As I have already mentioned to a few of you (and to which I alluded in my last post) a Battlebots competition took place last weekend in San Francisco. The two bots I worked on took place in said competition. Here is a summary of the results.
( Tazbot )

When I got to work today, I headed straight to HR to start the process of negotiating for a higher salary, only to find out that the director of Equipment Engineering, my boss's boss's boss, had already started the negotiations on my behalf, and they are already putting together a new offer of "over $60k." The previous offer, in case anyone was ( Read more... )

Well, specialjess and I are going to go to Sea World today. I am at her parents' house right now waiting for her to get ready to go, and wasting time posting on LJ while I am waiting ( Read more... )

Well, sort of. I don't get any increase in pay until I graduate, but other than that, it is most certainly a promotion. I will move from being an intern working on two major projects (one of which just finished, and I have completed all the mechanical work for the current phase of the other) to being the prinicipal engineer responsible for the ( Read more... )

You may remember my description of the removal of a mole from the back of my neck from an entry that I posted in December. Well, about a week ago, the pathology report came back: malignant melanoma ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to all.

( At least not much happened today. The rest is a rather long story. )

Honestly, my whole previous week went rather well, though I was quite busy pretty much the whole time.

( Posting this first piece of news is more for my benefit as a memory than for bragging, even though it is also available to others to read. )

Well, there went my 25th birthday ( Read more... )

Well, the Honors Co-Op presentation competition is over, ( and you'll never guess who won second place. )