Blood donor award, infra-red camera phase 1

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I forgot to mention that my award for a hundred blood donations arrived on Monday. I finally got around to taking photos today. It was a bit of a bugger to photograph because it's a clear glass obelisk thing, not the decanter I expected. Came in a nice lined box, weighs 880g (about 2lb) and 185mm high. It would make an absolutely perfect murder weapon in a country house mystery, especially since it would show fingerprints very clearly! I don't know if Wikipedia has pictures of the current version so I've uploaded it, and photos are below the cut.








In other news, I've decided to attempt the infra-red camera conversion I mentioned in a previous post; tonight I made a dozen or so attempts to cut a piece of microscope slide the right size to replace the infra-red filter in the camera, eventually got a couple that seem to be the right dimensions (it's only 6x9mm, a sod to cut accurately). I'm not going to attempt the actual work until tomorrow, I think I'll mess up if I try it when I'm tired.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

That's rather a nice thing for them to have done.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's interesting - not sure what I'm supposed to do with it, except stick it on a shelf to gather dust, most of the crap in my flat falls into that category! But I'll probably find space for it somewhere.

[chuk-g.livejournal.com]

Good on you for getting to 100 -- it inspires me to get back in the habit. (I used to be able to do it at work but it got a lot less convenient, although not nearly as inconvenient as not having blood available would be for someone who needs it...)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I was out of it for a couple of years because there was some confusion over my medical status - annoyingly that happened at the session where I should have given blood for the 100th time! - and only got it sorted and finally reached 100 this August.

I was fortunate in having a main blood donor centre near work - it's still only a couple of miles from home, makes a nice pre-session walk.