Rewritten Notes

Nov. 28, 2012

I have always had difficulty with higher level mathematics courses. This combined with merciless math professors meant that I was scratching down notes as fast as possible. Come the time of exams, even I had a hard time reading my own "chicken scratch". When taking calculus II, I started writing equation sheets for trig., geometry, and itegrals. I continued this into rewriting example problems, parts of the book, and my notes. This made it easy to read my notes at exam time, as well as reinforced the learning I was doing. This continued through Differential Equations, Calculus III, and Thermodynamics I / II. I enjoyed drawing complex three dimensional graphs in Calc. III, esp. as our professor had a hard time drawing in 3d. This semester in High Performance Engines course (MAE 477), one of the fellow students stated that his Thermodynamics background was not up to standard for this course. I offered my set of Thermo. notes, proceeded to scan my notes into the computer and combine into a pdf document, and posted it to this site and provided the link. The Thermo. notes has my equation sheet on the last 2 pages, which was used for Thermo I and II. As I've provided these notes to friends and fellow students, I figured I'd explain and put a visable link to them. Please use at your own disgression.
Calculus II/III and Differential Equations
Thermodynamics I/II and High Performance Performance Engines

Local Computer Freelance

Oct. 25, 2012

As the market is collapsing with the recession and the overwelming number of fellow students demanding internships, finding work is not easy. After having no internship opertunities opened up, I proceeded to create and passout fliers in my nieghborhood for freelance computer repair. This campaign brought serveral new clients as well as formalized my style for paperwork. The freelance work tided me over untill SS⁴ had work for me. SS⁴ being the computer recycling company whom I designed a logo for.
Local Computer Repair

Urban Camo. Laptop Case Mod

Oct. 25, 2012

This was a project which I completed over this past summer and hadn't gotten to documenting untill now. My microtablet, an Asus EEE T91-MT had a swelling battery in it. In order to remove the battery, I had to take the entire machine apart in order to access the battery. With a new battery on its way from china, I took the machine apart in preparation for the replacement. The battery I recieved was wrong (and late), so I was left with a half disassembled machine. Now I had already removed the glossy finish on the back of the laptop lid, since it was a fingerprint magnet and near impossible to keep clean. I cut a digital stencil again since I needed smaller blocks for the size of laptop. Several base coats, stencil coats, and a matte finish later, I had a custom paint for my laptop. Put the machine back together since it was still usable with or without battery, just in time for HOPE 9. The latin phrase "QUis custodiet ipsos custodes" made famous by the movie/comic "Watchmen", translates as "Who watches the watchmen" which encompasses the hacker spirit. That combined with a dual boot system with Ubuntu 10.10 and Win 7 makes it an excellent tool, now sporting a paint job to match its function.

Urban Camo. PC Case Mod

Summer 2011

I had purchased this case with very old components off of a friend of mine. It was collecting dust, so I decided to learn how to custom paint computer cases by using this case as a test. I spent about $25 on various spray paint. I gutted the machine, took off the foot pads, and covered up various lights and panels. I cut out a cardboard Digital Camo stencil (the square or pixel based camo). I sanded down all surfaces of the case, then sprayed several base black coats. I then sanded down the rough base paint and added a flat black coat. I then used the various grays and silver paints with the stencil I had cut out to make the camo patterns on the case, making sure to blend the patterns around corners and over drive faces. Unfortunately I had forgot two of the drives which I painted flat black later. I then finished everything off with a clear matte coat, so the paint job could not get easily scuffed. I then gathered extra computer parts I had lieing around, purchasing a couple parts I was missing (about $50 worth), and rebuilt the computer as a media center box. I felt this project was a general success and I learned a lot from it.

Web Development and Electronic Art

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