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Just Arrived

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To get this certification, I had to pass the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (also known as the FE exam), which is the first of two examinations engineers must pass in order to be certified as a Professional Engineer.

The exam is eight hours and is split into a four-hour morning session and a four-hour afternoon session, [...]

Graduation

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Today, I recieved my diploma from Texas A&M University in Computer Engineering!

I got my money back!

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I got my money back!

I’d bought a $192 motherboard from thatcomputerstore.com and he, Dave Davis,  sent some crappy $60 one instead that wouldn’t work at all for my computer.  I sent it back, but he said he never received it.  He must have missed the Delivery Confirmation that was on it.  [...]

Bullshit

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I was playing with Winamp this afternoon and watched Bullshit on SHOUTcast TV.  It even looked really good for streaming video played on my 24” widescreen LCD monitor.  You can check out Bullshit here.  Its a great show.

I’m watching quality video streaming over the internet.  Amazing.  Now if I can [...]

The Music Industry

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I have run across some interesting blogs lately talking about the RIAA.  User Friendly has some funny comics about them.  This other site iTunes iSbogus, is pretty informative also.

I like the idea of being able to buy from the artist directly.  The RIAA is one hell of a middle man.

This is from [...]

Santa, Santa? Wherefore art thou, Santa?

Santa, Santa? Wherefore art thou, Santa?

5 days before Xmas, and what do I see?
Some idiots prancing and protesting
They despise the mere existence of thee!
There is a war-torn Santa splattered on a wall,
And half of a forescore rioting the mall.

What happened to history?  Where are their minds?

They protest commercialism, and they rant again capitalism.
Do they [...]