Entries from October 2006

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Got it

I finally went to the DMV and got my motorcycle license today.  It took 2.5 hours, but  I got it.  For some reason I thought that I could only get 2 of 16 wrong.  I got 3 of the first 5 or 6 wrong and though I had blown it.  Turns out I passed and [...]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

CCSU Entry 2 – Electrathon

This was the first time I have been to the electrathon.  I didn’t really have any idea of the jobs that needed to get done or how long the competition would go.  From other CCSU students, I got the impression that the competition wasn’t a very big deal.  Very few people seemed to take it [...]

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Vote for Jeff!

It recently came to my attention that CT State Senator Tony Guglielmo is running for re-election un-opposed.  Having a the strong belief in the democratic system, I find this to be annoying to say the least. 
When you go out to the polls, please fill-in my name (Jeffrey Rodriguez) as a write in vote.  Unless [...]

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

CCSU Entry #1

My FLL teams (RCX team and NXT team) have been meeting for about 4 weeks now.  So far, I think that the progress has been good.  The RCX team got off to a really great start and is now slowing down some, running into the normal issues that the kids have to work through. 
I [...]

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Be Informed.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5589099104255077250&q=911pressfortruth
I know its long, but watch it.

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Shopping

I’m looking for a new alarm clock for no real reason, but having trouble finding the perfect one.  I’m looking for a oddly specific set of features.  1) It needs to have auto daylight-savings adjustment, 2) It needs to have nature sounds or a gradual wake up (something other than a buzzer and radio), 3) [...]