So I keep teetering on the idea of actually posting my experiments when I do them on my blog for 2 reasons:
1) People are jerks and they dont read or reply to blogs thus creating more of a journal thing. I do like that because I can write how I feel and not think my life is on an movie screen for all Greenlighters to see but at the same time spurring some interest in blogs may be good for others.
2) People are stupid jerks and dont understand chemistry, I am a stupid jerk that does and it is my goal to make all the worlds jerks like I am, interested in science and chemistry. Someday a major goal of mine will be getting kids into chemistry as it is the saving grace in my life and its what i live for so I cant picture my life without it.
Some background as to why:
Someone was kind enough to introduce me to science when i was an infant, quite literally i wanted to be a weatherman/storm chaser when i was 8 (not an exaggeration) I even met local weathermen at science expos in the area thanks to my mother when i was about 10. My parents went above and beyond i owned a telescope a microscope and a chemistry set by the time i was 12 and was checking out books on matter and energy, radiation and weather systems before i could fully understand the material. I took the Chemistry SAT in high school for fun, my chemistry teacher at the time amazed because as he said "we havent even covered a year of material, how did you get a 590/700 on something you never learned" Well duh i study outside of school because i buy chemistry books or did in 2005. All of this accumulated into me majoring in chemistry at Uconn for 3 years, getting to advanced inorganic 2 prior to losing funding and being forced out (double majored in psychology too)
But the major problem I am having is a lot of it can lead to unintended outcomes if i share information and as this isnt the amateur chemistry website i do actually post on people may not be so understanding about Iodine's many uses and only focus on one. I remember when I first got into organic chemistry i was amazed at how many scheduled chemicals they had in the open, come to find out the US schedules most things thanks to meth cooks and although all of my documents are in order at home along with lab reports and invoices and uses of all items it may not be the same for you people.
Right now I am documenting my extraction of Piperine so maybe I will start there, plus I did spend like 800 dollars on glass this year it would be cool to show off the equipment of my craft, most of it is "Chemglass" brand, not that it means anything to you guys but it means i spent like 4X on American made glass when you can get the same thing for nothing from China, never thought id be a label whore
We will see in the upcoming weeks because i would love to go on endlessly about chemistry with new people, those around me lose interest faster then myself so new people are always welcome.
1) People are jerks and they dont read or reply to blogs thus creating more of a journal thing. I do like that because I can write how I feel and not think my life is on an movie screen for all Greenlighters to see but at the same time spurring some interest in blogs may be good for others.
2) People are stupid jerks and dont understand chemistry, I am a stupid jerk that does and it is my goal to make all the worlds jerks like I am, interested in science and chemistry. Someday a major goal of mine will be getting kids into chemistry as it is the saving grace in my life and its what i live for so I cant picture my life without it.
Some background as to why:
Someone was kind enough to introduce me to science when i was an infant, quite literally i wanted to be a weatherman/storm chaser when i was 8 (not an exaggeration) I even met local weathermen at science expos in the area thanks to my mother when i was about 10. My parents went above and beyond i owned a telescope a microscope and a chemistry set by the time i was 12 and was checking out books on matter and energy, radiation and weather systems before i could fully understand the material. I took the Chemistry SAT in high school for fun, my chemistry teacher at the time amazed because as he said "we havent even covered a year of material, how did you get a 590/700 on something you never learned" Well duh i study outside of school because i buy chemistry books or did in 2005. All of this accumulated into me majoring in chemistry at Uconn for 3 years, getting to advanced inorganic 2 prior to losing funding and being forced out (double majored in psychology too)
But the major problem I am having is a lot of it can lead to unintended outcomes if i share information and as this isnt the amateur chemistry website i do actually post on people may not be so understanding about Iodine's many uses and only focus on one. I remember when I first got into organic chemistry i was amazed at how many scheduled chemicals they had in the open, come to find out the US schedules most things thanks to meth cooks and although all of my documents are in order at home along with lab reports and invoices and uses of all items it may not be the same for you people.
Right now I am documenting my extraction of Piperine so maybe I will start there, plus I did spend like 800 dollars on glass this year it would be cool to show off the equipment of my craft, most of it is "Chemglass" brand, not that it means anything to you guys but it means i spent like 4X on American made glass when you can get the same thing for nothing from China, never thought id be a label whore
We will see in the upcoming weeks because i would love to go on endlessly about chemistry with new people, those around me lose interest faster then myself so new people are always welcome.
