after a quick 24 hour trip down and back. it was a good and geeky day..<\/p>\n
the meeting we ran today was really interesting and nerdy… in a good<\/p>\n
way. I can’t go in to the topic here.. but I had the idea that I wanted<\/p>\n
to do a little show and tell at the meeting… I mail ordered some<\/p>\n
cool\u00a0 sensor units that IBM builds for another company.. They’re very<\/p>\n
cool chips that can talk to each other wirelessly.. I got them working<\/p>\n
in the car ride down last night (don’t worry… I wasn’t driving). then<\/p>\n
finished them up in my hotel room last night.. The result is a system<\/p>\n
that can wirelessly monitor temp, humidity and light level in four<\/p>\n
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was fun waling in to the meeting today with a piece of working<\/p>\n
hardware.. even if we hadn’t designed it.. our company had helped make<\/p>\n
it possible.. I love things you can actually touch and feel.. <\/p>\n
I<\/p>\n
wasn’t the only nerd in out 8\u00a0 hour meeting today.. I found at the very<\/p>\n
end\u00a0 that 4 out of the 10 folks in the room were from MIT..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That<\/p>\n
realization happened when I spotted the tell-tale ‘brass rat’ …the<\/p>\n
class ring with the MIT beaver mascot…\u00a0 on the finger of Lloyd t.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
turns out that he, Steve, Dario and I were all alums.. we started to<\/p>\n
geek out on field of study (6.1, 6.5, 8.1, 6.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and where they<\/p>\n
lived, Tang, Bexley. MacGregor\u00a0\u00a0 .. if you’re from MIT you’ll\u00a0 know<\/p>\n
what that all means.. )\u00a0 I was proud and happy tobe around co-alums. <\/p>\n
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ended the meetign around 5L3 then Dave, Steve and I headed home.. On<\/p>\n
the way, we stopped at the ‘Blue Colony’ diner.. had to eat tehre<\/p>\n
because of the name !.. And Dave recommended it highly.. it’s a great<\/p>\n
Greek place.. I had spanikopita, dolmas\u00a0 and greek salad..it was enough<\/p>\n
for 3 people !<\/div>\n
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Nite Sam !<\/p>\n
-me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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11:59PM on Wed night.. just got home from NY 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 … Continue reading Wednesday late night – nerd pride<\/span>