Category Archives: The Home Scientist

Friday, 4 January 2013

Posted on 4 January 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:26 – The bottle-top dispenser (auto-burette) arrived yesterday. I’m looking forward to trying it. It’s basically just a calibrated pump that sits on top of a one-liter reservoir bottle, kind of like the pumps they use in ice-cream stores to … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, 2 January 2012

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:59 – Wow, that’s a relief. After going all of 2013 without a single science kit order, we finally got the first one yesterday evening. And I have to remember that as of yesterday Barbara is in charge of the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:26 – Happy New Year. As I expected, the Demopublicans and Republicrats have kickcanned the fiscliff for another month or two. Morons. And Obama has announced that new gun control laws will be his top priority. Geez. This from a … Continue reading →

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Friday, 12 October 2012

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:30 – We didn’t watch the vice-presidential debate last night, but, from all accounts I’ve read, Ryan won despite being outnumbered two to one. Instead of wasting time watching that, we chose to waste time watching the final four episodes … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:10 – I see that the mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania has cut the pay of all city employees, including himself, to minimum wage. Predictably, the howls of outrage, particularly from the public employee unions, are loud and continuous. A basic … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 22 April 2012

Posted on 22 April 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:34 – I’ve finished stubbing out the company web site. It was getting embarrassing to have just the order pages for the kits. There are still missing and broken links, and some of the text is just placeholder stuff, but … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 24 September 2011

Posted on 24 September 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

11:08 – I installed Zen Cart yesterday, and spent some time playing around with it. It’s an e-commerce/shopping-cart package, and it reminds me a great deal of the hosted e-commerce package that Maker Shed uses. Which is to say that … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 20 August 2011

Posted on 20 August 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

14:37 – Here’s my first cut at the 25 slides I’ll include in Slide Set A. Amoeba, wm Bacteria, three types (rod, coccus, spiral) Blood, human, sm Bone, dry ground, cs Diatoms, mixed, wm Euglena, wm Fucus (brown algae), cs … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 7 August 2011

Posted on 7 August 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:53 – Mainstream European newspapers are now starting to talk about the collapse of the Euro and the breakup of the EU, not just as a possibility but as something that’s likely to occur. Of course, their timeframe is wildly … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 6 August 2011

Posted on 6 August 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

11:53 – Well, we’re now down to zero kits in inventory, having sold the last five yesterday. Barbara is off on a day trip with her friend Bonnie, and I’m working on more kits while I do the laundry. By … Continue reading →

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