bowchikawowers Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Yellow is good? My boss kept me late at work tonight. >.< ah well, off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Late at work? Whyso? Yup, yellow is good. It means the test works, but only on the things it should work on. Now I just have to figure out how to get it calibrated so I can measure things with it lol Also, I have my shiny new ring now. Tis fun, I have a 2D6 ring to play with when I'm stressed lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Shaper Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 I was in on that kickstarter but pulled out due to something else coming up... Now I'm wishing I didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 So, I shouldn't post stuff like this then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 That's... Different. Cool, glad the test works. I was kept late at work because pretty much everyone who is old enough to stay in a room by themselves was scheduled to leave at five, and the poor closer had to figure out a way to make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 It's fun to sit there spinning the bands on it. Therapeutic! That doesn't sound like a huge amount of fun, did you at least get overtime or something? Only problem is how to calibrate it, it's a weird test and the usual ways of actually putting values on the colour density won't work. I have to come up with something inventive to actually get past that little snag... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 yes, either that or they'll send me home a bit early on another night this week. either way. it's time and a half for overtime, so I'd rather have that, and the boss would rather I didn't. isn't that always the way it is though. so, inventive tests huh? any ideas so far how you're going to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Not so far. The test is odd because it measures the levels of something on a surface, but the colour change occurs in the liquid. Means I have to not have my control samples in liquid, but as solids, and that's somewhat fiddly to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 your samples are blood right? why not just let them coagulate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Nah, this is different stuff. I'm coating surfaces and analysing the coating. Which means I had to find how to get a liquid to turn coloured depending on the concentration of certain things on the surface. Problem is, usually you test the concentration of them in liquid so the typical control samples are liquids too. Which in this case doesn't work as you have to treat the surfaces with two liquids and only keep the second one, so you'd throw out your test sample halfway through! Tis all good fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 sorry... you lost me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 It's a two step process, and the bit I move from step a to step b is the surface I'm testing for the amount of this stuff that's attached (a piece of metal in this case). So if I use the usual liquid controls to give me my calibration, I can't move them from part a to part b and can't finish the test. Means I have to find a way of getting a solid control sample so I can move it into step b to finish the test. Still, tonight I get to sculpt bricks and cobbles. And clean up more models lol. Got to shave tomorrow morning, first time in five years I'll be stubble free. I can barely remember how to shave! Heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 o.0 why so long since you shaved...? and why do you have to shave tomorrow? the tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 I always have short stubble, I prefer it (and I look 12 without it lol). I had to buy a razor as all I have is a beard trimmer! For some daft reason, I have to have a mask fitted to be allowed to work at the hospital, in case of gas or something equally silly and unlikely. Which is daft because it's one of those papery DIY masks you can buy at Home Depot. But in order for them to check the size of mask I need, I have to be clean shaven apparently. It's kind of stupid and pointless. But the rules say do it or don't work in the labs, so I have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 I thought those were one size fits all...? weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 There appears to be small, medium and large. Why it has to involve shaving, and having particle transmission around the mask being measured in a special chamber thing, I have no idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 *swings in* hey guys,... here's today's music of choice. again, a bit retro, but awesome none the less. At least, it should be for those of you (like myself) who don't dig the mainstream pop music. (Lady Gaga and Britany Spears make me wanna puncture my eardrums with an icepick) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Strange, usually I wish I could hit them with an ice pick. Seems much less painful (form em at least lol) How's it goin web? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Today's Quote: My computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing. ---------- Post added at 07:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ---------- It goes. What's new with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Not much, trying to make life choices and struggling to get things straight in my head. Ah well, it'll sort itself out I imagine! Been doing more on my GenCon stuff, starting to get things laid out a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 lol funny quote, Web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 not as funny as the klepto quote though. I thought that one was truly clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 I must have missed that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 life choices?? what sort of life choices? Do what you feel you have to. I'm not here to judge,.. ---------- Post added at 07:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 PM ---------- Repeat Quote: Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac,... you can always take something for it,.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) Oh, work ones. My personal life is about as lively as an Amish nightclub, so there's no tricky choices there! Edited May 29, 2013 by Mako Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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