Work looks eerie...

[beccastareyes]

So, it's hot outside today -- the high is supposed to be 34° C (93° F, 307 K -- I could probably also give a temperature in eV, but I don't think you all would appreciate it*). There also was a power outage in Elmira. As a result, the power company asked Cornell to shut down all the unessential power. Currently, all the offices with windows have their lights off, and the hallway is only half-lit. (I still have my lights, as I work in a windowless box). AC is thankfully not an issue, since the campus is cooled by heat exchange with the bottom of the lake.

* 0.0264 eV per gas particle in the atmosphere. If I did the math right.

I think I will do my part, and turn off my computer and go outside to read papers. In the shade, with a nice, cool drink. I'm still working -- they are scientific papers, and not the novel in my backpack.

I wonder if the ice cream place is open, or if they closed easy to save on power...