Congratulations to our Christmas winners!

Submitted by Rusty on 27 December, 2009 - 00:29

Congratulations to Devon and Tiff for winning the Christmas tree decorating contest. But all the trees looked fantastic. Thanks to everyone who participated. Check out the winning trees below!

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Congratulations

Submitted by chimpathon on 31 December, 2009 - 12:26.

Thank you kindly for organising this event, I very much enjoyed viewing the entries.

I must avert my wife's eyes from this winning entry lest she be reminded that she's still owed a diamond ring. In the past she has been unimpressed by my stance that diamond is a worthless material. My friend works in diamond growth, whereby large wafers of the stuff may be grown by combining methane and oxygen in a plasma chamber. These become substrates for electronic devices (a limited set since diamond is difficult to dope compared to silicon). He'd carry a chunk or two about with him as a means to impress young ladies. Since diamond has a high thermal conductivity you can hold a piece and cut through ice cubes with ease. In contrast my speciality struggled to hold interest during our trips to the pub.

But I digress, for future events I'll look into possible rewards for our EMS users to encourage their participation.

Can you just give one of the

Submitted by Rusty on 31 December, 2009 - 19:48.

Can you just give one of the chunks your friend carries around in his pockets to a diamond cutter and get one made into a ring or something?

Unfortunately the wafers he

Submitted by chimpathon on 4 January, 2010 - 09:59.

Unfortunately the wafers he had were somewhat on the thin side. You can make bigger bits by compressing charcoal in a big vice, whilst praying that the whole thing doesn't explode.