Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw 🍉
@drheaddamage.bsky.social
Science, sailing, sea and scattering (X-ray flavor). Against genocide in any form. Opinions are mine.
I run a blog at https://lookingatnothing.com/
I run a blog at https://lookingatnothing.com/
Engineering art:
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Engineering art:
Found a piece of engineering art: a CF flange with two tiny KF flanges welded to it, in the compactest possible configuration. Kudos to the welder for making this work.
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Found a piece of engineering art: a CF flange with two tiny KF flanges welded to it, in the compactest possible configuration. Kudos to the welder for making this work.
Thanks for the extra information, I learned something 😊.
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Thanks for the extra information, I learned something 😊.
Sure, buddy. Sure.
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Sure, buddy. Sure.
Don’t think I did so poorly either.
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Don’t think I did so poorly either.
Was getting fed up with our previous two Severin induction plates shorting out after one year. So this time I decided to test if pro models are better than the newer sibling. Cost 300 vs 70 Euro, and there’s a massive power difference. Will report back on the findings.
January 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Was getting fed up with our previous two Severin induction plates shorting out after one year. So this time I decided to test if pro models are better than the newer sibling. Cost 300 vs 70 Euro, and there’s a massive power difference. Will report back on the findings.
That looks… radical.
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
That looks… radical.
Still one of the most elegant games in existence.
January 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Still one of the most elegant games in existence.
Thanks for standing up for your principles! Let’s hope it changes a few minds out there…
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Thanks for standing up for your principles! Let’s hope it changes a few minds out there…
Waking up and reading the news…
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Waking up and reading the news…
If you see this, QP with a cover of a comic you love.
(Not a cover but I hope it still counts. )
(Not a cover but I hope it still counts. )
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
If you see this, QP with a cover of a comic you love.
(Not a cover but I hope it still counts. )
(Not a cover but I hope it still counts. )
I can see your problem right there..
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I can see your problem right there..
Happy holidays, people.
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy holidays, people.
It's been one of those weeks. We've been hard at work on a temperature-jump experiment, but discovered trouble with the detector motions. Cue some troubleshooting and finding that a broken microswitch had broken some more, leading to some emergency X-ray surgery before the Christmas run. 🧪⚛️
December 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's been one of those weeks. We've been hard at work on a temperature-jump experiment, but discovered trouble with the detector motions. Cue some troubleshooting and finding that a broken microswitch had broken some more, leading to some emergency X-ray surgery before the Christmas run. 🧪⚛️
I have a whole collection from last time we were there, and I love them!
December 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I have a whole collection from last time we were there, and I love them!
You might know how much the Dutch like to put sugar and chocolate on bread in the morning:
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
You might know how much the Dutch like to put sugar and chocolate on bread in the morning:
Nice, looking forward to reading that as it might have practical uses for my research field (as mentioned suppressing scattering above a limit). Glassy carbon has the advantage of having a high scattering cross-section and a low total absorption cross section. And as we know:
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Nice, looking forward to reading that as it might have practical uses for my research field (as mentioned suppressing scattering above a limit). Glassy carbon has the advantage of having a high scattering cross-section and a low total absorption cross section. And as we know:
Need some cash?
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Need some cash?
Snapshot from two years ago. Still like the colors.
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Snapshot from two years ago. Still like the colors.
Next step in the genocidal land-grab appears to be to let the inhabitants leave but not return.
Apropos, interesting title change by @apnews.com (compare to screenshot).
apnews.com/article/isra...
Apropos, interesting title change by @apnews.com (compare to screenshot).
apnews.com/article/isra...
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Next step in the genocidal land-grab appears to be to let the inhabitants leave but not return.
Apropos, interesting title change by @apnews.com (compare to screenshot).
apnews.com/article/isra...
Apropos, interesting title change by @apnews.com (compare to screenshot).
apnews.com/article/isra...
Dear beginner X-ray Scatterers: there’s no shame in getting help before you do this: 🧪⚛️
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Dear beginner X-ray Scatterers: there’s no shame in getting help before you do this: 🧪⚛️
Enjoyed a great jazz concert in our local Berlin jazz club ZigZag. And at the end we found out that the tenor sax player is the director of Jazz studies at Yale. I guess this counts as a research trip then? 😅
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Enjoyed a great jazz concert in our local Berlin jazz club ZigZag. And at the end we found out that the tenor sax player is the director of Jazz studies at Yale. I guess this counts as a research trip then? 😅
On brand, as found on Mastodon…
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On brand, as found on Mastodon…