safety first: wear gloves!
the famous Kohana cat
(I don't think an anti-wrinkle cream will do it)
the "Barbara is sad" series
(again... powered by paint, the #1 tool for graphic artists)
Mad science at UC Davis - time flies when you're having fun
Beware of the mad scientists that use dry ice to throw lab parties, have scary strange looking mutants as pets and make photo montages on paint.
the famous Kohana cat
the "Barbara is sad" series
"Barbara is sad"
"Barbara is sad AND WEIRD" (by Colin)
"Barbara is sad IN LONDON"
"Barbara is sad IN FRANCE" (by Colin)
"Barbara is sad AND A TELETUBBIE"
"Barbara is sad AT THE TITANIC" (by Colin)
"Barbara is sad ON THE MOON"
"Barbara is sad IN THE LITTER BOX"
"Barbara is sad AND A MOBSTER"
"Barbara is sad HIDING FROM LESLIE"
the famous Kohana cat
the "Barbara is sad" series
Twin chimneys
Such a huge chimneys to make such a tiny cheesecakes?? I guess they must be delicious.
(believe me they are!)
(believe me they are!)
Discovering Quinta do Marquês
The ITQB/EAN campus is located in this amazing place that was once a palatial villa built by Marquês de Pombal. The palace, which can still be visited in the historical center of the city, was surrounded by french gardens and fountains adorned with glazed tile walls, waterfalls, vineyards, greenhouses, orchards, an olive press, horse stables, a dairy, a pigeonaire and even a house for silkworm breeding, among others.
So, this week, on a sunny afternoon, I decided to take a walk through the 130 hectares of land (well, not all 130 hectares of course) that once were part of the Quinta do Marquês de Pombal and I was completely dazzled by its beauty.
The vineyards that produce the delicious Carcavelos wine
The green verdant fields (you could almost forget you're not on the countryside)
You can find dozens of greenhouses scattered across the campus
Casa da Pesca with its huge tank and glazed tiles
Just an ordinary saturday night
I don't understand why would anyone find it unusual to go out at night and find a donkey parked outside a pub, a DJ and a saxophonist playing together at a nightclub and people wearing hats, wigs and sunglasses... Perfectly normal I'd say!
take 1 - the first (failed) attempt
take 2 - the actual video
is that a hat ?!
... or is it a giant plastic cup ???
Afternoon Em Terras de Santa Maria
the castle that is always closed ...
... except for today apparently!
where are they looking at?
ah ah!
and don't forget to take home some of the delicious pastry...
The foreign word the english language needs most
namorar
v. tr. v. intr. v. pron.
1. Andar de namoro com; requestar.
2. Seduzir, encantar.
3. Cobiçar.
4. Fazer namoro.
5. Ser namorador.
6. Sentir amor; apaixonar-se.
tenho saudades de namorar ...
Really *really* nerdy stuff
My first PhD unit at ITQB was a bit disappointing because it was all about protein structure, amino acid properties and chemical bonds, and my work is more about DNA and RNA. However, I really enjoyed when in the last week we were presented with a case study and asked to solve it using several of the techniques that we had discussed in classes.
Also, we were taken on a equipment tour to see the really cool machines used in all those techniques.
The time-resolved phosphorimeter uses a pulsed laser to study dynamic processes in chemical compounds on a time scales as short as 10 to the power of 14 seconds.
Crystallography uses x-rays to determine the atomic resolution structure of proteins.
crystalized protein being hit by x-rays ...
... and a pretty image of the crystal's diffraction pattern
(black dots are electrons)
Raman spectroscopy uses a laser beam to study chemical bonds and symmetry of molecules based on the vibration and rotation of the particles.
The NMR machine uses powerful magnets to generate strong magnetic fields that can be applied to the nuclei of atoms in order to determine the structure of organic compounds.
A "small" magnet ...
... and the second most powerful magnet ever built ...
... with its 5 gauss line. The magnetic field inside the line is more than ten times stronger than the earth's magnetic field.
We also saw a UV/vis spectrophotometer, CD spectropolarimeter and an EPR machine... but I don't want to bore you to death :)
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