after a quick 24 hour trip down and back. it was a good and geeky day..
the meeting we ran today was really interesting and nerdy… in a good
way. I can’t go in to the topic here.. but I had the idea that I wanted
to do a little show and tell at the meeting… I mail ordered some
cool sensor units that IBM builds for another company.. They’re very
cool chips that can talk to each other wirelessly.. I got them working
in the car ride down last night (don’t worry… I wasn’t driving). then
finished them up in my hotel room last night.. The result is a system
that can wirelessly monitor temp, humidity and light level in four
different locations..
was fun waling in to the meeting today with a piece of working
hardware.. even if we hadn’t designed it.. our company had helped make
it possible.. I love things you can actually touch and feel..
I
wasn’t the only nerd in out 8 hour meeting today.. I found at the very
end that 4 out of the 10 folks in the room were from MIT.. That
realization happened when I spotted the tell-tale ‘brass rat’ …the
class ring with the MIT beaver mascot… on the finger of Lloyd t.
turns out that he, Steve, Dario and I were all alums.. we started to
geek out on field of study (6.1, 6.5, 8.1, 6.3 and where they
lived, Tang, Bexley. MacGregor .. if you’re from MIT you’ll know
what that all means.. ) I was proud and happy tobe around co-alums.
ended the meetign around 5L3 then Dave, Steve and I headed home.. On
the way, we stopped at the ‘Blue Colony’ diner.. had to eat tehre
because of the name !.. And Dave recommended it highly.. it’s a great
Greek place.. I had spanikopita, dolmas and greek salad..it was enough
for 3 people !
Nite Sam !
-me