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I found this and thought it was pretty cool. I’m kinda excited if this becomes available and prevalent in the next decade.

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The Battle of Broadway has come and passed resulting in a loss for the fellow 59ers. 28 – 14.

In my humble opinion, we played well. The score reflects our ability to play with the big schools. I felt an intensitiy from my fellow teammates on the field that I haven’t experienced in a long time. If we continue to play like we did last night, we should have no trouble with our 3A counterparts.

In other news, Andrean is celebrating 50 years since its opening today. The festivities are for alumni and begin with a mass at 4:30pm and have all types of activities lasting into the night. I believe there was an invitation process but w/e.
Gotta get to films…

kw

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Well, seeming as I’ve been on a George Harrison mode today, why stop?

I do play piano. Kind of. I took three years of formal lessons and had to quit due to other activities such as football, wrestling, and some inordinate number of AP/Honors classes. Since then, I’ve dabbled a little bit. I started out with basic block chords in the left hand and melody in the right hand. I messed around a bit further and played broken chords in the left playing a more complex melody in the right hand. I keep experimenting with different bass lines and rhythms and I now play for church, my school’s Mass choir, and held the second keyboard part in the school’s production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . So I’m at a place where I know enough to get by. I am by no stretch an amazing pianist, nor do I claim to have any real skill. I do it for fun.

I really wish I could be well-versed in the instrument… but learning by experimentation seems to be a good tool.
Why do I bring this up? I don’t know really. I like music and it helps me calm down after a stressful day.

According to pandora.com, I like music which has a subtle use of vocal harmony, has a chromatic harmonic structure, has a major key tonality, and is vocal-centric. Most of the music I like could fall under the “guy-with-a-guitar” category. I also like old church hymns to the tune of a huge, deep, rich pipe organ. Some of my favorite artists include The Beatles (and the members’ separate works), Dave Matthews, Hootie and the Blowfish, Blackeyed Peas, Jack Johnson, Lady Gaga (yes…), Katie Perry (marry me??), Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.

I like a weird blend of music, but it’s me. When have I been described at somewhat normal?

Music is an expression of character, tastes, and opinions in my eyes. What type of music are you into?

kw

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So yea… first week of school done, which means 5 days down. Now as I finish up my 175th day of school, I realize there are some unnessesary things I need to cut out of my life which are damaging to myself.

Those that know me, know exactly what I’m talking about. Those who are a bit in the dark, I have personality flaws that I’m trying to mend.

Procrastination has already shown its early sign of on-set… hopefully I’ll will be able to combat it.

We play Merrillville in football on Friday… it should be a good game… a battle none the less. We need to step it up in practice a bit if we really want to take it to ‘em.

Well, that’s all I really feel like saying right now. ttyl

kw

I thought I could escape this from last year’s class… I just didn’t…

Defining Formula	Ratio in Right Triangle
sin t = y-coordinate of point P	sin t = opposite hypotenuse
cos t = x-coordinate of point P	cos t = adjacent hypotenuse
tan t = sin t cos t	tan t = opposite adjacent
cotan t = cos t sin t	cotan t = adjacent opposite
sec t = 1 cos t	sec t = hypotenuse adjacent
cosec t = 1 sin t	cosec t = hypotenuse opposite

August 14

I received my orders in the mail a few days ago, but have been busy… sorry for the delay!

Pictured  is the current state of my robot… proof of concept.
The first picture shows how I will power the computer responsible for controlling the robot. From a 12 VDC lawn mower battery by
way of a power inverter I shall provide power for an estimated single hour of runtime. Now about the motors!
They are 12VDC motors with a gear box reducing the output to 32 RPM. They are not fast, but do provide the torque nessesary
to drive the robot around its environment.