Presentations
At the end of my SURF, we’d made quite a bit of progress. We had a working prototype which we coulddemonstrate! My mentor arranged for us to present at the... Read more.
SURF Paper
I’ve mostly finished my SURF. By this, I mean that I’m no longer being paid. The thing about research projects, I’ve discovered, is that they never... Read more.
Rocking Out
The adapters that I spent so long getting were immediately put to good use. One of my friends had just bought a copy of Rock Band 2 (marked down because of the new... Read more.
Getting Cables or A Tour of Pasadena
The other day, I wanted some cables. What I needed were two 1/4" Stereo Male to RCA Female adapters, so I could hook up an X-box to the house speaker system.... Read more.
Visiting the Sister
While I was home, my parents and I took a trip up to visit my sister at college. She’s a freshman at Carnegie Mellon and she had just finished her second week... Read more.
Data!
My SURF took quite a bit of work at the beginning, getting everything working. We built our whole system from scratch, so nothing actually worked until several weeks... Read more.
The Surf Shop
When I came to Caltech, I had never surfed before. It was always something that I wanted to do one day, but the beaches in Maryland are crowded and the waves aren’t... Read more.
Drumming in LA
A week ago, my friend Mike (a fellow Darb) gave me a heads up that his new band was going to have its first real gig soon. So, Tuesday night I went downtown with... Read more.
Ouchies and Boo-boos
So why did he come to me? I mentioned in my first post that I’m a Health Advocate (Health Ad) for Dabney House. Each of the undergraduate houses has a few... Read more.
What on earth is he doing?
Why is Dano trying to knock down Millikan library with a sledgehammer? This summer I’m working on a distributed seismic network. It will hopefully be a faster... Read more.
At the Beach
On Saturday, I went surfing! Max, Sly, Andrew, Erin, John, and I all headed down to Bolsa Chica beach in the morning (I’m told that it means “Bag Lady” in... Read more.
