Monday, February 4, 2013

Allen Wrenches

I got a new pedal steel guitar recently, and it needed some adjustments, some of which require an allen wrench. My dad had an extra set I could use, the only problem was that it was missing one. No problem, I can just find a replacement one. My first stop was Googling what seemed to be the brand (Bondhus), so I quickly found the website. After looking around, I found what I needed, but I also came across this:
(Image courtesy Northern Tool)
Nope. You're not insane (well, maybe). That's exactly what it looks like. 14K gold plated allen wrenches. The thing I find fascinating about these is that they are not cheap aftermarket diamond encrusted bling tools because why the heck not. These are sold as professional tools, and as having a real use in the real world! Not only that, but they have a perfect 5-star rating on Amazon!
I'm not making any derogatory comment about them, I just felt the need to post something, didn't have anything else to post, and discovered these tonight.
On that note, is there anything in particular that y'all would like me to do? I'd really like to post some more, but I'm pretty limited in what I can do at UNT. I'd post the occasional school assignment, but I'm afraid of getting into some weird "academic dishonesty" trouble for copying the work that I posted. There is a Cessna 185 kit I have thought about doing, but that might be a bit too much. It could definitely be fun though.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Project Euler

Well, I haven't really done much of anything in the last six or so months. I've been working on a road case for my steel guitar, I might try to post that soon. The main thing I've been working on besides school is a really cool website called Project Euler. It's basically a site that has a bunch of different interesting math problems to solve in any way you see fit. Since I took a class last semester that focused on MATLAB, I've been doing them in that. I'm not sure is there's a completely mathematical way to solve all of them, but if you enjoy programming, or want to get into it, I highly recommend the site. If you're afraid of math, I still recommend trying it out, because the problems are really kind of more "number" based than "math" based.