Day 597 of 1000
Christian dressed up today to go to the McKimmon Center at NCSU to show off a poster he made for the Spring 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium. He made the poster for his work at NCSU’s Optical Sensing Laboratory where he is designing, building, and characterizing a Black Body Source for infrared camera and spectrophotometer calibration under the Tutelage of Dr. Michael Kudenov. I think Christian was a little nervous when the thing got started, but he texted me that a lot of his buddies were there with him, doing the same thing.
Christian did not really have much to show because this is the first semester of a two semester project. He is just getting started building the device and has programmed (in assembly language) some basic functionality into it. When we get back from California at the first of June, Christian will devote about six hours per day to this project until it is complete. He hopes to be able to present some good data and a manual that explains how to build and use the device. The big deal about what he is doing is not so much about what it does, but what it does for less than $1000. I am looking forward to seeing how this all turns out.
gweed on the loon
Interpret!?!!
Eric
It means “Good on the lad” … Ha ye no red yer Burns? And, I’d call that a compliment couched within a compliment!!
Eric
Interpretation of such jargon requires at least three shots of Scotland’s twelve year old finest. Six shots and you will be speaking it yourself … and without a hint of Spanish. 🙂
Eric
In a Scottish haze, I forgot to congratulate the loon myself. Well done, Christian!
Gotta love them fists jammed into the sport coat pockets, haha.
On another line, keep up the good work, Christian. I’m sure any attempt at understand the least about programming at this stage could put me permanently into a mental ward.
But I decided I’d look a wee bit into what this Statistics stuff is about. So I up and got the free sample of Statistics for Dummies, by Deborah J. Rumsey, Pole hole Digger, plus her Statistics Essentials for Dummies, in which she chose not to include her middle initial, J., which, since I’m already getting into the swing of things in Stats, I’m assuming she didn’t think the J. was statistically meaningful. I’m trying to work up a graff! 🙂 …obviously I haven’t got the foggiest. What I DO have clear is my admiration for these kids who can learn these things, and if it all helps the world go round, more power to ‘em!
Thanks for the nice comments, all! The thing I tell the kids is that this is there job for awhile, but not their life, and they need to do it the best they can. That Rumsey lady sounds a little bit “BORING,” if you get my drift. I think I am going to need to get that book, too.