DOAS

i've been working a bit more lately. scratch that . . . i've been AT work more lately. the instrumentation that we are using - Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometers - require a certain amount of baby-sitting. if something goes wrong for whatever reason and the program stops, we lose our continuous data set. and that's just not what we came down here for. unfortunately, we have had no luck setting up a remote connection so that we can check the instruments from the comforts of our beds at 5am (note: this requires a dial-up connection. the first time i tried connecting via dial-up using the telephone at the house, i was transported back in time to the first internet connection i had growing up with the *beep* *bop* *fizzle* of the modem. what a classic sound . . . and yes, i am technologically spoiled). instead, i have been rolling my sorry bum out of bed and racing the sun to work. i've won the last 3 days in a row, which kind of makes me a loser. at least science is winning, i guess.

the picture today pays homage to the instrumenation here at Proyecto MILAGRO and El Bigote. i call this one the "DOAS 'stache", or alternatively the "science 'stache".

** nobody likes a tired 'stache. so get your rest. **