, don't forget there's a German chemistry job market blog.
- SeeArrOh asks, "what happened to EJCorey.com?"
- Jyllian Kemsley notes the detailed OSHA violations for the DuPont methyl mercaptan leak that resulted in 4 operator deaths.
- Did not know P&IDs were required for process safety information (although that seems to be pretty important.)
- Geeky Girl Engineer is in Greece and is sending back lots of nice pictures, happily, very few of which have to do with major monetary policy decisions.
- Michelle Francl tackled the Monday NYT puzzle.
- Quintus is grumpy about a Sarpong paper.
- Ash talks about Hans Bethe.
- Wish I knew what I had an unfair advantage in.
- Via David Perrey, catalytic earthworms in Mannich reactions - seriously!
- Looks like Novartis is looking forward to Entresto going commercial; good news for R&D chemists there.
- John gets tracked down by his alumni association.
- Detroit has an IT skills gap! Shortage! Cue panic!
Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments, please. Have a good weekend.
I wonder if 'Geeky Girl Engineer' has found any 'uninhibited Greek islands.' That is still one of my favorite recently found phrases (and I saw it in this very blog!)
ReplyDeleteI would recommend Lesbos (lots of nice pictures, please)
DeleteCJ, in Germany the saying "it's not what you know, but who you know" is twice as relevant as it is here. If you don't have a prominent professor who is willing to stick up for you, then you might as well go to the Arbeitsamt. There are more words for "insiderism" in German than there are in English.
ReplyDeleteI've used a flea in my reactions before, but never a worm...
ReplyDeleteThis is all perfectly legal as long as the product is called "mezcal".
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezcal
Usually "mescal." More appropriately it would be "mess-cal."
Delete...the illegality comes after its consumption.
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DeleteNot really comments/pics I'd like to host.
DeleteMy apologies - I thought they passed the "objectionable" test.
DeleteNo problem, it's not like I have rules listed somewhere.
Deletere: Detroit skills gap -
ReplyDeleteSuccessful IT applicants will not be reimbursed for relocation, however, they will be equipped with a small Chinese-manufactured calculator and an Etch-A-Sketch.
I guess they're finally getting serious about building Robocop.
DeleteHousing is cheap and plentiful. You have your choice of abandoned properties to squat in. Home security not provided.
DeleteThe earthworm item reminded me of this anecdote about the effect of tobacco juice on crystalline forms in E. Bright Wilson's "An Introduction to Scientific Research".
ReplyDeletehttps://books.google.com/books?id=HObuWOgaSjcC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=e+bright+wilson+tobacco+juice&source=bl&ots=PedXBYoSBc&sig=9fH3OUouXw8EP_mGjUht_WexkJg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P2ChVZjwH4LBgwTc9ZfABA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAw
I suppose you could take just about anything used in Chinese Medicine and get it to catalyse any reaction. It would just be a matter of finding the combination.
ReplyDeleteAt the least, their catalyst source and preparation was presented in the paper!