Perceive That Which Cannot be Seen with the Eye

Today marks the first real step towards my research project. I have learned what tool I will use to quantify the light emitted by Noctiluca scintilans. This device uses a photo-resistor to quantify the light produced. Then, it makes sense to look at how many of the organisms are present and divide the quantified light released by the number of N. scintilans present in the sample. This device, however, I must make for I'm sure there are ones out there but we don't have one. Luckily I found a nice website that details an experiment using one. And this is what the box looks like, I will likely get working on it over this month, unless I get it for christmas, but I'd rather start on it now to see if it's at all possible.

This is my quarry, I will have it, and I will measure the luminosity of N. scintilans, and it will be an awesome lab and journey. (That's my current hypothesis, soon to be amended once I actually get the machine working and fully design my experiment.)  The actual project will involve using varying water conditions to see what produces the most glow, then I was thinking of expanding it to see which conditions would produce the most toxins (the ones found in red tide during massive feeding boons) so I could possibly draw a correlation between water conditions, luminescence and chemicals released. I ordered the parts and they should arrive on the 17th ideally.

I also found out that I am 1 of 2 Biotechnology concentrations at MCLA, which made me feel kinda cool, yet kinda lonely at the same time. Ahwell, guerentee'd spot in the Spring Break internship, I get to culture my own stem cells! Also, tomorrow Skyrim comes out (Midnight Release) and there's no school Friday so, yea it'll be a weird day Friday, but exciting none-the-less.

I also fixed the motherboard on my computer, and re-applied thermal grease so it is fully functioning... except someone locked me out of it by changing the user name and password before the computer decided to break down... Sage Puppy, Y U NO?!?

The glorious, near 6(7?) year old computer has been restored after a power surge fried the voltage regulator on my old videocard... and the old power supply. Now it has a new power supply, a corsair 700w, and a new videocard, Radeon 4850. Not the best, but it gets it running. I recently replaced the motherboard too, and the thermal compound on the CPU, so now it's working nice and well.  Everyone can be happy!