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l33tminion) wrote2004-09-16 10:48 pm
l33tminion) wrote2004-09-16 10:48 pm
Surreal, with Many "Ownzed!" Moments
So, to update on my non-Wiki activities:
In ECS we've been experimenting with OpAmps, circuits that given power, produce an output that is proportional to (but much greater than) the difference between its two inputs. Apparently, this works somewhat like integration with saturation limits and a saturated flow rate, or, alternatively, like Forklift the (extremely muscular) construction worker who worked at Olin last year. Gill Pratt (our ECS teacher, the coolest guy ever, and the guy who left a tenured position at MIT to teach at Olin) is a bit... obsessed with Forklift. To illustrate Gill's attitude towards Forklift, I've lifted this quote from the Olin Quote Page (not all work-safe):
Gill Pratt, Olin professor (to Forklift, the construction worker): "Take it off! Take it off!"
... Yeah... That's Gill for you...
In Design Nature, we're designing our mechanical jumpers. We've finished our idea sketches and are moving on to sketch models (simple models made out of foam, paper clips, gaffers tape, and rubber bands).
In Math and Physics, we're beginning to develop our mathematical models for the bottle rockets.
The subject line describes this evening's FILM club movie, "The Triplets of Belleville," which is hard to describe, but fun to watch. The entire film is absurd and surreal, the artistic style is excellent and unusual, and... well... there's fishing with grenades! See it!
That's all for now, as I have work to do!
In ECS we've been experimenting with OpAmps, circuits that given power, produce an output that is proportional to (but much greater than) the difference between its two inputs. Apparently, this works somewhat like integration with saturation limits and a saturated flow rate, or, alternatively, like Forklift the (extremely muscular) construction worker who worked at Olin last year. Gill Pratt (our ECS teacher, the coolest guy ever, and the guy who left a tenured position at MIT to teach at Olin) is a bit... obsessed with Forklift. To illustrate Gill's attitude towards Forklift, I've lifted this quote from the Olin Quote Page (not all work-safe):
Gill Pratt, Olin professor (to Forklift, the construction worker): "Take it off! Take it off!"
... Yeah... That's Gill for you...
In Design Nature, we're designing our mechanical jumpers. We've finished our idea sketches and are moving on to sketch models (simple models made out of foam, paper clips, gaffers tape, and rubber bands).
In Math and Physics, we're beginning to develop our mathematical models for the bottle rockets.
The subject line describes this evening's FILM club movie, "The Triplets of Belleville," which is hard to describe, but fun to watch. The entire film is absurd and surreal, the artistic style is excellent and unusual, and... well... there's fishing with grenades! See it!
That's all for now, as I have work to do!