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Category Archives: Work
Christian comes through with the Lego NXT
Day 169 of 1000 In my day job, I am working on a product that performs three dimensional scans of all kinds of stuff with a product called a Gocator made by a company in British Columbia named LMI. There … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Work
Tagged Gocator, Lego NXT, Machine Vision, NXT, Tire inspection
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Thursday in Roanoke while Lorena fights Microeconomics battles
Day 157 of 1000 I am scheduled to put over 1000 miles on the pick-up this week. This morning, I am writing from a McDonalds about a half an hour out of Roanoke, Virginia. My understanding is that I will … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology, Work
Tagged Khan Academy, Linear Algebra, Machine Vision, Microeconomics, Roanoke
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Off to my new job in Charlotte!
Day 114 of 1000 (211.6 lbs.) I am heading to Charlotte early this morning for my first day of a new job. I will be driving quite a bit more and flying a little, but it will be nice to … Continue reading
My last day at Bioptigen
Day 113 of 1000 (212.8 lbs.) You will notice that I was shamed into putting my weight back up again (Thank you, Wendy–hold my feet to the fire!) The problem now is that today is my last day of work … Continue reading
Finals week and Economic Animation
Day 112 of 1000 This week is finals week at Wake Technical Community College. Everyone in the house except me studied for finals. I worked on a project for my new job which involved mostly study about a new product. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Money, Technology, Work
Tagged animation, Inkscape, Linux, macroeconomics, Nikon, Wake Tech
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NC vs PNW Observation by Andrew
At lunch today, Andrew mention that when he lived in Seattle he was very impressed with the way the government provided online support and information for things like the DMV, the tax office, etc., but how that when he walks … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Socialization, Technology, Work
Tagged government, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington
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Stepan tells a little of his story
Stepan stopped by my desk again and told me a little story about his great grandfather, Nikolai, who was originally from the Ukraine. Nikolai was a successful, small family farmer. So successful, it turns out, that In the 1930′s, Stalin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Family, Politics, Work
Tagged concentration camp, Finland, Murmansk, Russia, Sovet Union, Stalin, Stepan
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Kelly has a new article up at The College Fix
Kelly and I just had the following instant message exchange. The first link is an article she wrote. The second link is about students who study hard stuff versus students who don’t. After the exchange we discuss why it is … Continue reading
Stepan’s theories on the space shuttle
Stepan, my Russian, chemist friend and I got into one of those discussions common to rooms full of engineers: the relative benefits of the different ways to go into space. He has a very interesting theory. The mundane part is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Technology, Work
Tagged Cisco, IBM, Russia, space shuttle, Stepan, war
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New job
Day 100 of 1000 Ten percent of our 1000 days is now complete. It is an auspicious day for that reason alone, but also because I turned in my resignation at my current wonderful job so that I could accept … Continue reading
One more turkey cooking method
Day 98 of 1000 We were wildly successful using the combined Igor/Eric methods to cook our turkey at Thanksgiving last Thursday. Tom, the CFO at our company said he uses an even better method to cook his turkey. It sounds … Continue reading