Well hello there. It certainly has been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry about that, between the holidays and submitting a draft of my thesis to my adviser before Christmas I was running around with my head cut off and couldn’t seem to find the time to write anything. Just to keep everyone updated and what not here’s a couple of noteworthy news items:
1) Back on December, 20 I had an article published over on Engineer Blogs about the differences between school and work. Chris and the other EB writers were kind enough to offer me a spot guest writing for their site after I submitted the piece for their consideration. For the time being I will be submitting stories to EB for your enjoyment on a part-time basis and will work up to one day joining the team as a full-time author.
2) Though I’m writing for Engineer Blogs on occasion I will still be posting content here to this blog when I get a chance too. Fake EE Quips will stay more technical in nature (circuits, app notes, etc.) while any stories that I feel relate to engineering as a whole I will publish on EB. I’m currently trying to get a post out here before the new year so be on the lookout that in the next day or so (it’s about Jim Williams and a crazy op-amp trick). I’ve also got some more ideas bouncing around in my head but my lack of a home lab makes it difficult to prototype and test circuits. Hoping to acquire a scope and power supply in the new year but we’ll see…
3) The Amp Hour Bingo will be getting some updates in order to make it easier to win and more fun to play. For those of you who play along like I do I’m sure you’ve noticed it’s basically impossible to BINGO while listening to the podcast. As far as I know I’m the only one who has gotten a BINGO and it’s only happened once. Roel and I brainstormed a bit and came up with a way to place the tiles more efficiently so the most common aspects of The Amp Hour are always used when a board is generated and the rest serve as filler. Other features to add were also discussed including saving a board and posting results Twitter. I don’t know when exactly these changes will be put into place since I’m dead weight when it comes to coding but when Roel finishes them I’ll be sure to make it known.
So yeah, that’s what I’ve got for you at the moment. Thanks for checking out the site and reading my posts over these last 8 months or so. It’s been a lot of fun so far and I plan to keep writing in 2012 and longer assuming the world doesn’t end next December. Once my thesis is finally wrapped up I can even post on a more frequent basis too!
Happy New Year,
Carmen
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