I often ask myself this question, wondering how effective, say, 20 undergrads would be versus one janitor – changing a lightbulb. Not to shed bad light on undergrads, I’m one as it is, but one incident struck me as the power, or lack thereof, of a collective body of students. Now, I need to make […]
Don’t know. I found this graphic on Engadget, but it appears they replaced it with a newer, slightly LESS appropriate image. Odd. Basically, Microsoft thought it wise to name the new Xbox as Xbox 360… however, I thought it was a stupid name, and if they had only named it Xbox 180 it would have […]
Update: The contest is over, I lost, and, well, is there much else to say? To see the original image, click here. Ummm, if you didn’t know already, “Please, please, please” vote for me. You only have until the end of February. Those of you at work reading this might ask, “What other pictures did […]
At least the getting up part. Ugh. Once I was on the road, I decided to try out that often difficult, and slightly risky, driving-car-while-operating-picture-box. Turned out so-so. Canon 20D Canon 20D I made the last one B&W. Not in camera, though that is possible. And yes, that IS fog. This is Michigan, right? No […]
Update: The Contest is over, and I lost. I’m not too dissappointed, though I think I’ll sulk for a few days at least. The links below do not work. If you want to actually see the image, click here. Vote for me, pleeeeease! Vote for my photo in this month‚Äôs DigitalCameraInfo.com photo contest. This is […]
More or less, yeah. This time it’s traveling back in time to the wonderful ME 350. Now this was one class I thoroughly enjoyed. The semester I took it, the course was split into two “parts” – the first part designing a pump, the second modeling a linkage in Adams. The second part was OK, […]
You may not have realized this yet, but I use Apple computers. After the shock wears off, you may be surprised to find out that I was born and raised on Windows boxen, from a lowly 286 to a PI Gateway tower. Not only that, but my Apple loving cousins tell me that I used […]
Yeah, well, whatever. Here’s a picture of my ME 395 end of semester project. ME 395 is a glorified lab – a semester of labs that introduce the student to hours of data analysis, multiple papers, and methods of testing. Or, as the Course Description says: Weekly lectures and experiments designed to introduce the student […]
“What?”, you say incredulously, doubting my sanity. But yes, I suggest we adopt a new measurement system. Based on the iPod Yes, I know, what I am saying is silly, perhaps even foolhardy. But take a look at history, as J J O’Connor and E F Robertson see it: The earliest weights seem to have […]
www.ipodlounge.com my "Me and My iPod" submissions: Nikon Coolpix 995 They originally rejected this image! The guy over at ipodlounge thought it was photoshopped! It wasn’t posted until I emailed them. Two words: Duct Tape Nikon Coolpix 995 For some reason, this was never posted. Not too sure why, although I did upload it. In […]