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So I was bored at lunch…

Michel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:12:31 +0000

…and created this! Fun, eh?

Bored at lunch? Make one of these!

I hope they don’t make me take it down…

What? Summer??

Michel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:02:06 +0000

The view from my table at work!

…And no projects have been touched! With all my energy pouring into finding myself a steady paycheque for the summer, I haven’t had the chance to give any of my projects some decent attention. Maybe I could benefit from another hand or two helping me out with certain aspects, who knows! Despite some obvious neglect, I plan to update my blog with some older posts I have not transferred as of yet detailing the construction of my robot. Once I get this job thing sorted out, I hope to work on him a little more in time for next semester’s open house.

With all this tree sex going on I’ve also been waking up with progressively stuffier sinuses, which was never an issue until a few years ago. Makes me wonder what kind of state my immune system is in when it’s freaking out like this. I would love to have a sit-down with an immunologist or something and have him or her explain to me in greater detail the reactions happening in side of me to conjure up these annoying symptoms. Or I could ask my friend Google!

Jobs Jobs Jobs

Michel — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:34:53 +0000

It is crazy hard to get a job when you tell people you’re going back to school in the fall. I just finished a 2 hour assessment testing my various Office 2007 (sigh), basic math, and typing skills. Oh, and a grammar test I barely scraped by. I’ll blame that one on school

In any case, this is what I hope to be the first step on a journey to getting myself some summer employment. The stress of not having a job is starting to crack me open!

Truly Wireless

Michel — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:54:34 +0000

I am writing this post from my first generation iPhone! After looking into Fido’s plans for a while I finally made the leap paying only an additional 5 dollars for a 500MB data plan with unlimited texting (two things I wasn’t privy to until now )! Luckily I was never tied to a contract so porting my phone number was a breeze. I was also able to take advantage of their no system access fee promotional offer, cutting off a good 7 dollars from my bill forever!

I can’t help but make parallels between my iPhone and the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy… With Wikiedia and Google at my fingertips away from home, I will always be able to satiate my hunger for trivial knowledge. I can’t express how happy I am to be living in this day and age!

Exams!

Michel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:14:04 +0000

One tomorrow and two on Tuesday, so this past weekend has been quite busy for Carissa and I. With the amount of studying i have been doing however I am quite confident all three will be aced.

On Friday, I managed to excuse myself from study duty to prepare for my new PIC prototyping board which will soon be complete with the arrival of several 18F4520 samples. I can’t wait to start playing with it! A friend of mine had a Facebook status update stating how he wished he could scrobble songs from his record player so I immediately thought of modding one to recognize the record being played and connect with Last.fm to scrobble said track. Sounds like fun

A Fresh New Start!

Michel — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:54:37 +0000

Tada! I’ve finally put everything together into what you see now! It has taken a while and there is still quite a bit of work to be done, however I am confident that I will have my new website perfected within the month (or two? heheh).

Off to bed!