Hope this is semi-lasertastic.

Over the past few months we have attempted to measure single-molecule SERRS... oh yes, as a function of excitation wavelength. We have this fabulous excitation source (Mira OPO) that puts out (reliably) from about 490 to 650 nm or so... awesome! But turns out the pulses out of this thing appear to be blowing up molecules. (No es bueno) So the big feat of the day was replacing the single spectrograph/CCD for the triple, aka "photon motel". By the way, my love of the term photon motel is endless. We hope that by putting our photons in the Hilton (bad), we can lower our acquisition time before the onset of photobleaching/annealing? We'll see. I'm mostly excited about getting this blog working. I will to improve upon my blogging skills.