Kudos to a team of engineering students from RIT not only for placing first in the 9th Annual Student Design Contest, but for doing it with a senior design project of considerable awesomeness: The goal of this project is to create a custom handheld ga… more »

It's been awhile since I've updated this here blog. Fortunately, I have a plethora of wonderful excuses: Working on school projects: For ELT201, I get to build a power amplifier (and pre-amplifier!). This is coming along nicely. Above left, yo… more »

As you might expect, I have a lot of stuff to keep track of in my life.  From my househusbandly duties to my schoolwork, there's a lot to do.  Over the years, I've developed a good collection of systems to keep track of it all. The most important of… more »

The season of education is again upon us, and this means my days are filled with stuff like calculus, writing, and tuning LC tank circuits for minimum smoke. In lieu of anything interesting and important, here's a couple random tidbits to make it look like I actually plan to update this blog regularly: more »

As previously noted, I was rather concerned about my MTH175 final exam. Of course, in accordance with Murphy's Law, the timing of the grade posting did nothing to assuage my fears: the deadline for final grade posting was the Tuesday after Memorial Day… more »

Just to update my last post on the subject, both of the ELT finals went well. However, with regards MTH175, specifically my studying and preparations beforehand: Yeah. That didn't go so well. Grades coming within a week; until then, I'm going… more »

I have three final exams, and then... NOTHING until September! (Except for a half-load of classes over the summer.) I think I did relatively well this semester, although I may fall just shy of last semester's record. We'll see. ELT-112: Monday,… more »

Originally uploaded by nflect on 13th May, 2009.Looks like this locker may just be up for renewal. more »

Originally uploaded by nflect on 6th May, 2009.Simulated DWI accident at MCC Spring Fling. I can't even say the alphabet backwards when sober, officer. more »

Originally uploaded by nflect on 6th May, 2009.It's the Swine Flu Isolation Sphere race! MCC Spring Fling more »