On Cats, Part 8: Moe the Meso Cat
I got a very excited call from Walter yesterday. He was looking out the window of his apartment in Talbieh and spied a freaky looking
Read moreOn Cats, Part 7: The Fischer Projection
Last weekend while parts of North America and Europe were getting buried in snow, my wife and I went to Tel Aviv to pick up
Read moreOrganic Chemistry GIFS – Resonance Forms
Organic Chemistry GIFS: Some Animated GIFS Of Curved Arrow Notation In Interconverting Resonance Forms GIFS are perfectly suited to showing curved arrow animations in organic
Read moreOn Cats, Part 5: Enantiocats vs. Diastereocats
I was out for a walk the other day and I saw 3 of the weirdest/ugliest looking cats I’d ever seen.Even weirder than Freaky Sawhorse
Read moreOn Cats, Part 3: Newman Projections
Do you know where the saying “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” comes from? Me neither. But I do know one thing:
Read moreLevels of Mastery
Here’s an idea I’ve been playing with: levels of mastery. Growing up with video games, it’s an idea that is intuitively familiar, but not often
Read more10@10/10/10
This is a self indulgent post. Today, October 10, 2010, marks the 10th anniversary of the day I became an organic chemist. Life works in
Read moreThe Six Pillars of Organic Chemistry
A few weeks ago Jeremy at The Chemistry Blog wrote a post called “Common Student Difficulties in Organic Chemistry”. Since I was flying home for
Read moreThe Six Categories of Knowledge in Organic Chemistry
Here’s an idea I’m playing with: there are six types of things to learn in an organic chemistry course, and they all build on each
Read more“Master Organic Chemistry” : Less Hacky, but same lovable dorky content
A few months ago I thought it would be a good idea to name my blog Orgo Hacks. Turns out I was wrong. It doesn’t
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