I really hate OrCad. Formerly known as Cadence it is a shitty, expensive mammoth software package for circuit design and layout that barely works correctly. Sure, it has a bazillion features, but what good are they if it takes three years to search for the one you want in the menu system and then even more time to figure out if there is a ( Read more... )

why have I had so much trouble sleeping lately? The stress of the qualifier is gone now so I should be feeling relaxed and peaceful each night as I go to bed. Instead my brain just keeps thinking about linearization, covariance, expected value of sinusoidal functions of a gaussian random variable and how best to layout a hydrophone array. Arrg, ( Read more... )

I don't get it. The start of the semester only changed my schedule by adding two classes, one of which I haven't even had yet and the other which there is a short homework assigned for Friday. Between the two of them the increase in workload is minimal (so far, I expect Real Analysis to pick up and become the class from hell, as promised by the ( Read more... )

well, it's over. I passed. I must say though, after the first five minutes of my presentation I was hit with a question that I was sure my response to would be grounds for failure. In the end though it all worked out ok. I don't really have much more to say on that. I wasn't even too terribly nervous.

This week has been busy and hectic. Actually, make that the past few weeks. I've had more late-nights in the past 3 weeks or so than I've probably ever had before. My qualifier paper was polished up and submitted last Wednesday, then after a quick little break in PA for Chris' wedding I started working on the presentation. I really wanted to ( Read more... )

Believe it or not I had a relatively productive weekend as far as my paper for my qualifier goes. I got the pre-Stilwell version all done and emailed and am now waiting for comments and edit suggestions. I felt like I had some good momentum going while finishing it up yesterday evening in Bollo's so I decided to try the evening at Bollo's again ( Read more... )

I'm craving a toasted sesame bagel with cream cheese right now after practice. I really wish Easy Chair was a more convenient stop between the pool and lab... or just in general, I don't like having to navigate major roads and intersections just to get to a bagel. I think I'll go check out Au Bon Pain, I seem to recall them having bagels.

if I were into that sort of thing I would definitely have a doctor diagnose me with ADD and get medication. I honestly believe that what I'm experiencing is what people would call ADD but I also don't believe in using meds to cover up a non life threatening biological imbalance. I didn't even KNOW SheSha's had food, their paninies are really good ( Read more... )

Perhaps lobohery. Because I think I need one. Or maybe a little bit of both. I need to cut out the parts of my brain that wander about aimlessly and get diverted by shiny objects and add a part in that... well... a part that gets stuff done I guess ( Read more... )

I just thought I would let everyone know that I just purchased some new stamps. I am telling you this because otherwise I'd have to be working on my presentation. Also now if you ask me if I have a stamp and I say "no" you will know I'm lying. Of course I might not actually have a stamp right then and there ( Read more... )