Molar bond enthalpies, chemical equilibrium and Posters

Well for fun I splashed out on a Charles Darwin poster and a Periodic Table of the Elements to help get me through molar bond enthalpies, rates of chemical reactions and chemical equilibrium. It was pretty difficult stuff but interesting. I am nearly finished Deep Space Nine: Season 3. Then I have to get through X Files Season 9 which is a slog.

Mir4anda IM

At work we use ICQ a lot to send messages around the office. Today I switched to Mir4anda IM. Although the secure MD5 login gives trouble and is easily turned off I managed to get this neat instant messaging program up and running. If you use ICQ give it a shot. http://www.miranda-pack.com/

Thermochemical equations and facebook

Well last weekend was spent trying to answer questions about finding atomic elements based on values such as volume and mass. Eventually I managed to work them out. Then I had to explain why different compounds or elements boil at different temperatures. Interesting questions that I am sure are worth your time exploring if you ever decide to do so. Well they took up my weekend.

I am thinking about getting a playstation 3. Not really because of the games (although there are some good ones coming out this summer) but because I have a load of documentary videos on my hard drive. Apparently I can play them on my television through the PS3 over wireless. Sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

This week I seem to be steeped in calculating thermoreactions and getting my head around endothermic and exothermic reactions. It is actually not that hard and I am impressed by it.

Weather looks good and even a bit summery. I hope things take off.

I signed myself up on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1195756428

Metal reactions and Physics exams

Well last week I managed to do my nut worrying about how to answer a tutor marked paper on physics which contained a hard question about the photoeletric effect. Apart from that the start of Chemistry this year was rock difficult and I had to go to sources outside of the course material. I am happy I have managed to chat with a few chemists who seem to treat the subject like it is a world unto itself. I have to agree it is. This week it is all about how metals react. I must admit, it is very interesting to go from Bronze age discoveries to modern steel works.

I am busy working on trying to get a translator for a software company up and running. I have translated their software and am currently porting the translation to a database so that others can translate it into their language. It will takes months to finish because there are other 2000 entries to make.

I am still watching Season 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and I am on disc 2 of The X Files Season 9. I am reading Bill Bryson's A Brief History of Everything and Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos while on the bus to work in the morning.

Photoelectric effects and Van der Wall forces

I spent the better part of my afternoon working on the same photoelectric effect questions I did yesterday and the evening on Van der Wall forces and other types of intermolecular forces. If you ever have a day to burn you could do this.

Oh yeah and some bad news on my new GeForce 8800GT video card. It wasn't bad enough I got a bad memory but it turns out that my GeForce 8800GT is bad too. 30 day return because it is wholesale.

I wish they sold patients in the shops.

Dentists and the photoelectric effect

Today I went to the dentist to finally settle this problem I had from time to time with a tooth that was giving me an ache. This was my third opinion, since the first two failed to find the problem. Eventually he discovered a cavity, cleaned it out, filled it in and today my mouth is feeling so much better.

I spent the remainder of the evening working on a question regarding the photoelectric effect in physics. I must worked out the minimum energy E0 required to release photoelectrons from a metal and give reasons for my findings.

Later on I hope to catch up on some Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 3. I am watching the series again on DVD having finished 3 seasons of The Original Season and 7 seasons of The Next Generation.

I also watched all 3 seasons of the new Battlestar Galatica back to back... wow, what a show.

Welcome

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Welcome to Ben Holland's first blog. I hope you enjoy reading it.

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Ben Holland