Just another day for you and me...

...in the laboratory! (from 9-11 a.m. to 6-8 p.m.)

"How does a "normal" day look like? What are you doing there, in the UAB?"

Well, first of all, there doesn't exist something like a "normal" day!
Every day is different, with its ups and dows, depending mostly on the mood of the pilot plant.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I'm following the (8hrs) cycle of our pilot plant. The other days are filled with meetings and reunions, processing the collected data -and thinking about explanations-, reading -papers in general, sometimes online newspapers-, fullfilling the daily needs of our precious plant, keep an eye on the pilot plant (= to make sure it works 24hrs/day), making the alimentation (or feed, food for the bacteria, eetn vo de bjeestn), keeping the place clean, cleaning the probes, making sure the analyse of the samples is done, walking around in the ETSE, going to have a look and chat with colleagues, making pictures, picking up phones, reading emails, checking Facebook, going to the restaurant to buy myself a Cacaolat or one of these great muffins, buying train & bus tickets for the weekend and begging for credit cards, etc.

And yes, I do wish a day was more than just 24hrs!

Out of business

A nightmare when you're depending on your portable for your work and (abroad) social contact, when you're addicted to your music on its hard disk, when you really like to take pictures but denied to make a backup of them because you thought it would never happen to you...

I had my lesson: when it happens, it's too late! So let's 'backupamos' frequently from now on.

*"Davy?"
-"Yes?"
*"Shall we do that more often in the future?"
-"Pfff, OK than..."

Thank you AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition for deleting the critical Windows file user32.dll; your skills convinced me to pay for the complete version.






After formatting my hard disk (Sp.: disco duro) twice, I'm back online! Unfortunately with the Spanish version of Office, but it's much better than nothing. A Dutch version is on its way and in a few days it's completely history.

Thank you Juan! You have a bigger value than the whole -at 10% speed working- (or maybe it's at 100 for them and picking up phones while eating snacks and coffee is their daily challenge) "help desk" of the ETSE.

PS1: Nothing, except my music, was lost.
PS2: Meanwhile I'm having again AVG on my portable. I guess they won't make the same mistake twice. Right?
PS3: The ETSE-"help desk" helped me after all: they gave me a link on a paper to a website where they "probably could help me". The protocol forbids them to touch computers or portables not owned by the UAB. Speaking of "playing by the book", I'm sure illegal software has never been touched by them as well...

FM de la UAB!

I've never seen an official university open air party like this!

You can compare it to a medium Belgian summer festival: the music, the big stages, the party people, the drinks (Absent incl.), the weather, the sounds of several thousands of young people gathered to let it loose.

Welcome to the "Festa Major de la UAB"!

24.10.2008 Life - Once again, the UAB is celebrating its annual festival, the Festa Major. This year the festival will take place on 6 November at the same location as last year, on the western side of the campus between the Plaça Acadèmica (Rectorate Building) and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The Plaça Cívica will continue to be the area reserved for activities related to culture and solidarity.
This year's FM UAB 2008 is filled with activities. There will be the traditional student and association stands - a total of 80 this year - with food and drinks, and prizes for the most sustainable stands. There will also be several concerts, from resounding rock bands to the more mellow grooves of reggae or ska, without forgetting pop and electronic music. This year's guest group will be The Gruixuts, a Catalan Rock&Roll band from the Empordà region, winners of the 2007 edition of Sona9.
The festival will include circus and dance performances and human castle building by the University's castellers. Students can also participate in human table football matches, poem tournaments or rock band competitions and many other activities.
There will be fun and games for all, without forgetting the UAB solidarity stands, the Creative Recycling Area with information on renewable energies used on campus, and health campaigns at the Chill-out area of the "Health Tent".

(from: http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1096476786473&noticiaid=1224829294326&pagename=UAB%2FPage%2FTemplatePlanaDivsNoticiesdetall)