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New Toys – Project Updates

I have been working on a few projects recently. Two of them involve having custom PCBs made. I’m currently waiting for them to arrive. In order to prototype and test the circuits, I had to order a ...

Hip MRI!

A few months ago, I found out that my school offers a diving class. I enrolled and was having fun for a few weeks until I messed up an entry off the 3m board and hurt myself. I didn’t notice initia...

Slow Motion Roller Derby

I recently purchased a Casio EX-FH100 digital camera. Unlike most other point-and-shoots, this one can do high-speed video. It ranges from regular 720p HD video at 30fps to high-speed 120 fps(640 x...

Projects Update

I’ve decided to actually write about what I’ve been up to in the past few years. Today, I’m going to start with a project from the summer of 2006. I decided to go to DEFCON and take part in the def...

Not-so-Quick Update

I still haven’t written about my Svalbard trip. Thankfully, I took some notes while I was there, so I will not forget the important details by the time I do write it. Stockholm My last week in Fi...

Quick Update!

blah I am writing this in an internet cafe in Oslo… Svalbard was amazing! I will probably write quite a bit about it when I return and ...

Utö Weekend

Near the cottage. Saturday August 7th My day started at 3:50am when I woke up. I had set my alarm to 4:00am, but I woke up before it an...

Vacation

It has been two months since I arrived to Finland. I have two vacation days for every working month, so I decided to use them two weeks from now. I’m not really sure when I will be in this part of...

Helsinki Weekend

July 23-25 After leaving from work on Friday, I took the train to Helsinki. After arriving, I went to drop off my backpack to the host...

Suolijärvi

June 24th One partof the lake. There are tons of lakes in Finland. Lake Suolijärvi is nearest to where I live. Several international ...