On Vacation

I found a much more stable Internet connection, so communications should not be a problem any more. We went to Freeport yesterday, and had a great time. I picked up a sharpening stone at LL Bean, so now I can easily sharpen my knives. With this new Internet connection, I managed to break another blog I was working on. Ideally cusp.caltech.edu/blog would have the blog for the Caltech Undergraduate Sustainabily Project. Unfortunately, I managed to set it to an incorrect site, so whenever I try to get to the set up page to fix it, I can’t because the set up page is also set incorrectly. After I fix that, I hope to do some research for my new business.

Maine

I’m up in Maine now. I managed to find a spotty wifi access point to the Internet, but I can reliably check email about once per day. The weather has been great so far, and I am having a great time relaxing. Now I have time to catch up on some stuff I had been meaning to get to, including putting together my business, renewing domain names and setting up websites, getting the CUSP website set up well, and making some software for my dad’s business. It should be a fun vacation. I’ll time to relax if I want, but also time to catch on things if I want.

Back in Boston

I am now back in Boston after taking a red eye flight from SFO to BOS. The flight was nice, mostly because I don’t remember most of it. It took a little bit to get off the ground, as the plane we supposed to take was delayed. Then a computer glitch on the taxiway forced us to wait for a reset from maintenance. I’m not quite sure why there was a glitch in the first place, or why maintenance was required to fix it, but the there seemed to no impact on the flight, and we landed safely.

Now I am getting ready to move up to Maine. Soon I will go visit my sister at Friendly’s, where is she is working. I brought her back a CSI cap I found a surplus store near Synaptics, so she will have a hat to wear for vacation in Maine.

I might have sporadic Internet access the next two weeks, so if you need to reach me, try calling, as it will be probably more reliable and faster. I will try to get my email at least once a day though.

Laser Cutter Fun

Today I used the laser for my first time to cut stuff for a prototype I’m making. I can’t post many details on the Internet yet, but I was able to cut a 1/16 inch wide ring about 2 inches diameter out of 1.5 mm thick acrylic. Impressive given my previous machining abilities. I hope to learn how to use the laser cutter more effectively and be able to make some stuff for my Ditch Day stack with it.

Also today I got Kipling and I some baking supplies and used them to make my first baked goods in San Jose. Kipling had a “Baker’s Edge” brownie pan, which he probably saw on Thinkgeek. There were indeed many edges, with some bars coming out with edges on three sides. I will bring the rest into work tomorrow to share in anticipation of my first cake baking in San Jose, which my coworkers are looking forward to with eager stomachs.

I finished watching Babylon 5 Season 3, and am waiting to get seasons 4 and 5 so I can continue watching. After I’m through with some JMS stuff, I’ll probably watch some BSG, read some HALO, and get back to writing my movie, which will be most likely be completely different, after seeing the lead up to the Shadow War in B5.

“What we should do Commander, is understanding, clearly, that this is Humanity’s final stand…” — Fleet Admiral Sir Terrance Hood, UNSC

A Nontrival Extension to the Mac and Cheese Theorem

I first proposed this at dinner one night a few month ago, but thought I’d post about it. Something new to try: pour grated cheese over hot and freshly cooked rice. If you get the rice hot enough to melt the cheese, the result is delicious. When I brought this to the table, my friend Nathan deemed it “a nontrival extension to the Mac and Cheese Theorem.” And now you know.