Archive for November 27th, 2005

Happy 50th Birthday, Bill Nye

Bill Nye the Science Guy was born on November 27, 1955, making him 50 years old today (if my math is right). He is a mechanical engineer who graduated from Cornell in 1977 with a B.S., and became licensed in the state of Washington in 1983. He developed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor used by Boeing in the 747.

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War Research

Some of the greatest breakthroughs were made possible by war. As devastating as it is, I can’t help but think that it’s easily possible for war to be a good thing. Without it, people are lazy. And with it, research projects get funding.

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Biking and Harry Potter

For tonight’s Midnight Message™, we’ll take a look at today’s main events: riding my bike for a little while, and watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (the DVD) while eating dinner. I woke this morning late, as usual, and ate a bao for breakfast. Then I took to reading An Artist of the Floating World, a textbook for Core 102 with Prof. Lemon. Indeed, this is mainly what I was doing all day: reading the book.

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