Entries from February 2006

Buying and Selling

Post 1

The magnitude of the sales transactions in which I partake often seem unreasonable and imaginary. I suppose I am not yet accustomed to adulthood. Last Thursday, I bought a 2006 Honda Civic Sedan LX with a manual transmission. The ‘LX’ bit means that I have a CD/MP3 CD player but no audio input jack; I have [...]


Photo Week

Post 2

This week, I will present a new photo gallery daily. Perhaps my musings are not enough of a hook and some visual content will draw you, keep you coming back.

My first album draws selections from the fall semester of my sophomore year at Harvey Mudd College. I chose photographs to accurately represent my social life [...]


Pockets

Post 3

As I got in my car today at lunch, I checked my pocket for a pen, wanting to have one handy despite the preponderance of that very item at the bank I was about to visit. The pen was there—of course—a Sanford Uniball Fine. And I noticed that I could not remember having placed that [...]


Dvorak (Not a Nerd/Keyboard Post)

Post 4

Note: I began writing this post on Wednesday, February 23 but did not finish or post it until the following day Over the past few days, I have discovered that my productivity while listening to classical music is slightly greater than that when listening to anything else. So far, I have tried out the soundtrack from [...]


Day 2—Progress?

Post 5

I had a reasonably busy day at work: Professor Bright needs seven laptops with MATLAB ready to travel to Japan on Friday. I configured the first machine for him to test tonight and report on tomorrow. Getting the laptops ready should not be a problem; I just need to be focused tomorrow and start right [...]


The Beginning of a New Journey

Post 6

I have long been unchallenged and unmotivated here—in Claremont, in my position as the Engineering Systems Administrator, and on this website. I must change my behavior—dismiss this apathy—so that I might move forward with my life. In other words, I will not accomplish what I desire unless I take a proactive approach to every aspect [...]