A desk with laptop and tea

After much consideration (and several failed attempts at understanding modern web technologies), I have decided to start this blog.

Why Now?

At 52 years old, I have accumulated what some might call “a lifetime of questionable research decisions.” My colleague Dmitri - one of the few people who still responds to my emails - suggested that I document my work “before it’s too late.” I’m not entirely sure what he meant by that, but here we are.

What to Expect

This blog will serve as a repository for:

  • Research notes from my various experiments (both successful and… instructive)
  • Methodological discussions about unconventional measurement techniques
  • Historical accounts of my time at Laboratory 23-Б and other facilities
  • Occasional rants about peer review processes and academic gatekeeping
  • Equipment reviews (mostly of Soviet-era oscilloscopes purchased from questionable sources)

A Word of Warning

Much of my work exists in what established scientists call “the margins of respectability.” I have been told my research is “not mainstream.” This is accurate. I have also been told it is “not science.” This is less accurate, though I understand the confusion.

If you are looking for rigorously peer-reviewed, institutionally-backed research, you should probably read Nature or Physical Review Letters. If you are interested in what happens when someone measures the electrical resistance of various types of bread for seven months straight, you are in the right place.

Technical Note

This blog is hosted on GitHub and deployed via AWS Amplify. Setting this up took me longer than my entire doctoral research. Modern technology is fascinating and terrible in equal measure.

I look forward to documenting my journey into whatever comes next. Probably more measurements of things that don’t need measuring.

До свидания, Anatoli

Currently listening to: The hum of my refrigerator (frequency analysis pending)