Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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I am having trouble with fast talking teachers and inacurate math lab assistants finding 4 different ways to do a problem that already takes an hour to do.  Here is a sample of one problem, for which there seem to be 3 ways to solve it by people that are “smarter” than me.

“A community birdwatching society makes and sells simple bird feeders to raise money for conservation activities. The materials for each feeder cost $6 and they sell an average of 20 per week. A survey finds that for every $1 increase, they lose 2 sales a week. find a function that models weekly profit in terms of price per feeder, and find what price gives the maximum profit. ”

I thought it was obvious that they should keep the same price, and just find a cheaper supplier in Elbonia.  The function Sarah helped me with, and the one the math lab prescribed were both wrong.  Maybe i should stop using the toothpaste i brought over from china.

Posted on September 20th, 2008 by admin
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dint realize these were so hard to make look right.

This really is our cat, and this popped into my head when i saw her do this.

Posted on September 10th, 2008 by admin
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For those of you who want to geek out with me for a second, let me show you what pisses off a mechanic.  This is why I was up till 8pm instead of going home at 5.  It is a bracket for the engine mount on the front of a Kia Sedona engine.  At first, I was impressed that this low budget mom wagon had such a nice engine in it.  Then i discovered one of the most truly stupid designs that unfortunately I frequently see as a mechanic.

The blue circles show the very adequate mounting holes for this part.  The yellow circle is around a strange slot for the lower alternator bolt, and the red circle, the cake taker, is for a bracket holding the A/C compressor.  neither one of which mechanically or even aesthetically do any good to the bracket.  However, I guess someone wanted a timing belt job to take 5 hours instead of 3, so they decided to incorporate the necessity of removing the alternator from its cramped quarters to get to this bolt, and make the bolts so long, they hit he body before they come out. I can only imagine the headache if the hole for the alternator bolt was not “modified” with a slot.  Asinine is too weak a word. maybe Asiten.

Posted on September 6th, 2008 by admin
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The header above has a button to my story about our trip to China.  It is finished with photos, and ready for viewing, for those of you who cannot or wont see it on myspace.com/geekwrench.

Posted on September 5th, 2008 by admin
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Its my first day of school post AA.  I turn in my apps for that this season anyway.  I now only work 4 days a week and if i cannot get my lab situation straightened out, I may take Wed morning off too.  Welp, i better get myself going.

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by admin
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Stress relief is very important. I take frequent breaks, I make sure my breaks return my stress level to something reasonable. However, before I take those breaks, my stress is at its peak. I have a hard time explaining to The Man that when I take a break, I need peace and quiet. What adds to the stress is that we do not have any sound proofing between the shop and the office and entry way.  I have accepted this as much as i can, but sometimes my customers are still surprised. Not to mention, questions hollered through the wall at me from the office on my break. The following research results are for The Man in his office, and my customers that walk into the shop during my peak periods of stress.

more graph humor and song chart memes

Posted on August 27th, 2008 by admin
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Its kinda sad i hafta do this, but I guess thats what makes me a geek, but to get this joke, refer to star wars the first movie, when OB wan uses his Jedi mind trick

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by admin
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For Star Trek night, i like to find a special beer.  at Bristol Farms in LA this weekend, i found this

If you can’t read the label, it says “He’Brew, the Chosen Beer. Pomegranate Ale”
Normally I don’t like fruity beer, but I think I will give this a shot.

Posted on August 25th, 2008 by admin
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I went to Cal Poly Pomona today to speak to a counselor. After driving by this place on road trips several times, I was strangely suprised how long a trip it was. Probably because I drove my own truck instead of Sarah’s Civic. It looks like i need to come up with about 8 grand to pull off 2 years of full time school to get my Engineering degree. Or, take it slow and graduate sometime after I turn 40.

The campus was huge and green, and very well catered to student comfort, my first impression. I visited the bookstore, not quite as big as UCR’s. The student center was scant and partialy under construction, and shockingly did not contain a Starbucks (but one is coming).

I am hoping to pull the 2 year deal, starting summer or fall of 09. I hope The Man understands my ambitions, but it looks like my days as Geeko are numbered.

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by admin
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