The physics test went pretty well. At least as well as my first physics test could go. Free body diagrams are a MUST when doing anything in my physics class, at least I learned that part early on. Half the test was online, using the LON-CAPA system. The other half was a written, free response, section.
[17:07] Fergie2020: if I, with a mass of 67kg, run at a stationary wall and 0.3m from the wall jump up with a force of 1950N at 43 Degrees from horiztonal, will I have enough force to cause injury to myself, thus making me ineligable for the test?
[17:08] MattMMatteson: yes, if I, with $100 pay you to injure me, will you do so before the incident?
I’m off to take my test, folks!
Before I go and take an exam, I traditionally listen to some music from my iPod for about 15 minutes prior to the exam. The first semester of last year, I listened to the LP version of In a Silent Way by Miles Davis, coming in at 19:51 (yes, just that one single track).
For the second semester of last year, I switched it up a bit and picked four U2 songs: Vertigo, The Hands That Built America {From Gangs of New York}, One, and Miracle Drug; all in that order. This topped out at 16.7 minutes.
I have a Physics exam today and I decided to pick my songs for this semester. On the docket is: Children’s Story by Jerry Goldsmith from Star Trek: Insurrection, 19-2000 (Soul Child Remix) by Gorillaz from G Sides, Caring is Creepy by The Shins from Oh, Inverted World, Curbside Prophet by Jason Mraz from Waiting for My Rocket to Come, and the stereo version of Picture Book by The Kinks from The Village Green Preservation Society; again, all in that order topping out at a mere 14.8 minutes.
I picked a somewhat eclectic group of songs, so I’ll have to see how this works. Wish me luck!
Results from our first Exam have been posted, I got an A! An even 90%, missing only one problem. Quiz today, Exam on Friday…oh what fun.
Well. I thought one was enough…but it’s not. I know have two blogs! This one and tech.andrewferguson.nethttp://www.weeklytechroundup.com or Weekly Tech Round-Up (WTR). It’s for my new radio show on Mines Internet Radio. I’m treating them as completely separate entities so the casual blog reader won’t need to read both of them to stay in touch with my life. WTR is a half-hour show that covers the latest news in the technology sector over the previous week. Maybe one or two articles covered on WTR might (and I stress might) end up over here. In short, there is a bucket of things that I find interesting, there’s a bucket of things that I think that you might find interesting, and then there is a bucket of things that the CSM community ought to find interesting. The latter is what WTR is geared towads. So enjoy that!
Most of the companies that come to campus that I’m interested in working at start their internships/co-ops at the Sophomore level. So this was the first that many of the companies took me seriously. Armed with my new resume, I put on my Sunday best and ventured over to the field house.
I targeted the same companies that I’ve targeted in the past: Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Missile Defense Agency, ATK, Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard, and Raytheon.
Raytheon and ATK seemed to take a particular interest in my background, especial the work I did for my Senior Project at the University of Washington. ATK took down my availability for an on-campus interview and the Raytheon person I was talking with pulled in another guy because of the interest in Command and Control systems.
PSNSY was also interesting because if I get into their co-op program they will pay for my college for every year that I work their after I graduate. However, it is a civian job so it doesn’t have all the issues with joining the Army. Hmm.
In any event, I’m still looking for a shadowing opportunity at Lockheed-Martin, so any inside help would be nice.
I hit up the Career Center so I could get my resume critiqued. They were really impressed and didn’t really have that many suggestions to make. They managed to make a few suggestions, which I incorporated in the latest version of my resume.
I’m back at home now, listening to MIR broadcast the Oredigger football. Mines is winning. The broadcast is working perfectly. It’s sunny outside. I’m happy.
I have my first test today. It’s in Chem II. We were supposed to have 3 tests throughout the semester and then a final, however there were not any available blocks left to have them, so we’re going to have 7 in-class tests (that’s a test every other week). I’m hoping that smaller chunks on a non-cumulative test will help be score better. Bonus: If I score higher than 93% every single test, I don’t have to take the final (which is cumulative)!
This is rediculus! I’m getting close to finishing CAPA, but I’m not done just yet. I’ve been using Mathmatica, and that has helped everything go faster. This is a mistake I won’t repeat (waiting until the weekend to start CAPA), I’m going start the next section of CAPA on Tuesday.