Come on, you can build a spectrometer using a photometric plate and a self-sealing stem bolt.

Woo, Multidrizzle is broken again. XD But at least I can ssh into one of the department's macs for now, until it can get fixed on Trip next week. Ah, Multidrizzle - you are the bane of my existence. All I wanted to do was finish up the last two clusters I'd put on hold!

At least I seem to be getting CIAO under control - I'm pretty confident with my X-ray point source-finding abilities now, though I'm still not so sure I'm cleaning the exposures of background flares first. So once I double-check that, I'll start in on making point source catalogs in earnest. And then I get to learn IR photometry; I'll be the master of three wavelength regimes by the time I've written up this thesis! >D

Also, RTS isn't running any buses on Monday; I wonder if that means I can justify working from home? I hate driving in, even though I probably shouldn't.

... Okay, I suppose I should talk about something less boring than work. XD; Though I don't have too much else to report on; I got my Clone Wars comics yesterday, very entertaining~ Anakin as a slaver just makes me laugh, with his piratey eyepatch and all. And I think I'm starting to see where people get this Rex/Ahsoka thing from. Actually, I wonder if issue 4 isn't out yet - I should check. Maybe Borders will even have it. And I'm really looking forward to tonight's episode - looks very squishy if you ask me~ ;D

Wow. Okay, apologies for the utterly unexciting post. XD; I guess I'll go now and do a bit more work so I can justify leaving around 4:30.