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Beginning of the New Year 2025

#生活笔记11
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The author shares updates after several months of inactivity. They discuss their ongoing PhD application process, including receiving an offer, dealing with application issues, and transitioning to a new supervisor. They have completed revisions for their thesis and are uncertain about finding someone to review it. The author also revisited a senior's structural biology website, noting improvements but also pointing out lingering errors. They considered creating a dedicated academic website but decided to enhance their existing personal site instead, focusing on better organization and quality of content. Additionally, the author describes a meaningful experience of printing family photos using a gift from their girlfriend, a photo printer. They plan to create an album from pictures taken over the past few years and share tips on printing. Finally, they mention a technical issue with their MacBook's Type-C port, which is currently not affecting their usage but may require repair in the future.

It's been several months since I last updated my article, and some things have happened recently.

PhD Application and Graduation#

Since December of last year, I decided to stay for further studies, and there have been many ups and downs since then.

First, I happily accepted the offer from my boss; then in March, I was educated by my boss due to flaws in my application materials (I am very grateful, it was indeed my problem); then at the end of March, I received news that my boss was leaving; soon after, a plan came out for transferring groups after admission; my emotions have been on a roller coaster for just over a month. Fortunately, I received help from another teacher for my PhD application and have now obtained an offer, but which group I will transfer to is still uncertain, waiting for the results.

However, graduation will depend on myself. I recently revised the blind review comments, and I don't know who to ask for help to take a look; I hope everything goes smoothly.

Content#

Recently, I reopened my senior's Structural Biology Learning Website, and I must say it has become much richer in content since the last time I visited. However, the small errors I found last time are still there, so I pointed them out to my senior and received affirmation.

Thinking back to my PhD application, I initially hoped to include my personal website in my resume and slides, but my senior said the content of the website is too broad and not focused on the academic field, suggesting I remove it, which I think makes sense.

So I considered whether I need to create a website specifically focused on academic content. After some thought, I decided against it and opted to include it in my personal website instead; otherwise, the content of my personal website would be too sparse. After all, as a biology student, I can't have a personal website solely filled with unrelated content. However, I plan to make some changes:

  • Reclassify manuscripts and notes: The manuscripts will only include content related to experiments and academics, categorized clearly, whether it's Cryo-EM, X-Ray, or other research-related topics, making it easier to find. Other content like reflections and travel notes will be placed in the notes section.
  • Place some tutorials that I don't want to make public in the Internal Tutorials section of the manuscripts: In the past, there were some tutorials that I felt were not suitable for public sharing, so I kept them locally. With the password required feature in the notes, I can achieve this goal.
  • Quality of content: This was also inspired by my senior's content; many pieces were not written in detail because writing them took a lot of time, which also needs to change. Future content creation will focus on quality.

Printing Photos#

During the New Year, I brought my camera and photo printer home and took pictures of my family, printing them out. Unfortunately, I forgot to organize a family photo this year, so I must make up for it next year if I have the chance.

I found this process very ceremonial and meaningful, so I recently bought a bunch of photo paper and printed out photos from the past 2-3 years, planning to make an album.

The photo printer I used is a birthday gift from my girlfriend last year, the Xiaomi MiJia Photo Printer 1S, which can print 3-inch and 6-inch photo paper:

  • The 3-inch photo paper is square, which leads to a significant difference in photo proportions and sizes compared to regular 3-inch prints, making it difficult to manage.

  • The 6-inch photo paper size is what I prefer, with a ratio of about 3:2.

    • Landscape photos can be printed directly in 6 inches;
    • If 6 inches feels too large, you can use Meitu Xiuxiu to combine two images, selecting a ratio of 3:2 with a 60-pixel gap, and then add borders when printing, which will perfectly print two 4-inch photos.
    • Additionally, you can print in a style like a life 4-grid, referring to this note

In short, there are many ways to play around with it. If you are interested, I can write a tutorial to teach you how to print.

Daily Life#

After returning to school from home, I found that the first Type-C port on my MacBook has poor connectivity. There are only 2 Type-C ports, and now only one is usable.

I checked online, and it might be caused by oxidation on the small Type-C board; you can buy a replacement for just a few bucks on Taobao. I found a Shanghai vendor who can replace it for 100 yuan. However, it could also be a motherboard issue, which would be more troublesome.

But I haven't replaced it yet; it doesn't affect usage for now, as my usual needs are just connecting to a monitor and charging.

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