Saturday, February 14, 2009
How things change
Those who knew me in undergrad as that guy who never came to class and played StarCraft all day (or Civ or WarCraft or one of several other games) might find this post surprising, but those who've interacted with me over the last several years (and /or seen the blogging rate drop off) won't be.
Me, I think I'll have to appropriate "work-a-holic force-of-nature" to my sig.
And for a little context to that post, on the day I met with Ashwin, I (in approximate order of completion):
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Me, I think I'll have to appropriate "work-a-holic force-of-nature" to my sig.
And for a little context to that post, on the day I met with Ashwin, I (in approximate order of completion):
- finished up and delivered a 125 page report I had started Monday night (only about 40 pages were brand new as it drew heavily on intermediate reports though getting in all the required formatting was the most time-consuming part)
- put together a 1 hour presentation (but cut down from a previous 2 hour presentation with about 15 minutes of new material)
- reviewed that report and presentation with a sub for about 30 minutes (they didn't write any of it, but while they're a "sub", they're a much much bigger / experienced company and they were willing to give me feedback prior to submission based on an earlier draft).
- had a 40 minute meeting with Ashwin to loosely scope out 3 different proposals,
- had a telecon debrief for an hour with a project sponsor (and some subs)
- met with my business partner for about 15 minutes
- met with another guy at VT to discuss a different set of proposals and general interactions with a funding agency,
- met with the PI on a project CRT is funding at VT to clear up some contracting paper work (more accurately VT is a sub to CRT on a project)
- and got a quote from VTIP on officially licensing back some of my IP
- then some other random phone calls while I was driving (e.g. setting up the schedule for a trip next week)
Of course, other stuff was also done (like dropping in on Thason, driving for 3 hours and shopping some). But that day started at 5:00 AM and finished by 8:00 PM, which is a bit lax as I could've gotten some more stuff done (patents to file, papers to write / review) before I went to sleep at 11:00.
Labels: CRT, Virginia Tech
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Dog Quiz Club
The first rule of dog quiz club, is you do not talk about dog quiz club.
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Labels: silliness, trivia, Virginia Tech
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Will the troubles for Michael ever end?
Forget the fact that Vick is about to plea-bargain to dog-fighting charges thereby likely ending his NFL career, he's being sued for "63,000,000,000.00 Billion dollars"!! 1
What is being alleged of Michael to justify a claim of "63,000,000,000.00 billion dollars"?
From the actual filing: (seriously, you should read it, I think it'll be an all-time classic)
1. Honestly, I'm not certain if the billion is redundant or if the man actually wants 63x10^18 dollars. Either way, that's one heck of a contingency fee.
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What is being alleged of Michael to justify a claim of "63,000,000,000.00 billion dollars"?
From the actual filing: (seriously, you should read it, I think it'll be an all-time classic)
stealing dogsPersonally, I think being subjected to insane lawsuits will be the new Madden curse. Next year, I expect Vince Young will be sued for developing mind control devices that penetrate aluminum foil and aiding and abetting the alien invasion of earth. That and spam spam - unsolicited email about the Hormel product.
Using said dogs for dog fighting
Selling dogs on Ebay
Using the proceeds of that sale to purchase missiles from Iran
Subjecting one Mr Riches to "microwave testing"
Pledging allegiance to Al Qaeda
1. Honestly, I'm not certain if the billion is redundant or if the man actually wants 63x10^18 dollars. Either way, that's one heck of a contingency fee.
Labels: Virginia Tech
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