status report
by admin - September 9th, 2009.Filed under: Uncategorized.
From the world of science, which I am starting to think is just a fad, there were two cool things on the intertubes today
- air-compression microprocessor from Ann Arbor
- human hair solar cells from Nepal
On the KAUST front, my building started on fire a little bit again, and again. A fellow motorcycle-enthusiast student at KAUST had his roof collapse in his bedroom (he saw it coming at was sleeping on the couch). I finally got my second book of six. A Burger King opened up on campus to provide the best American food I have had since coming here. I get to eat free there for the first month. I have been taking notes with colored pencils – Tufte would be pround. This has been very effective when trying to draw pictures of layered semiconductor devices.
I have come to the realization that what I do would best be described as a crystal engineer. My new biker-gang name is Ox. Some creature is making a great deal of noise as it dies in my ceiling. I am caught up on the Daily Show now – which has brought me more comfort than anything else in the last month. The films District 9 and Man On Wire are awesome. Stream of consciousness is awesome too.
I geeked out last night when I heard a cricket behind my fridge. Instead of pulling the fridge out and bringing him to a farm in the country, I got my LED lighting development board I made for my senior design project and strobed him with light at an irregular pace to make him stop chirping. I plan to trick out my 49 cc motorcycle with LEDs all over.