My new filing system to start 2011

"wake of the flood" I'm getting rid of a lot of accumulated academic detritus. Can't believe how much unnecessary paper gets sent to me.

While I was gone my office got flooded as part of the building reno. Needed something else to do!

 

ISSI meeting photo opp: Lidar heads of state :-)

Here’s a photo Boyan took of the ISSI NDACC lidar algorithm working group. After the marathon that is the AGU Fall Meeting, ISSI seems so long ago (except to my body which is rebelling against the latest time zone change). You can see some more snaps at here.

Hey #agu10. First pictures of the new PCL laser!

Litron is almost done with our new laser, which promises 1000mJ at 30 Hz at 532 nm. I can't believe how compact it is compared to our old system. What every Crow wants for Christmas!

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PHD Comics: So wrong (but so true!)

via phdcomics.com

As many times as this has happened it never ceases to amaze me.

Prost!

A big smile and a tip of the glass to you all after a long day of spirited discussions. From the team dinner at the ISSI 2010 Team on the Critical Assessment and Standardized Reporting of Vertical Filtering and Error Propagation  in the Data Processing Algorithms of the NDACC Lidars (boy do we need a better acronym!).

Too bad the bears didn't join us, it must have been cold and dark in their den.