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ilex  ·  1512 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski, February 5, 2020

Good morning hubski!

We are getting snow here so the university is closed and I am sitting at home watching the birds on the birdfeeder.

I have a big survey paper that needs to be updated that I keep putting off because it's mostly busywork....but it is also the next thing I need to finish to make progress towards graduating. Other than that, I need to make sure to drive a lot of progress on one of the projects I'm on this semester as one of the really good undergrads is graduating in May, the MS student is probably switching advisors, and another undergrad on the project just started a PhD and will probably be pursuing a different project.

I also recently picked up a knockoff Noga indicator stand for $20 on eBay and I will probably buy another — it's quite nice and much better than my super cheap mini version. I'm sure it's not nearly as durable and will require a bit of modification here and there to make it perfect, but the magnet and the arm locking mechanism are quite strong!

Also gotta replace one of the fuel pumps in my truck as it's been whining for a while and one of its check valves has gone bad. Maybe if the ground freezes enough I can get it into the basement so I don't have to sit on the cold gravel for hours.