adventures: Archive

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May 28th

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Apr 7th

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“Engineering major with three relevant internships in the engineering field?...”

– Washington Post - Not all college majors are created equal

Apr 4th

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Mar 25th

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Mar 24th

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Mar 22nd

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Mar 22nd

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Mar 22nd

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Jan 27th

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Facebook Tagging + Phone #s

Now this is weird… Take the last 3 digits of your mobile phone number. Example: *******235. Write it down such as @*[235:0] Remove the “*” (the star)… Type it in my comments box below then press ENTER. The name won’t show up until you click enter.. YOUR PHONE HAS A NAME **this legit works! this is totally funny and crazy Upon seeing this on Facebook, along with...

Jan 14th

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Jan 7th

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Jan 4th

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Jan 2nd

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Jan 2nd

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Dec 29th

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awesome.

https://www.google.com/#q=let+it+snow&fp=1

Dec 17th

“the letter c is overrated. - @lifekraze”

– lifekraze.com

Dec 17th

Dec 16th

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Resistor Color Code Helper →

Ever attempted to find a resistor color code with a big chart of a wheely thing, etc? Now all you have to do is type in the desired resistor value (it will even round off for you), then hit go. Up comes a picture with the colors and a confirmation. Enjoy!

Dec 16th

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Watch

Arduino Board 3x3 LED Matrix demo. Random matrix pulses.

Dec 15th

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RingSong - Call someone with a song →

A fun project I’ve made recently. The idea is you can send funny / reminder / etc. songs to someone as a call. If they don’t pick up, their answering machine will pick it up. Great for songs with memories, happy birthday reminders, jokes, etc.

Dec 14th

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Oar Run

Today I ran across a good part of Downtown Chattanooga with a teammate and a sweeping oar. It definitely attracted a few funny glances. One of those things at rowing that I’ve always been wanting to do.

Dec 14th

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Procrastination

Today I learned that a Stanford professor earned the Ig nobel prize for an essay on procrastionation. Ironically, I’m procrastinating by building an online tool to keep you accountable with your time. Well at least, until I get it working. Time zones can be a pain. (The online tool is roughly done, just final details at the moment). - Edit - it seems the online tool is more motivating...

Dec 14th

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Arduino - Read a number from Serial →

Here is a quick debugging script that reads the inputted number from the serial port, returns it as an int and you can go along without having to do the math or scan the string using a stdlib. Demos included, Enjoy! Wow. Just use StreamParseInt. This is buggy and messy!

Dec 14th

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Spotify Coding Challange - Best Before

Spotify Judge puzzle@spotify.com - 11:11 PM (51 minutes ago) attached: best_before.py ”” Hello Iain, Thank you for submitting a solution to our problem “bestbefore”! We have tested your solution, and we are happy to report that it solved the problem! We hope you had as fun with it as we did. Yours truly, Spotify Finished the best before spotify coding...

Dec 11th

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Common Application Copy + Paste Fixes →

Here’s a quick fix for those of you that cannot copy + paste on the Common Application. It’s quick and easy - a browser extension, that can be uninstalled when you’re done, etc. No copy+pasting code into the address bar, that’s already done for you.

Dec 8th

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How to Fail @ Writing →

the top ten tips to really, really stink at writing: never use spellcheck — it’s totally for whimps. TURN IT OF outlines are limiting like training wheels, show your inner creativity and just write without them writing is not about structure, grammar, or content but getting the total word count …. read more

Dec 8th

tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?

Dec 6th

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Electronics Class Blog →

If you’re into electronics or programming, check out my other blog - wiresrock, with updates on electronics, programming, and robotics.

Dec 6th

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Dec 3rd

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Tests and Stress

For my last calculus test, I decided to take the test thursday, opening up two slots to take the test before it was due, either late thursday night or friday morning. Since my school lets me retake an online exam, I opted for the thursday night test. Arriving after crew practice, I was tired, hungry, and running out of time. After downing a protein cliff bar, I attacked the test. The test went by...

Nov 21st

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