Category: Personal
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Playing with a Power Meter
I bought a outlet power meter from Amazon — the kind where you plug-through the device to reach to the actual outlet — and the device measures energy usage. This particular one has the basics: power (kWh), current (A), AC voltage (V, presumably rms), and a couple oddities like power factor and energy cost that…
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Comitting Life to Memory
As we grow older, time moves faster because we have fewer novel experiences per unit of time. Also, each day we experience is increasingly less significant to us if we think of each day as equally impactful. It seems inevitable that time moves faster and faster for the rest of our days. Why? The reality…
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Mentally Lazy
I’ve been feeling mentally lazy over the past two weeks. My experience of it is similar to depression, but without the emotional impacts so much as the schedule and motivation ones. Why? Namely, it’s for the following reasons: These factors come together to gut my initiative. Time rolls by while my to-do list grows if…
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Caribbean Cruise: Winter 2023
Hello world! It’s been some time because the whole family’s been out of the country on a luxury cruise. I’m not dead. We left on November 28th on the Norwegian Pearl and returned on December 9th. Overall, it was a very positive experience even though we had a few extra guests that we didn’t plan…
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Remember: Make Time for You
You have to take care of you. You are the only you that you will have. We might make friends along the way, and they are a great comfort in this rough world, but ultimate responsibility lies with number one. You are that number one. The point of view. The singularity. As engineers, we experience…
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Protected: Disposable Camera
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