I will be making a monstrously large post this Wednesday Saturday.

But until then, all my time will be spent in the university computer labs.


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Got myself a bow last Sunday, along with a dozen arrows to shoot.
The bow I got is an Impala take-down recurve bow, set to draw at 50lb.
And I am in love with this thing.

As I like to put it, it crosses the boundary between shooting at the target and shooting into the target.
Lyn insists that I give my bow a name, as she insists on all inanimate ( Read more... )

Has school ever been busy.
The laboratory reports I've had to write this year have been much more intensive than anything I've had to do in my college career, but it only makes sense as I am rapidly approaching the ultimate report: my senior project.
Stress-strain analysis, multiaxial loading, activation energy of creep in isotropic materials. Wind- ( Read more... )

So the computer stuff came in right on time, but the only problem is that UPS damaged the processor during shipment.
I've done the whole RMA process and all that, so with any luck my replacement processor will be arriving in the next day or so.
In one way it's been fairly nice to not have the influence of a computer around the house.
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The new computer will be here in about 3 days.

Here is a general list of what I've got coming:
-Motherboard
-CPU
-RAM
-Video Card
-Sound Card
-Power Supply
-Case
-Operating System

I'll probably re-use the hard drive from my current computer until I need more memory.
I also somehow need to procure a copy of SolidWorks, as the ability to use it outside of ( Read more... )

The latest decrease in my live-journaling has been due to a number of factors. Namely that the video card on my desktop computer has pooped-out, so it can no longer compute anything visually related. However that will be remedied in the coming months; I've saved up a little money, and with my brother finishing his education this has freed up my ( Read more... )

I think I will get into a habit of updating this at least weekly, as I don't want to stray too far from my goals.
Can't make thoughtful posts if you don't post in the first place ya?

Lately I've been thinking a lot about my life, the lives of others, how short and precious life really is, and what can be accomplished.
Sometimes I feel like I should ( Read more... )

Summer school is over now, what a relief that is.
The course I was taking, Control System Design, covered the topic of stability and instability in various systems which undergo oscillatory input.
For example:
-A car suspension is a system of bolts, springs, washers, and other bodies of mass. The oscillatory motion is the bumpiness of the road.
-Any ( Read more... )

There's a lot to be done in just 10 days ( Read more... )

The renaissance fair last weekend in Quincy was a blast.
Setup and tear-down of camp was a breeze, and the event site was a great pick. From where we camped you could see the snow-capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Though being so close to snow-capped mountains also kept the day time temperature nice and cool, and the night-time ( Read more... )