I’ve had several things that I’ve wanted to post about for some time now. I’m getting to the point now that if I don’t say SOMETHING about these topics, they’ll slip past. And since I don’t have the time right now to fully blow them out, I’ve decided to do a sort of bulleted overview. Something is better than nothing right? So here it goes.

• Judging MSU Engineering Design Day
  As I mentioned here and there I was given the opportunity to serve as one of six judges for the computer science senior design projects that were presenting at MSU’s Fall Engineering Design Day. (Pictures here.) It was a really a great experience and I’m glad they want me back for the Spring. It brought back a lot of memories of back when I was working on my capstone project. Another cool thing was I was invited to the graduation breakfast the next morning (which I unfortunately didn’t get to make when I was graduating) which was a really nice presentation, and I got to hear an astronaut (Capt. Winston Scott, retired) speak and even had the chance to talk to him afterwards for a while. Very cool guy. I’m really lucky and happy that I live close enough to my alma mater to stay involved.
• Shoveling snow
  Being a homeowner comes with all kinds of other responsibilities, like shoveling your walk and drive so people don’t fall and sue you. Luckily, I actually don’t mind shoveling very much. It can be quite peaceful and relaxing. Today we are getting dumped on (about 8 inches outside right now, supposed to get up to 12) and when it gets to be too much snow it is less fun and more tedious, but at least it’s still pretty good exercise. It reminds me of when I was a kid though, going out after school to shovel. The snow muffles everything. I also happen to like snow. It’s not Winter in Michigan without the snow.Edit: Of course, I said this on the day that that we had nearly twelve inches of snow dropped on us. It was not quite as relaxing to shovel, but it was a good workout.
• The BeatLab
  My home studio (or “The BeatLab” as I call it) is quite complete. I am rocking the Korg Electribe MX-1 with some skill now and have created some rather good patterns. I’ve also managed to get it integrated with the KP3 and my digital world by going straight in to the FireBox and into Ableton Live 7. Using a nice little Saturator/Compressor combo I’m able to boost the signal up to a good level (the pre-amps on the FireBox are great for mics or guitars, but for the stereo signal of my groovebox it didn’t quite cut it.
• Partying downtown
  I’ve been spending more and more time downtown lately and it’s been nothing short of fantastic. I am really happy that I’ve started to make some more friends that not only like to go downtown, but a good number of them also live there. I have to say it makes me wish a bit that I had bought a place downtown myself, but in the end when I look back on my decision I can’t say I’m unhappy at all. Still, it’s great to be down there. If I ever strike the lottery I’ll be buying a place at the Book-Cadillac.
• Being sick
  I came down with something yesterday and it’s hanging with me a bit. Kind of a bad time for it given how busy things are at work (lots to do before vacation), but at least I’m able to work from home and still get all my stuff done.
• Wii!
  Against all odds, I got a Wii. It is fantastic. FANTASTIC.

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