I have this little Star Wars lunch box, and just noticed that it is big enough to fit the Adafruit Feather along with my potentiostat featherwing. What does that mean? I have the most awesome Faraday cage!
FeAtHEr-Cm meets Star Wars
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FeAtHEr-Cm in action – 1
We are several weeks into the semester, and my Instrumental Approach to Chemical Analysis students are knee deep in learning about instrument design and preparing their own potentiostats. None of my students had soldered before, and Jarrod gave me permission to share his performance with the world (so long as I mentioned that he’s wearing his Department of ENVIRONMENTAL science shirt to show off his true colors).
And here’s his completed bob173-gamma potentiostat.
Cold cat
So it’s been about 90 degrees in Brockport, and we have had to resort to closing up the house and turning on the AC. I don’t like setting the thermostat too low, and keep it between 74 and 76; however this is apparently too cold for Gimli:
It’s bath time at the grotto
It looks like the robin and grackle young have fledged. Today there is a marked uptick in bathing activity at the grotto. This youngster (a starling) has been dancing around the waterfall trying to find a spot where it can mimic the older birds. Robins and mature grackles dominate the two ideal bathing spots. The shaky, poor color video is due to me filming this with my SLR through the window.
Creatures of the Grotto
Earlier this summer, I built a waterfall for my garden pond. Almost immediately, it became a traffic hub for a variety of birds (and even a few mammals) in the neighborhood. Here are a few of the critters we’ve been able to photograph.
