One more class down - 1 thesis and 4 courses to go! My summer course finished last Thursday. Keep your fingers crossed I may just be getting an A+. Though I have a feeling I royally screwed up the coding on my second last assignment. If I did, and depending on how much I get marked down for not being rigorous (my web page still worked ( Read more... )

Ever wanted a hidden room in your house? How 'bout a staircase that lifts up? Chairs hide a hidden slide? Book cases that slide away? You can have it! For real check out this crazy cool site.

http://www.hiddenpassageway.com/

New Materials Bring Invisibility a Step Closer
By Tracy Staedter, Discovery News

May 26, 2006- Building a cloak of invisibility, Harry Potter-style, just got a little easier.

Two methods now precisely describe how a new class of engineered materials could be used to guide waves of electromagnetic radiation - including light - around objects, ( Read more... )

Ok, ok, I know I don't have any student loans, but I am still in school and thus am paying the sky rocking tuition prices. My summer class cost me $886! One blessed summer class. I still have 8 courses to go and you know that every term they will be just a bit higher. At this rate I may have to take out a student loan ( Read more... )

The Candy Bowl, Halifax landmark and staple of Quinpool Road, is closing at the end of the month. Dave and I were wandering Quinpool on our day off yesterday, they had a sale sign out front so we went in. Everything is 25%-50% off -- and they are selling everything. Right down to their rubbermaid containers and candy jars. I got some good finds ( Read more... )

All the time I hear people saying they need to cut down on the amount of coffee they drink. I'm no exception (or wasn't until recently) I'm only drinking coffee on the weekends. But have you ever wondered how much caffeine could kill you? Well look no further, Death by Caffeine will tell you just how much of your favourite caffeine laced poison ( Read more... )

My last paper went in this afternoon. Since I was the only grad student in the class, my professor replied to tell me the paper was graded and I got an A! How's that for instant gratification.

This definitely the high point of my day, since it has not been an overly good day. I slipped last night on a perfectly dry bathroom floor - in the middle ( Read more... )

I've been working on a research proposal this morning and it is not going that well. It is the final assignment for my research methods class. The prof is very nice and is interesting _outside_ of the classroom. He is just not so clear on what he wants or teaching us concepts. It's just a lot of discussion where the students talk way more than ( Read more... )

Tada!

Yup, piles (and piles) of work I could be doing and I am finally setting up my live journal. Why is it that when I have the most work to do I feel the least motivated to do it? My real motivation to put something... anything up... really is because I feel silly having the account just so i can read up on my friends and yet I post nothing.
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