new bsc hood: the full story

Before. Had problems with the HEPA, the fan and the sealing, so traded it in for a new one. Anyway the model is obsolete, hard to get spare parts:


They brought in the new one before bringing out the old one.


Transfter from wooden trolley to metal one that can be jacked up


push across hood onto supporting frame. Requires 5 men to accomplish.


Interesting trolley


Pushing out the old one. Reverse process.


Push it from frame onto adjustable trolley and then from metal trolley onto wooden trolley


Goodbye


15 minutes of entertainment


After. Have this weird impresson that the new one is smaller than the old:

new bsc

New hood! Old one condemned. But not commissioned yet, must wait for Monday.
Suddenly got this urge to do plaque assay, dont know why.

10Gb!

Dear Colleague

We are pleased to inform that your mailbox size has been increased to 10 GB! You should hardly notice any changes except the introduction of a new icon for less frequently accessed emails which will be stored in the secondary storage. The secondary storage is lower in cost with negligible performance difference compared to the primary storage. You will continue to work in the usual manner with your favorite NUSmail.

We believe LargeMail will serve you better in the years to come for your work, interaction with colleagues, students, collaborators and friends. Please visit http://www.nus.edu.sg/comcen/NUSmail/feedback if you would like to share your delightful experience with the user community.

More information on LargeMail is available at http://www.nus.edu.sg/comcen/NUSmail/large.htm.

Yours sincerely,


NUS Postmaster
Computer Centre
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PSI was in excess of 150 Saturday night 10pm. I thought I was in heaven but the smell brought me back down to earth, and maybe a little lower.