- Re-derived the principles of fast ion current drive created by neutral beam injection in a tokamak
- Determined that the sun will not be ejected from the galaxy via cumulative small pitch-angle scattering due to gravitational interactions with all the other stars in the galaxy within several ages of the Universe
- Earned a Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Grew and lost a beard over a bet with my girlfriend (and stubbornness)
- Renovated my office; now with red walls, optimized desk, and a tri-story hedgehog cage
- Visited Door County for the first time over New Year's
- Renovated by bedroom; now with light blue walls, a solid wood bedframe, and curtains
- Begun the process of moving in with my girlfriend, Kristen
- Installed lighting fixtures
- Deduced how to hotwire lighting fixtures when the included Chinese instructions turned out to be wrong using only a trusty multimeter and a screwdriver
- Learned how to hotwire a furnace
- Learned how much a replacement furnace blower motor costs
- Learned why one needs to reprogram a furnace control system when a new blower motor is installed
- Continued to procrastinate about writing a PhD Preliminary Examination
I'll do my best to write more regularly. For instance, it would now appear that oversized muskrats are being mistaken for divers -- earning gunshot to the face! Let this be a caution to all divers out there...
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