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Merry Christmas!

Posted 2 years ago

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...And a happy new year. The holidays have been crazy, but Catherine and I are settling in to enjoy a relaxing conclusion. Among other varied and sundry gifts, I received a USB adapter for my old Edmund Scientific microscope. It's been a decade or so since I pulled it out, and I eagerly hooked it up, focusing on a torn off bit of wrapping paper. Man... at 150x magnification, little halftoned dots of Santa-Clause look weeeeeird.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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