The view

Well it's been an uninteresting week for me, aside from a few movies I've seen of course. My best friend flew off to Blackpool England Saturday, so it's been rather quite. Classical music is playing in the background and it's very soothing. Very nice for a cloudy day. It makes me want to watch Masters and commanders: The far side of the Sea, and the Horatio Hornblower series (which I have been watching the last few days. Instead of studying...). As sci-fi as I am I love a good High Seas kind of movie. They make me appreciate the time period that I live in, however I do wish life was slower sometimes like back then
We saw Indiana Jones and the crystal skull today. It was a good movie but too science fiction for a archeologist I think. Straying too much from the old Indiana Jones history.
I've been on a Digital electronics fest lately, I even had plans to build my own 7400 TTL processor, straight from just logic gates. but I think instead of doing it based on an 8bit processor design, I'll just do a 4 bit one (something like this). If I can get a PLD programmer (PLD = programmable logic device) then maybe I'll build an 8bit or 16bit one for fun. Especially if I can get one to proram the Atmel ATF2500C. but that'd set me back 600$ and I don't have that kind of money yet. I will, but when I do I wont have time to play with it... such is life.
Only 23 some odd days left until school is out and I graduate with a Bachelores in Physics! very exciting! Well I better be off, the only productive thing I've done today (installing windows Vista Ultimate on my dest top) is done. I want to get it updated and up to speed. It's finally replacing my Windows XP patition. I should probably pick a version of linux and install that too... on well my hand are hurting from typing too much..... Silly broken finger!

slow!

Since it takes me forever to post i normally haven't now for the last week! I'm sorry!

I've been studying up on Digital Electronics lately, I even pulled out single board computer! it's so much fun. Tim and I are going to build our own 4 bit processor from 7400 and 4000 ttl logic chips for fun!! wish us luck!

broken

At a church activity yesterday at 1900 I tried to catch a foot ball... that didn't work... and I fratured my left pinky, now my hand and arm is in a brace

25 words

Speedtest

That's what I can do typing wise with one hand... my programing class just got very hard...

so I've tried my luck at typing faster, and this time I got 75 WPM yay, that makes me feel better.

73 words

Speed test

Wednesday? already?

So it doesn't feel like Wednesday. It's been an interesting week. I'm working on 2 physics research projects, and sadly the one I get paid for is being neglected!

I saw Iron Man today with my brother Robbie, It was amazing. Okay so it was my second time watching the movie... Minus a scene in the first 15 minutes and it's a really good movie. I want to be a genius like Tony Stark. Though he is an EE (Electrical Engineer) and I'm a Physicist! So... I guess I better brush up on my electronics skills.

My Ethics and Values teacher had us do reaction papers for class this morning. So being a physics kind of a person I did mine on the topic of physics, and now matter has primary and secondary qualities. Well we picked one to read at random, and then after spending 50 minutes on that paper, he decided he wanted to read mine to the class as well. HA! We tore it apart in class. great.. and I defended myself sort of well. My teacher wants me to study philosophy more, he says it'll be good for me in my physics career.

Then I dosed off in my Political Science class... by accident. Next week we have a test, I guess I better read more from the book...

Then my Theatre class. My teacher had me act a part in an improve demonstration of conflict. and how when we raise the stakes it makes things more exciting

Character & Obstacle = Conflict

It was great! I used violence at first.. to get the paper.. and he was like.. "Dude, you could have asked me for the paper.." and I laughed.. and turned bright red. Then we redid the scene.. and he was like ok... how you need to get the paper from me in like 5 seconds. So the scene begins. Me:"Hey I need that paper!"
teacher: "No! I need to sit on it"
Me: "WHY?"
teacher: "The world will stop spinning and well all go splat up against the wall."
Me: "IF I don't get that paper in 5 seconds the boiler will explode!"
Teacher: "well the voices in my head told me that I have to sit on the paper, or we're all dead!"
Me: "GET OFF THAT PAPER! or I'll be forced to do something!"
Teacher: "NO!"
I then proceeded to push the teacher off the table so I can grab the paper.. and he pretends to go splat up against the wall.

and that was about the sum of my day.

pretty eventful.

Stuffles signing off.

typing speed

Okay so I got back from Arizona where Alishka and her roommate A went to pick up her car so she can have it up here in Provo. It was a good trip.

Anyway I read Alishka's blog and decided to try the speed test, and I only got 66 words per minute. Not terrible!

66 words

Speed test