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Sunday, November 5th, 2006
5:14 pm	meme inspired by the song White & Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic. I attended MIT. I play D&D or other RPG or LARP. I consider myself champion at D&D. I understand the acronyms RPG, D&D and LARP. I know who MC Escher is. He is my favorite MC. I drink tea. I drink, or have drunk Earl Grey tea. I prefer Earl Grey tea over "40." My rims are stationary. In my adult life, I have owned action figures. Some or all of my action figures are cherry. I understand why action figures should be cherry. Steven Hawking is in my library. I have a library. FILL IN THE BLANK: I know pi to ___3___ places. I wear/have worn braces. I order sandwiches with mayonnaise. I order ALL of my sandwiches with mayonnaise. I know how to play Minesweeper. I'm a whiz at Minesweeper. I could play Minesweeper for days. I know Pascal. I consider myself an expert at Pascal. I know what Pascal is. I can do vector calculus. I do vector calculus for fun. I do any kind of math for fun. I own a soldering gun. I know what a soldering gun is used for. I know the Happy Days theme song. The Happy Days theme song is my favorite theme song. I enjoy ping pong. I could probably "kick your butt" in a game of ping pong. I enjoy trivia quizzes. I could probably ace any trivia quiz you bring on. I know some JavaScript. I know at least one word in Klingon. I consider myself fluent in JavaScript. I consider myself fluent in Klingon. I own/use a Segway. I currently collect, or own a collection of comics. I currently collect, or own a collection of X-Men comics. I normally have a pen or pencil in my pocket. I normally have a pen protector in my pocket. I have an ergonomic keyboard. I want an ergonomic keyboard. I have shopped for writable media. I have shopped for writeable media on-line. Boy, do I wish I could afford to shop for writable media. I read Wikipedia. I edit Wikipedia. Boy, do I wish I had time to edit Wikipedia. I have memorized at least one line from The Holy Grail. I can quote a significant amount of lines from The Holy Grail. I can/have created websites. I know HTML. I know what HTML stands for. My friends turn to me for help with HTML. I have a home page for my dog. I own, or have owned, a fanny pack. I shop at the Gap. There is a significant amount of bubble wrap in my house. I was/am in the AV Club. I was/am in the Glee Club. I was/am on the Chess Team. I have an opinion on the Kirk/Picard issue. I can quote lines/events from said TV shows to support my opinion. I spend weekend(s) at Renaissance Fairs. I have my name on my underwear. I have White and Nerdy friends I can send this to. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 24th, 2005
2:05 pm	KnOwlEdge vs InnTelldgince 7/9 Intellect You are 75% knowledgable and 88% intellectual. Excellent! You have a powerful mind backed by a good amount of knowledge. Keep cracking books and nothing can stop you. My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 66% on knowledge You scored higher than 70% on intellect Link: The Knowledge vs. Intellect Test written by rattytintinface on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
10:12 am	Learning exerience! I finally learned how to use a solder sucker this morning by watching the tech that I work with unsolder a circuit board that was attached to the oven test station. This tool makes removing solder much faster.... Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Monday, October 10th, 2005
4:34 pm	My Monday This is what I am doing right now... I'm patched into a test station in Mexico so I can watch a product test taking place. I am doing this, because the IT department in Mexico was trying to install a printer on the computer - one thing lead to another and they ended up reinstalling Windows 2000, which wiped out the test station application, webserver, and database. After about a week, I think that I have everything working even through I have never seen this machine and there is no documentation on how it works. Because I have no idea how this equipment is supposed to work, I am taking my best guess since everything looks good so far. I am also listening to Jack Johnson, "Bubble Toes". I was listening to "Sexy Plexi" but I am not sure what that is about either... Current Mood: confused (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 14th, 2004
7:52 pm	Chipotlefan.com My burrito has 29.5g of fat, and 744 calories. How about yours? (Comment on this)
Friday, May 14th, 2004
7:29 pm	Morpheus ?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ?? brought to you by Quizilla (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 25th, 2004
7:42 pm	Me. I started an introduction to Visual Basic.Net class on Saturday at Hennepin Tech, but that is not why I'm writing. Today I learned about the "ME" keyword in Visual Basic, and I have got to say that Bill Gates is a god. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 31st, 2004
4:09 pm	Splinter Cell 2 Everyone out there that owns an Xbox - you must get Splinter Cell 2. That game rocks, the graphics are awesome, with big improvements over the original. I bought the game a couple days ago and now its my life. Go.. buy.. You buy now. (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 13th, 2004
7:37 pm	Robots can't drive The Grand Challenge, a DARPA sponsored race across the Mojave, ended today without any winners. No robot made it to the end of the 150 mile course. No robot made it more than 7 miles. See, robots have no self respect. I wouldn't go out like that - I would at least burst into flames. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/13/darpa.race.ap/index.html (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 11th, 2004
3:49 pm	BSCI This week as been the most interesting week of work that I have every had, gossip wise. Here is the skinny.... First, one of the software developers got fired after he got into a shouting match with his boss that ended with the developer clearing his managers desk off the easy way. Second, both tech writers have put in there two weeks and will be leaving at the same time. So now the group has no tech writers. Third, rumor is that the guy sitting next to me is getting fired, but he doesn't know it yet. Four, I get to work with robots! What a week I'm having... (Comment on this)
Monday, March 8th, 2004
12:56 pm	There must be crack in this Girl Scout Cookies - I can't stop eating... (Comment on this)
12:37 pm	Boston Baked Beans, and pound of lobster Ok so I'm trying to eat a little bit healthier by giving up soda and coffee for breakfast. I have gotten into the habit of get cup of coffee or getting a soda as soon as I walk in to the office. I figure if I don't drink caffeine at work that like 90% of the time that have it so I'll really cut back. Unfortunately, the same day that I decide to eat better, my boss comes back from boston with a pile of candy that is now sitting on my desk: boston baked beans, lobster candy and Pocky. Oh Well, baby steps.... Current Mood: hungry (Comment on this)
Monday, February 23rd, 2004
8:28 am	Hobby Time Have you ever really thought about screws? Ok, so I'm working on the R/C buggy and the screws are really annoying because they are crappy and keep stripping out. I'm think about ordering a set of stainless steel fastener and a couple of taps so I can clean up this mess. Plus a set of stainless steel or titanium fasteners would be really trick yo. My other hobby, learning to play guitar is going well too. I'm making slow but steady progress - maybe next year it will be time to upgrade to a Martin guitar. Hmmm... Current Mood: curious (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 21st, 2004
5:10 pm	Countries visited create your own visited countries map or check out these Google Hacks. (Comment on this)
4:41 pm	Friday into Saturday SE Stent Load project has been handed off to some other poor schmuck since I couldn't get it done. That pissed some people off, but what can you do. Other people in my group have a lot less on their schedules so the project had to be given to someone else who had more time. Took the R/C buggy out to the track yesterday to see how she handles and it was awesome. The car was handling the bumps well and it was fast. Then about 2 minutes later I broke the front suspension. Luckily the track has a hobby shop attached, so I bought a new front arm for about $10. Everything was going well until the left drive shaft fell off. I'm not sure where it went but that will be about another $10 to replace that. Afterward, Jason, Scott and I went over to Bench-warmer Bobs to have a couple of beers. Today was laundry and kitty wash day. It was more of a struggle then usual and that made me sad. Jinkies bit me and that made me sadder. Then a read Amy's sad posts and that makes me even more sad... What do I do when I'm sad. I'm going shopping. P.S. Karyn can you pick up an MIT T-shirt or sweater if it isn't too much trouble. Don't go to any trouble, but if you see one... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 11th, 2004
9:11 pm	Blah, blah, blah... Got stuck doing paperwork all day. The best part of the day was soldering the motor of my r/c car onto the speed controller in the tech lab. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 4th, 2004
7:01 am	FDA Audit The FDA is in town and everyone is uptight - especially Kelly, who is getting hammered by own internal regulatory affairs. Good for her, she can handle it! I'm keeping my head down by trying to stay out of the building and so far its working. (Comment on this)
Monday, January 26th, 2004
11:57 am	States that I have Visited create your own visited states map or check out these Google Hacks. (Comment on this)
11:52 am	Sorting Hat I'm a Ravenclaw! (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 25th, 2004
7:02 pm	R/C Racer I bought a new toy to replace my Tamiya road car, since the track that I used to go to has closed and moved locations. In the process, the R/C club went to all dirt racing with no capet for the road cars. So, I plan on selling my Tamiya for whatever I can get for it and building this little beauty. (Comment on this)