http://engineer.cc an academic endeavor of epic proportions Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:56:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many people (myself included) went ahead and upgraded to Firmware 3.0.1 without thinking twice. Unfortunately, if you don't have a data plan and you're working with a phone that has been jailbroken, you're going to need to reactivate your phone again. Currently, there are no fixes for redsn0w to address ... http://engineer.cc/2009/08/iphone-3-0-1-activation-fix/ I've added several new slide rule simulators here: http://engineer.cc/tools/sliderules.html Enjoy. I hope to update this blog more frequently now that my class schedule isn't as hectic. We'll see what happens though. Until then, enjoy learning how to use a slide rule. http://engineer.cc/2009/07/slide-rule-simulator/ When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it. One of my friends is now a millionaire. First, let me start by saying that it couldn't have happened to a better guy. If anyone at our university should have won it, it was Andrick. Andrick Humphreys said he had a “small ... http://engineer.cc/2009/06/my-friend-the-millionaire/ Isn't it wonderful to be a week and a half away from graduation and not knowing what will happen in one of your classes? I think so. It took me 13 weeks to get a tutor in a class that is 15 weeks long. I have a professor that seems ... http://engineer.cc/2009/04/isnt-it-wonderful/ Applying for grad school is tough... especially when you're months behind the competition. Those of you that have been following my blog know exactly what I'm talking about, so I'll spare you the long story. Anyhow, my graduate pursuits have lead me to apply to: Ohio State University Ohio University West Virginia University Marshall ... http://engineer.cc/2009/03/graduate-applications/ My brain is mush, soft and gray. The mania has come my way. I've cut apart more things to slices, than Jack the Ripper care suffices. I do not drink and then derive, I think this keeps my grades alive. Of all the answers I've contrived, and equations I've split ... http://engineer.cc/2009/03/math-maniac/ Today, the gods of academia bestowed the nessicary course waiver/substitution documents to allow me to graduate. This is nothing short of fantastic, since I've been trying to get the math department to acknowledge this issue for almost 6 months and more specifically, attempting to get the waiver/sub for the past ... http://engineer.cc/2009/03/partial-victory/ Me: "Do you want to learn some basic physics?" Donny: "sure" Me: "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction" Donny: "right..." Me: "And sometimes it hurts worse" http://engineer.cc/2009/03/sometimes-im-rather-random/ Instructions Step 1: Download and install the Garmin POI Loader software from garmin.com. Click Support, Software Updates, Additional Software, StreetPilot c330, then POI Loader for Windows. Step2: Pick one or more Geocaches on Geocaching.com which you would like to find. Step3: Download the GPX file for each Geocache. Just click the GPX ... http://engineer.cc/2009/03/geocache-with-a-garmin-streetpilot-c330-gps/ "I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. Where have we heard it before? Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national ... http://engineer.cc/2009/02/weekly-wisdom-1/