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    Eeko's 19th Night at College

    By Eeko,

    Day 19
     
    Today was my first official day of working in the laser lab. It was just me and a senior, and we were working on the plumbing.
    We had to fit a heat exchanger, which is basically just a heavy metal cube, into a mess of hoses and pumps.
    We managed to disconnect most of the hoses and screw the exchanger into the box, and then set to the task of reconnecting the hoses.
    And these are no normal hoses.
    They're designed to withstand extreme water pressure, so they're about 8mm thick PVC, with metal wiring all throughout it. Which has the added side effect of being nearly impossible to bend, much less turn the sharp corners we needed.
    Fortunately, yours truly came up with the solution.
    We used a hair dryer to heat up the hoses, and made them flexible for just long enough to attach them.
     
    Mission Accomplished.
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    Eeko's 20th Night at College

    By Eeko,

    Day 20
     
    Dang, 20 days already.
     
     
    Well, Tuesdays are still my least favorite day. Early morning Phys Ed and late night Humanities just don't make for a good day.
     
    Not to mention I went through seven years of Scantrons for the Physics Dept. Man those are heavy.
     
    My Chem lab was pretty good today though, we did some actual chemistry finally.
     
    I seem to remain my halls resident Physics expert, since we had another study group for the homework that's due tomorrow.
     
    I'm gonna polish off this paper, and head to bed.
     
    G'night y'all!
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    Electro-swing

    By Eeko,

    So, I've been listening to Caravan Palace recently. Absolutely love 'em.
     
    Anyways, I realised that Caravan Palace was the only Electro-swing I have, and that just will not do.
     
    Which brings me to the point of this entry:
    What are some good Electro-swing artists?
    I know very little about this genre, other than it being awesome.
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    Eeko's 17th Night at College

    By Eeko,

    Day 17
     
    Well, I missed breakfast, due to the little sleep I got.
     
    I played more Minecraft for most of the afternoon.
    We got a totally awesome mountain base, which we cover the outside in water, so it can't easily be blown up. It looks awesome.
    However, the admins for this server were really abusing their powers. Flying around and killing people on a strict survival server is all kinds of messed up.
    It was great though, cause the two other guys I was playing with all had pon skins on. I was Vinyl, and they were Dash and Octavia.
     
    Best team ever.
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    Eeko's 16th Night at College

    By Eeko,

    Day 16
     
    Classes were pretty easy/boring today, although I do have to write a one page summary of why I became a Physics major.
    I hate writing assignments like that.
     
    Anyways, the real fun came later in the day. Me and two other people started a Minecraft faction for are hall on the school's server. It was tons of fun, except when an Enderman spawned in our hall.
     
    Then, I learned how to play Magic: The Gathering, and played that for about two hours. Then I realised it was 1:30, and maybe we should get to bed.
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    Eeko's 14th Night at College

    By Eeko,

    Day 14
     
    So, I saw my new favorite math joke today:
     
    A like of infinite Mathmaticians walk into a bar.
    The first one orders a drink.
    The second one orders half a drink.
    The third one orders a quarter of a drink.
    After the fourth one orders, the bartender puts two drinks on the counter and says:
    "You boys really need to learn your limits!"
     
     
    I lol'd.
     
    Anyways, we had Physics lab today. Which turned into "what's wrong with the software".
     
    Anyways, classes were pretty nondescript today.
     
    Later!
     
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    Eeko's 9th Night at College

    By Eeko,

    Day 9
     
    Yay for weekends!
     
     
    I started the day off by putting the wrong notebook in my bag, so I had to come all the way back after Calc to turn in my homework.
     
    I got a (very) short tour of the laser system that I'll be helping to fix. We believe it's a problem with the heat exchanger, but we haven't been able to reproduce the failure.
     
    The school had their organizational fair today, so I signed up for Glee Club, Ski Club, and the gaming/Anime/D&D coverall group.
     
    And now I got all of tomorrow off. B)
     
    Except for, you know, homework.
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    Day 8
     
    Well, it's that time again.
    Thursday's are my light days, so all I had class-wise was an 8 o'clock Phys Ed. class.
     
    I spent a good portion of the afternoon updating the wall with all the Physics Student's pictures and names on it.
     
    We had our Physics Pizza Party. Not a lot happened, it was really more of a meet-an-greet.
     
     
    That's about all the non-study related activities for the day.
     
    See ya tomorrow!
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    Day 7
     
    Well, it appears that I've officially survived my first week of college!
    *yay*
     
    As for today's activities, not a whole lot exciting happened. I went to Physics, Calc, and Chem lectures.
    I also had Physics lab for the first time today. Which really kinda sucked because all it was was a diagnostic exsm to see what we already new.
     
    Then all the Freshman got had to go to a manatory survey, done by the same people who do the ACTs. So that was also a terrible waste of time.
     
     
    Looking forward to tomorrow though. I only have one class Thursdays, and then I do some DA work. Other than that I'm totally free.
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    I swear, I will eventually blog about something else. This is all I've had time for so far.
     
     
    Day 6
     
    Let me just go on record saying that it should be a crime to give someone morning and night classes on the same day.
    I got up early to go to an 8:00 Fitness and Wellness class, then more Calc.
    I did some more work as DA, just delivering and picking up stuff mostly.
    I did get to talk with one of the Physics Professors about doing some independant research in the laser lab, which would be sweet.
    Then there was Chem lab, which was mostly just getting to know the software we'll be using.
     
    Lastly I have an (ugh) 6:30-9:00 Humanities class.
    The instructor is great and fun.
    But still, two and-a-half hours of humanities.
     
    As far as non-academia activities... I bought by dad a birthday card, and that was about it. Tuesday's are pretty busy it seems.
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    Day 4
     
    Today was pretty cool.
    We had chapel at the beautiful church on campus, and the men's Glee club led the hymns.
     
    Talked more and met more people.
     
    We had a short RA meeting. Our RAs are pretty cool, they're really helpful, and fairly leniant.
     
    I tried to get my MacBook on the wifi again. It'll connect at the IT Center but it doesn't like my halls router.
     
    Lastly, we went to the Orientation Board's "Off Broadway", where the various OB groups present skits. They were really good, along with one of the best renditions of "A New York Minute".
     
     
    Well, classes start tomorrow, so I'm off to bed.
    G'night!
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    Day 3
     
    Not a whole lot happened today.
    I bought my 650 dollars worth of books, and lugged 'em all the way across campus. Man those were heavy.
     
    Finally got some game time in, so I played some Assassin's Creed II.
     
    Lastly, we had a carnival at around 8:00, which was pretty awesome. They had the typical carnival type games, but they also had a Gamecube set up, and were running Melee games. I owned my first round as Sheik, and then was promptly creamed because of Big Blue.
     
     
     
    Like I said, not a lot happened.
    Goodnight!
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    Hello everyone!
     
    I figured college would be a great excuse for me to join the 'Closing Thoughts' bandwagon.
     
    Since I didn't do one yesterday, you get a brief rundown of day 1 as well.
     
     
    Day 1
     
    Moved in, got settled, and met some people.
    Got a school issued laptop, which isn't bad. It's a touch screen, and folds into a tablet.
    There was a party in one of the main halls for the freshmen, didn't meet too many people though, since it was really crowded.
     
     
    Day 2
     
    Spent half an hour trying to find the cafeteria with my roomie. It was nice out though, so I didn't mind the walk.
    Attended 'Student Life' lectures until lunch.
    The Physics Department had a meeting, and man am I excited. The professors are really great, and really love the work they're doing. Since there's only 12 freshmen declaring Physics as their major, we get a lot of one-on-one with the professors. On Tuesday, I might get to start fixing up a laser that one of the faculty is working on. Plus, I already have a job as Department Assistant, which'll make some nice side cash.
    Lastly, they showed "The Incredibles" on a giant screen outside. So we had a nice little social out there.
     
     
    That's all for tonight! See you all tomorrow!
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    A bit nervous...

    By Eeko,

    Well, I'm all packed up. (for the most part)
    I leave on Wednesday to go to Grove City College.
    As excited as I am, I gotta say, I'm scared to death.
     
     
    I'm not sure why, but the thought of college is just overwhelmingly terrifying.
    That'll probably all settle within my first day, but still, it's gonna be an intersting move.
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    Moved in

    By Eeko,

    Well, I'm all moved in.
    First day has been pretty exciting.
     
    Although Steam won't run in anything but Offline Mode here, and I can't seem to connect my Macbook to the wifi.
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    So I was at Macaroni Grill for my sister's birthday, and they gave us crayons with which to draw.
     
    So I said to myself:
    "You know Eeko? I'm gonna actually draw something! I never do!"
     
    Here's a minute by minute breakdown of what happened.
     
    1st min: Automatic default to Triforce.
    2nd min: Get bored and try to freehand a Fibonacci Spiral.
    3rd min: Get to about n=9 on the spiral, start jotting down as much of the Fibonacci sequence as I can on the tablecloth, get about thirty numbers down.
    4th min: Short Tic-Tac-Toe break.
    5th min: And now I'm just freehand graphing current in an RC circuit.
     
     
    This is why I can't have nice things.
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    So hey guys, I'm having some trouble with one of my Custom Maps, titled "The Grid".
    When I subscribe to it, it won't show up on my queue. Normally I could just load up the file, but I made it on my laptop, and am trying to play it on my desktop.
     
    Any idea why this is? Will it work for someone else?
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    Bastion

    By Eeko,

    Oh man, that was a fantastic game.
    I want this to be a movie, preferably directed by the Coen Brothers. It would be fantastic.
     
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    Quantum Conundrum

    By Eeko,

    So I beat Quantum Conundrum, I and I thought I might do a little review on it.
     
    First, the good:
     
    The puzzle 'gimmick' is fantastic, the IDS (Inter-Dimensional Shifting) device is a great idea. It's smooth, easy to use, and leads to some really cool puzzles.
    John De Lancie. I know him primarily from MLP: FiM, since I never watched much Star Trek. Regardless of whether you've seen him or not, he's still a fantastic voice actor, and he fits really well into games.
     
    Now for the (rather lengthy) bad:
     
    Some of you may have seen the review from a certain fedora-clad Australian. Normally I don't put much stock in his reviews, since they're made more for comedy than accuracy. However, this time I agreed with him on pretty much everything.
    First and foremost, the game is not funny. All the humor comes soley from De Lancie, and it's all very disjointed. There's no cohesion to the jokes, or really to the story.
    Also, the game is fairly easy. I was only stumped on one puzzle, and even then it was only about 10-15 minutes before I got it. Everything else was a breeze to figure out.
    It's also a very short game, with only a little bit more playtime than Portal. Portal got away with this by having an engaging story, and difficult puzzles.
     
     
    This sounds like a lot of negativity, but don't get me wrong. I did rather enjoy the game, it just had quite a few shortcomings.
    I'd recommend it soley for the puzzles, and probably not at full price.
     
    For those of you who've played the game, what did you think of it?
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