16 Right quick here – Check out Mitch’s blog and download the Chemistry dictionary add on for Microsoft Word and platforms that support OpenOffice. I searched the tubes for something like it for a very long time and found nothing. Now that this exists (and in time for my thesis writing) I have been forever thankful. It’s a great idea to install on your computer if you’re a chemist or do chemical writing.
It could use an Installation Wizard coded for it for the mildly computer-retarded but my current thesis-delaying projects are taking up more time than expected as building your own iPod is surprisingly difficult – not because the electronics are hard to figure out, but because it’s really hard to do it for less than three or four times the cost of a commercial iPod. (Though mine will run off rechargeable 9V batteries and a sweet fucking home brew CMOY amp. It will be Bitchin’. See thumbnail to the left of my present efforts (that’s the 9V from our smoke detector!) Next step is obviously getting an old iPod and gutting it… which IS NOT going to be happening to my awesome touch.
I’m also making decorative Lichtenberg figures. Writers block is so good for the hobbyist.
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You can thank azmanam for that herculean effort.
It’s a substantial effort and much appreciated. It could use a bit a press coverage. Lemme see if I can get a hold of someone at C&E News (hint hint!)
I think Carmen Drahl has put a post on the C&EN blog.
That she has. It would be nice to see it in C&E News proper though.
Lauren Wolf mentions the dictionary file in this week’s Digital Briefs feature.
http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe.....5sci2.html
Writer’s block is a dilatant fluid like 50:50 cornstarch-water or wet beach sand. The larger the shear the greater the resistance. Go mindless in a hot tub for a while.
“because it’s really hard to do it for less than three or four times the cost of a commercial iPod”
That’s because Apple already use the cheapest crap they could possible find and then underpaid Chinese slaves… I mean, employees assemble everything.
yes, in stark contrast to all the other major electronics companies…
Ok, thanks. I downloaded the Chem-dic
There was another one that I downloaded a couple of years ago. I will try to find it and post a link/comment later about it, but it may take a while as my computer crashed the other day so I don’t have direct access to all of my files.
How was the orange?
That, you see there, is a Clementine. It was scrumptious.
Absolute Genius! Wish it was around a couple of years ago when I did my thesis. I’m trying to get this on the Chemistry World blog but it depends if the admins let it through.
Where are all the polymers? Polyethylene isn’t even there!
I believe polyethylene is in the normal dictionary, so no need to have it in the custom one. I just checked and it doesn’t come up as misspelled for me – of course I could have just added to my custom dictionary already.
I think thatp olyethylene is a good dictionary and i think its not in custom way becuase alot of good dictionary are present in market.