Write a song (or in this case, rewrite a song)
Archive for the ‘misc cool stuff’ Category
when you feel like quitting…
Posted in humorous, misc cool stuff on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
how about using your skills as an entrepreneur?
Posted in alternative careers, entrepreneur, misc cool stuff on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a couple of very cool ideas that use chemistry in other mediums… Scientific cookie cutters: and chemical labels for crayons! So can you think of any way to add some chemistry to a hobby or interest and then sell it??
bring science to the masses
Posted in alternative careers, events, misc cool stuff, teacher, volunteer opportunities on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Toronto is hosting Science Rendezvous this Sat May 9th. It is a festival of science!! This is one wonderful way to get kids and older people too, interested in science and to see that scientists are not just lab slaves. Volunteering at such an event can also help scientists or budding scientists see if an [...]
more food chemistry!
Posted in misc cool stuff on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Science section of the New York Times has an article on the science of cooking – take a look! At the Stove, a Dash of Science, a Pinch of Folklore I had invited Ms. Corriher [a biochemist] and her husband, Arch, who were in New York from Atlanta for a visit, to dinner to [...]
ho ho ho – need a quick present?
Posted in misc cool stuff, personal story on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a new book that sounds interesting – suitable for chemists and ex-chemists: THE ALCHEMY OF AIR A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler By Thomas Hager Harmony Press. 316 pp. $24.95 Somehow fertilizer seems an unlikely subject for a Faustian [...]
nobel prize = genius = dysfunctional?
Posted in humorous, misc cool stuff on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so it is hollywood logic – but this movie might be interesting watching… Nobel Son It’s got family, chemistry, kidnapping and did I say chemistry?
pr job anyone?
Posted in alternative careers, misc cool stuff on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a hilarious ad for a chromatograph: A new trend? here are a few more oddities: PCR Song epMotion Perhaps more chemical/equipment companies need some chemists to write songs and ads for them!!
grant funding – not a new thing
Posted in misc cool stuff on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Found this quote when I was testing out a new database (on eigtheenth century letters) today: He and I are now upon a new sort of chemistry, i.e. extracting money out of the scholars pockets; and if we can do that, you need not fear but in time we shall have the lapis; for he [...]
not your average researcher
Posted in misc cool stuff on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This really has nothing to do with careers but is a cute video – don’t all mousy lab researchers really want to be burlesque dancers? ya, right… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWq7NRB2X9Q
what would be your choice?
Posted in misc cool stuff, personal story on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Comm-oddities Designer’s ashes buried in Pringles can Monday, June 2, 2008 The Associated Press The man who designed the Pringles potato chip packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that he asked that a portion of his ashes be buried in one of the iconic cans. Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati, died May [...]
