It’s summer, and time to be at CERN as much as possible! To fight the effects of jet lag, I did a little work-related traveling from CERN to Uppsala, Sweden (see [1]) and now I am training for and then taking shifts on the ATLAS Experiment.

Specifically, I am on shift this week at the Trigger Desk in the ATLAS Control Room. I’ve posted some of the sights and experiences of being on shift here:

• “Shadow” (http://steve.cooleysekula.net/goingupalleys/2012/06/17/shadow/)
• “Death Spiral” (http://steve.cooleysekula.net/goingupalleys/2012/06/17/death-spiral/)

and Aidan has much more here:

• “Shifting Expectations” (http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/04/14/shifting-expectations/)

[1] “Higgs Hunting in Uppsala” (http://steve.cooleysekula.net/goingupalleys/2012/06/16/higgs-hunting-in-uppsala/)