{"id":1,"date":"2011-01-27T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T00:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=1"},"modified":"2011-01-30T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T19:02:12","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/1","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">S<\/span>ooner or  later everything breaks, disintegrates, fades, whatever. Take our septic  system: it failed suddenly about one day before Master &#8216;n Mom were  scheduled to fly to a <a href=\"http:\/\/psb.stanford.edu\/\">conference<\/a> in Hawaii. Master was co-author on a paper and various members of the  lab were chairing a session on computational biology. Fun stuff.  Manually draining a septic tank into the drain field at midnight, at  zero degrees, not so much. The second the high water alarm went off I  knew it was trouble &#8211; the pump fiercely driving gallons of water into  the drain pipe, which had broken, meaning the water went right back in  the tank, triggering the high water alarm, triggering the pump, etc.  Like a bad relationship an awful infinite loop from which nothing can  escape. Most notably putrid septic water.<\/p>\n<p>Once the manual draining part was over it was time for New Years Eve! Mom got an early start (note the getting ready cocktail still in hand).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Mom NYE\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/nye.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"585\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early New Years day the uprights jetted off to Hawaii leaving Lucy and  me in the capable hands of our usual house sitter, along with a bold  caution to minimize water usage. No problems occurred the entire eleven  days they were gone but sure enough the night they got back it took only  two short showers before bedtime to exceed the high water mark. Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! the alarm went. Flashing orange light. Warning Will Robinson! Warning!  Back into the infinite loop Master went, hose and assorted tools in  hand, near midnight again in sub-freezing cold to perform a manual  drain.<\/p>\n<p>The conference venue in the antipodes. I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; ya, the sacrifices needed for the cause of science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"PSB 2011 Venue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/venue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Venue by night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"PSB 2001 Venue By Night\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/venue_by_night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunsets were ceremonially announced by the conch blower. (Blogger not responsible for misspellings).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Conch Blower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/conch_blower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"835\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Base tans were shown off. Tans that are now freeze dried. Things fade, told you so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Base Tans Exposed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/mom_in_room.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whale watching!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Whale Watching\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/whale_watch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mom caught Master at the beach side bar just after the game ending  interception made by the Packers. Tata Eagles, maybe next year. Besides,  <a href=\"..\/..\/ak\/2007\/08\/22.html\">Vick&#8217;s an asshole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Packers Win!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/packer_win.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wasn&#8217;t all whales and games. This was a scientific conference after all. Okay, the poster session was a tad informal (note the beer-in-hand aplomb with which Parminder pitches her science).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Poster Session\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"835\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By the end of the trip they were weaving baskets. Well, sort of. Mom weaved a turtle. Top of her class. No surprises there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Basket Weaver\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2011\/January\/turtle_weave.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Onward and upward in 2011. For those of you who missed our 2010 wrap up, you&#8217;re in luck, it is <a href=\"http:\/\/rknibbe.com\/2010_yir.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ciao baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sooner or later everything breaks, disintegrates, fades, whatever. Take our septic system: it failed suddenly about one day before Master &#8216;n Mom were scheduled to fly to a conference in Hawaii. Master was co-author on a paper and various members of the lab were chairing a session on computational biology. Fun stuff. 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