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Jul. 13th, 2010 02:01 amSpecialist conferegnces are kinda awesome. I've been meeting all sorts of big names in group 14 chemistry (and have been very glad that Kim was here to introduce me, as there is no WAY I would have the nerve to go up to to Phil Power and say hello on my own).
Speaking of Phil Power, conversation with him turned to my first project that didn't work. He said it was a horrible project to put a new grad student on because it was way too hard and he only ever puts postdocs on that chemistry. Apparently the fact that I even made that ligand is an accomplishment. I feel SO MUCH BETTER now. :p
My poster was actually really popular. I often had a queue of people who wanted to talk about what I do. And people who wanted to tell me I'm very brave. :p There are a lot of big names that want me to try to look at their stuff.
After the poster session, we went out for drinks with a bunch of British students, which was great fun. We discussed such things as combining our national sports of queueing and apologizing. And they were amused by Canadian money. We also chatted about Doctor Who for a while. Toward the end I pulled out my fedora and apparently they had noticed it the day before and didn't recognize me without it.
Graz is an interesting city. The shops are all closed on Sundays, but apparently 6 AM is a good time for jackhammering.
Speaking of Phil Power, conversation with him turned to my first project that didn't work. He said it was a horrible project to put a new grad student on because it was way too hard and he only ever puts postdocs on that chemistry. Apparently the fact that I even made that ligand is an accomplishment. I feel SO MUCH BETTER now. :p
My poster was actually really popular. I often had a queue of people who wanted to talk about what I do. And people who wanted to tell me I'm very brave. :p There are a lot of big names that want me to try to look at their stuff.
After the poster session, we went out for drinks with a bunch of British students, which was great fun. We discussed such things as combining our national sports of queueing and apologizing. And they were amused by Canadian money. We also chatted about Doctor Who for a while. Toward the end I pulled out my fedora and apparently they had noticed it the day before and didn't recognize me without it.
Graz is an interesting city. The shops are all closed on Sundays, but apparently 6 AM is a good time for jackhammering.
