One of the three times I went back to Colorado last year was to hang out with the old clan from college, specifically roommates and associated…
During all my travels last year, I did get to do many fun things, such as attending the awesome wedding of Lance and Nicole! I’ve known Lance…
Examples of how technology has permeated every single bit of my life.
Scientific American had an article on the costs of light bulbs[1]. I wanted to figure out a way to fairly compare the rough lifecycle costs of the bulbs to the consumer. I figured the best way to do that would be to determine the cost per an operating lux-hour. We’re going to figure out the…
The printer was hole-punching my printouts at work (on the wrong side of the page, to boot). I was mystified by why it was doing this. I tried changing the print settings. I tried restarting my computer. I tried restarting the printer. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer driver. I tried that rain dance…
I shared this video[1] with Peter, who then asked: I saw that a couple days ago. Awesome! And has some cool practical applications. I [couldn't] quite tell if the pitch of the robot was adjustable by the user, or of it always jumped in the same direction. Did you get a sense for that? It…
I’ve been busy with work, but I’ve been keeping my eye on the news. Politics have always been a bit…screwy. I’m not sure if they’re getting more screwier or I’m becoming more aware of what’s going on. – maybe just more cynical. Representative Lamar Smith and Senator Patrick Leahy now joins the ranks of former…
I met Rachel’s friend from college, Laura. Laura has the awesome job of being a researcher at MSU in their ICAL (Imaging and Chemical Analysis Laboratory). Of particular interest was Laura’s job of operating the scanning electron microscope! So of course I asked if we could have a tour! Not only did we get a…
I gave up Facebook and Twitter for Lent. Well, I gave up most of Facebook[1] and Twitter for Lent. I’m allowing myself five minutes of time on Facebook and Twitter each day (total for the both of them, and no rollover minutes). And even then, the only reason I’m doing that is because there are…
In roughly this order: Dating La Girlfriend[1] Going back to Haiti Installing/configuring my new Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid Drive Being eligible to run for US Representative (i.e. my quarter century birthday) Photo by Matt Sizer [↩]
Back In The Day™ I went to college with a kid named Lance Atkins. We shared many interests, including eating spaghetti every other Wednesday night. We were also lab partners in Machine Design, “an introduction to the principles of mechanical design [where m]ethods for determining static, fatigue and surface failure are presented.”[1] We had fun.…
I’ll drool over some new toy I’d love to have from time to time, but I’m not usually one to let my impulses get the best of me in that regard. However, Nikon’s new DSLR camera, the rumored D7000, could be one of those things I just have to get. I’ve had my D70 for…
Ten years ago, I walked into high school with a brand new Toshiba Satellite 2210 CDT. It wasn’t state-of-the-art, but it was pretty decent for its time. It had a 500 MHz Intel Celeron processor, 64 MB of RAM, and a 6 GB hard drive (which took up about 62.9 cm3, or 0.1 GB/cm3). The…