Dreadhead Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Congrats to your son Mike. Good luck to him on UofF. What's he want to study? I spent the last couple days doing a validation of a non-linear wave code I wrote for my PhD Thesis and showed that the non-linearity is a lot more important than even I thought it was. Pretty cool that the wave I'm simulating is nearly 100ft tall. This will probably get me a few sweet ass publications.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Is it me having a senior moment - or has there been a sort of mass change in people's avatars?Mike, Al, and I (amongst others) change our avatars on a frequent basis. I actually didn't for the longest time (the death/watch one), but will probably start changing them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I just changed to my Christmas one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Had our annual, lame holiday party today, which is basically a rushed lunch. Everybody brings the most fattening food possible and we eat as much of it as we can before facilitating groups and having to pretend we're awake. Got stiffed by my secret Santa for the 2nd time in three years. What's up with that? Packing for Tampa now. I'm very happy to be heading out for this weekend!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 I'm going to guess that it's because I have't been naughty. I've been damn boring. It's a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Sounds like you've some experience with this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Darts == throwing knives adjusted for the weight difference as well? There's also a joke in there about a really small shovel, too, but I'll leave that one alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 i use tablespoons, i adjusted down for the body weight difference. I'm never arm wrestling you if you can get tablespoons to stick into a dartboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Dell laptop battery gave up the ghost, it can't hold a charge for more than 10 minutes anymore and it says "consider replacing your battery." It lasted a good what, 6 months? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Finally got out for my first Santa gig of the season. It was just a home visit and there were only 7 kids there, but it went quite well. On my way out, some of the neighbors saw me heading for my Ford Edge (not exactly a sleigh) and intercepted me. About then a beautiful little 6 year old girl named Abby came running out to see me. She was so excited, literally jumping up and down and completely beside herself. She inspected my outfit from head to toe and started asking tons of questions about Rudolph, the North Pole, Mrs. Claus, the elves, the sleigh, etc. She pretty much covered all of the bases. I felt like I was taking a final exam at Santa Claus School. I gave her some candy, a small book about dinasours, an "I Believe" trinket style of necklace, and a reindeer coat button just like the ones on my coat. Then as we posed together for her mom to take cell phone pictures of us, she declared me to be the "real" Santa because I had so many sleigh bells. I patted her on the head, told her to keep being good, and to promise that she will send me her list very soon because Christmas is almost here! The rest of the kids were fun too, but they were either too young (2 and under) or a little too old (8 to 10). They all seemed to still be believers but sometimes kids at that age can fake it. The 3-7 year-old kids are usually the most fun because they're all about Santa, like my friend Abby tonight. I don't think she'll be able to sleep for days... Didn't bring my own camera, but I'll see if one of the moms can send me a couple of the pics they took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Set up Google AdSense on one of my three sites. Something I've been meaning to do for, uh, ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 ... Santa-tastic... You've got a big heart Wayne. Bloody superb banter en forme. Please do give us a post of any such pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Picked up the Lundahl trafo boxes from powder coating. Normally there are small flaws here and there but these a bloody perfect and the color is just stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Migraine all day. Still at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Word. Time for some of the medicine. I want to be in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Word. Time for some of the medicine. I want to be in Florida. I hope it is liquid medicine or washed down with some. Wish you were here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) Word. Time for some of the medicine. I want to be in Florida. I was going to point out your logo had the name of a local mountain bike race series but I just realized it is the logo for the series.... I donated my old viola to the local high school. Hopefully one of the little snots enjoys it. Edited December 10, 2010 by Dreadhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Supervised part 1 of a pretty detailed concrete slab poor, then packed my car for a micro meet in Austin this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Supervised part 1 of a pretty detailed concrete slab poor, then packed my car for a micro meet in Austin this weekend. hm, I also need a small slab poured yay, cannot wait. I wish this was a little later, as I have a surprise in the works that's not quite finished. but, who can pass up the opportunity to have Dr. Wood in da house for a day or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Many seem to be just fine passing me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Migraine all day. Still at work.Have you tried biofeedback? (Oversimplification: you concentrate on warming up your hands with what is effectively psychosomatism using a special kind of thermometer.) My mom had migraines for as long as I've known her. Recently, she eliminated everything from her diet that she had sensitivities to (which, for reasons I will not go into here, is quite a bit, but that's largely because she's also had stomache problems for as long as I've known her), but that's pretty drastic. She's had the most luck with the diet changes, but she had the second most amount of luck with biofeedback. It's worth a shot. You don't have to get the $50 thermometer, they have a ... $10 or $20 one that is actually better in some ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 drank 2x as much beer as i had palnned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 drank 2x as much beer as i had palnned Sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Just hit the gym. Still kind of hung over from last night. Free drinks are hard to turn down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) 1) Took some speed [ATTACH=CONFIG]4045[/ATTACH] 2) Bought some beer [ATTACH=CONFIG]4046[/ATTACH] 3) Did Some Work [ATTACH=CONFIG]4047[/ATTACH] All in all, big day. Edited December 11, 2010 by Sherwood I'll be goddamned if I can figure out how to remove that attachment. This must be how my parents feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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