Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Moving day

The seemingly "big" news of the day is that I've uprooted by desk and moved away to a isolated room adjacent our lab.  After three years at my desk in the middle of the lab, I've sequestered myself in a side lab (our optics room) to focus on my reading and writing.  At my old desk I was right next to the door, printer and telephone which provided far too many distractions.  Now I understand a new location does do my work for me, but I am hopefully the isolation will allow my to work for periods uninterrupted.  At the very least, it forced me to organise my papers and books.

This morning I spent time with one of our visiting students, training him to run an instrument that he'll use for his project (which I am helping to supervise).  Also I picked up a parcel that contained the last of the raw material for my latest project at the workshop.  I past along the parts to the shop and had a chat about their progress.  Things are looking good and I am optimistic I'll have most if not all of my hardware when I leave Wellington.  In the afternoon, I attended a workshop related to an award programme I am completing in tandem with my degree.

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