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Month: January, 2009

The Last Lecture

7 January, 2009 (13:37) | Engineering, Family, Random Thought, Reading, Research, School, Science!, Work | By: Arlen

I see that a book based on the Last Lecture of Randy Pausch was released a while ago.



While it something that I would not mind reading some day, I really only mention it so that I can link to the YouTube video of the lecture Pausch gave for the Last Lecture “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. Watch the whole thing, you will be a better person for it. The insights and clarity are not often available like this.



A Professional Engineer in Colorado

2 January, 2009 (22:43) | Engineering | By: Arlen

Oh what a public service announcement gone wrong…



This afternoon I got a surprise in the mail. Actually it wasn’t a surprise, I knew it was coming. I just figured it would be a few more weeks before I saw it. So the most shocking part of this might be that a governmental agency worked faster than I expected.

I got my official notification from the State of Colorado that I am now a licensed engineer. They issued my number and everything.

I knew this was coming because I got the notification from the exam administration that I had passed the Principles and Practice exam in the middle of finals week. While it was a nice interruption from studying for my last finals, I didn’t really have time to blog about it then. I figured I would hear from the state in mid-January, but they seem to be busy this time of year!

Anyway, it was a nice way to start the year!