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The Poisoned Toothpick

Posted by Jules - December 18, 2008 at 10:12:23 am

I inoculated some media with bacteria to grow overnight so I could make some stocks. When I came back the next morning, I noticed something odd. The culture on the right should look just like the culture on the left. Instead, it looks purple, and the cells don’t look very happy! Apparently, sometimes autoclaved toothpicks can cause this. My poor bacteria got the short end of the stick. Poor unhappy bacteria T_T In the  6 years that I’ve used toothpicks  to inoculate media, this is the first time that I’ve seen this. I guess I should use a different method from now on. Just in case. How curious.

The intern

Posted by Mike - August 14, 2008 at 06:08:07 pm

My brother Zach has joined the ranks at work as an unpaid intern. He’s not really doing anything right now but perhaps soon his full potential will be revealed!!!!

Note: not a picture of zach at work.

Go it alone

Posted by Mike - March 16, 2008 at 02:03:06 pm

I’ve never liked that phrase. It doesn’t make any sense and just makes the English language more confusing than it already is. But apparently people use it in this situation. Friday was my last day working for Yahoo!. I’ve decided to do my own thing for a little while. I have some money saved up to last a while on my own and I want to start a non profit that I’ve been thinking about for the last year or so. Also it’s a good time to re-evaluate what I’m doing and where I’m going with my life. Melodramatic isn’t it?

In other news, Jules has been playing the same level in PixelJunk Monsters for several hours now. As you can see by the picture below, she is very determined to beat it.

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