Tomorrow is Jeff's birthday, so the Superfriends went to breakfast to celebrate. And where did we eat? Only the best place on the planet: The Cracker Barrel. I like pancakes. And country ham. Mmm. Country ham.
After breakfast, Jeff, Amy, and I sat down for a brainstorming session about improving our code. Basically, we've decided to abandon the Matlab defined Runge-Kutta function and are going to write our own version that's better, faster, stronger. I won't bore you with the details though. Not now, at least.
At 1:00, Heather and I met with Dr. Fei (the new research professor on the carbon fiber project) and showed him how we do all of our characterization. He's familiar with the whole process, and I don't think he concluded that we're total nitwits. He is worried about us breathing the molten wax fumes from the soldering gun. I don't mind them, but I do mind the pink elephants that steal my carbon fibers.
After a long-winded discussion with Dr. Fei, we had to hurry over to the seminar today: "Lessons Learned During 45 Years of Engineering and Management Career" by Dr. Frank W. Steinle, Jr. Topics included: handling the unfamiliar, smelling for fish, admiring the monkey, utilizing the Boyd theory, getting a decision, discovering territorial boundaries, forming alliances, and having fun in the midst of chaos. This was a different seminar than what we usually get; instead of a bunch of technical broohaha, we got all kinds of nuggets of wisdom from a guy who's been around the block a few times. He was pretty well-spoken, covered everything he meant to cover, and I still could not tell you what on earth "admiring the monkey," means. Honestly.
I went to gym after the seminar, and it's been all downhill from there.
Also, Jeff and I apparently have a following at Amy's mom's company. We know you're out there. Yes, you. At the computer. You know who you are.
07 February 2007
Admiring The Monkey
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Yes, Lee, you and Jeff do have groupies here at "Amy's Mom's" office. We can't wait to get our coffee and boot up the computers when we get in to catch up on your new adventures.
Seriously, you are ALL (my daughter included) very entertaining and I am amazed at the wit and wisdom that young adults at your tender age can exhibit. Not to mention you are all quite brilliant (but I don't want to inflate any egos here.) You give the "older generation" hope for the future. Keep up the good work, and we'll keep tuning in from time to time.
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