Dressing Like an Engineer

When I think about what Engineer's dress like I have a few mental images that pop into my head of typical garb.

First and for most I look towards my university Professors for the latest in post 1970’s engineering fashion. This dress typically includes a flannel patterned button shirt, kaki slacks, dress-up-black belt, and some light colored Nike® kicks. This type of dress seems fairly typical of other engineering professionals I’ve seen with the exception of the ever-popular Polo® t-shirt, often adorned by a company logo of sorts. This seems to be widely accepted as proper business attire and although I’d much rather wear a pair of jeans; it beats the hell out of having to wear a suit and tie.

Second, I look up to my current boss, a certified PE, and technical field engineer. His dress is similar with only a single exception. In place of the minimalist type dress-up belt previously mentioned he sports a rather hefty utility belt. He tots all sorts of things along thoughout the day by means of affixing them to various clips and holsters on said belt. Despite the batman-esque look and uber *$_&/#(! tendency of such an appliance, I have to admit the preparedness and utility of always having small tools and a flash light on hand does have its benefits.

I cant really remember where I was going with this anymore… I'm sure there was some point in bringing this up.

Insert random conclusion here.

FIN

What is it about the people's car?

In this short our boy Adolph is informed his car has been stolen, and recovered - stripped to the bare shell. Watch the video for a very decent rant about why any other car is just a piece of shit.

I wont ruin the ending, but if you're fluent in German you'll want to pretend you're not and just read the english subtitles.

Miscellany

Just a few head lines and updates...

Turbo Install
I've been hesitant to post up about this mostly because I don’t have any pictures of it yet. But it's done, its running - its boosting - it's quick. Basically it is the same car till about 3k rpm, the turbo kicks in like a ton of bricks and the tach races to redline. Under boost it sounds like a lion, then the measly 6psi of intake pressure blows off with the sound of a small mouse pissing in a puddle.

The install was straight forward as can be. We (Cisco and I) got started at ~5pm on Friday afternoon and worked through the night to make the inogeral test drive at ~8am on Saturday.

So far no leaks, no surging, no problems.

School
They say grad school isnt for everyone. I dont see why, it's not so bad. It's a good chance I might get straight A's (for the first time in my life), I'm making bank as a TA, and I'm not stressed at all.

Favorite class so far is ME 570 (Analysis I) - not sure why though. Actually now that I think about my favorite class being Fouier Series and Eigan value problems I'm starting to worry about myself as a human being. Can I have my soul back now?

This Weekend
I'm going home to Santa Fe this weekend for two main reasons. One, bring Muffin home. Two, attend a "Cigar and Car Bomb, Cape Party." If you're not in the know on either of those two points dont fell bad - I'm not even sure why or what I'm doing on the subject(s).

It'll be the first time driving the Corrado on a long trip since the install. Also, the first chance that I might have to tell my parents that there's a turbo in my car now (I'm not of the impression that they'll understand why I would do such a thing).

Planning to be back for the Aggie Football game on Sunday. Might join the body painters. As seen at the last home game, pictured right.





Edit: It was cold as fuck.