Another month (or two), another entry. I've been quite distracted from BZPower recently as the college semester draws to a close and finals week is waxing and, finally, waning. I do have some rather nice updates, though, ironically during the time in which I should be studying/working on essays due for my finals. >>;;
My Transformation Part II has been updated with a new chapter, and I highly encourage you read it (since it has not gotten attention for months).
Also, I've updated m
I made these two images in Mathematica and tidied them up in Photoshop. They're graphs in the complex plane. The color indicates the phase, or argument, of the complex number, and for this function, curves of equal phase are hyperbolas. To animate it, all I did was let the phase vary linearly in time. 8D
And it was glorious. I was going to work on my E&M homework, but my body decided to rob me of all focus and initiative. I then ended up in my bed and slept for about three and half hours with no homework progress. Hooray? Also, I've realized that I haven't finished my Time Cruisers/Twisters reviews, and I kind of want to retake the pictures for them (I have the pictures on my computer of when I first built them and planned to review them, but they're sub par...). Then I'd like to do so
Over the past week I caught a shiny Remoraid (evolved it and gave it to Tekulo), shiny Octillery, and shiny Clauncher (traded from Tekulo's X version). I have become a consecutive fishing master! I want to get a shiny Corsola next. Also, I had a very enjoyable Thanksgiving with my family and our friends. Tomorrow I head back to my apartment, and then Monday is school as usual.
Haldo, BZPeople! As you may have noticed, this summer the blogs were highly accented with my extreme absence since I took a trip to the northern UK. The reason for this absence is simple: I was studying for, and subsequently started taking, my preliminary examinations for continuation to my Ph.D. in physics. Last week for me was filled with three four-hour exams: one on Monday (Quantum Mechanics), one on Wednesday (Electromagnetism), and one on Friday (Classical, Special Relativity, and Statis
Tomorrow my roommate (of three years), a fellow physics graduate student, and I are going to watch the three extended Lord of the Rings movies. In a row. In one day. My roommate has tried this once on another occasion, but we couldn't help but bleed into the next day. Here's hoping that we can manage it this time. Also, three day weekend! 8D
For those of you who aren't Glenn Beck fans, the title is actually a term of endearment.
The reason for the Glenn Beck inside joke? I was at his Insiders Convention in Akron, Ohio this past Saturday, and I had a great time. I got to shake Glenn's hand, got a picture with him, and he talked with my mom and spoke to my dad on the phone due to some very humorous circumstances. Unfortunately, I did not inherit my mother's socializing genes, so I didn't say much. >>;
Also, it appears
Yup, Hallow's Eve has come and gone. I had a blast, and once again dressed as Mario. Expect a comic this weekend about it or something (I hope...). Today we had a marching band concert. It felt really weird to play our music sitting down... Had I been standing up, I could've played so much better. I can't get a good posture in those dang metal chairs...
Anywho, thanks to the divine grace of our team making it to playoffs, marching band season lives on for another week! W00teh! And for
I hope everyone had a fun-filled day of costumes and sweets. My roommate and I stocked up on all sorts of candy, and no one showed up. It was sad, but the plus side is that we have enough candy to last through Christmas. My roommate dressed as Sherlock Holmes, and I dressed as his colleague, Dr. John H. Watson. I had a fun time. 8D
(Click for larger image) The one on the left is my roommate's; the one on the right is mine. Happy Halloween, BZPower. (Also, check out my Haunted House review if you haven't already! It's full of awesome haunted house pictures!)
So, today is Tekulo's birthday. Since his birthday also happens to be Valentine's Day, and his job is baking, he's quite busy making pastries and other flour and sugar-based products for happy couples and families. And for himself, by the looks of it. Happy birthday, Tekky. I hope you have some part of the weekend off to make up for your busy day today. P.S. Go over here to wish Tekulo a happy birthday yourself! 8D
Just posted a review of the new Halloween-themed Minifigure 3-pack, so go check it out! Also, a lot of "Ask X" blog posts have been surfacing. Do I hop on the bandwagon and start my own? Hmm...
'Sup, BZPeoples? I've been away a while attending friends' weddings, visiting various peeps, rereading Harry Potter (still as magical as always), and working on research. If all goes well, this Friday will see me submitting a paper to the Journal of Chemical Physics. All in all, it's been a good few months. But now is the season of autumnal haunts, and I have grown very happy with the drop in temperature and the swap of palette. Over my fall break, I visited KK in the land of cheese, Wiscon
"The proportionality factor σ (not to be confused with surface charge) is an empirical constant that varies from one material to another; it's called the conductivity of the medium. Actually, the handbooks usually list the reciprocal of σ, called the resistivity: ρ = 1/σ (not to be confused with charge density—I'm sorry, but we're running out of Greek letters, and this is the standard notation)." This is the man who allegedly can teach physics to gerbils. I wish I could take a class with him
Yet again, my brothers suggested I do something that they've done. This time it was "watch Gravity Falls," a show which I knew of but didn't know much about. I have now finished the first season, and I must say it's a brilliant, funny show. In no particular order, what makes it stand out is The humor - By and far an important aspect of any comedy, the humor of Gravity Falls resonates very well, from the lamest pun to the brilliant stuff they get past the censors (and, wow, do they get a lot past
Direct detection of gravitational waves has been confirmed! Another milestone for physics! Also, Einstein was right again, for those of you keeping track at home. Dangit, Einstein.
