After the last entry in my post card collection was posted over a month ago, I’m back with the next one! It is fitting that all of my free time this month is devoted to studying for the PE exam, since my last post… Read More ›
Engineering
Engineering Problems
I have been a major slacker lately when it comes to posting, because my time has been consumed almost entirely by two things: Incredibly busy projects at work – we can barely keep up despite 100% utilization and a few… Read More ›
An Engineer and an Artist Walked into a Bar…
Well, we haven’t walked into the bar yet. Once we get to Europe, on the other hand… here’s another bar joke to hold you over until those tales! Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender asks, ‘Can I get you… Read More ›
Nature VS Geometry
I’m in the process of writing up my Nashville trip, and noticed the strange juxtaposition of natural landscapes compared to the repetitive geometry of the man-made environment. So here are my favorites!
Inspiration and frustration
Saw this issue of Time magazine while waiting in the longest lines ever at the grocery store. Now, I’m not normally one for impulse magazine purchases, but I think this issue may have been written for me specifically! Also, is… Read More ›
Engineering Marvels: Le Musée des Egouts, Paris, France
Social prosperity means man happy, the citizen free, the nation great. – Les Miserables, Volume IV, Book I, Chapter IV Since I last posted about the Wieliczka Salt Mines (and yes, I was able to spell it correctly this time without… Read More ›
Bridges, Not Walls
I started thinking when I saw this great photo of the London Bridge, over at Kisslets at Home: When I was younger, maybe in middle school or high school, I was obsessed with bridges. In fact my love of them… Read More ›
Engineering Marvels: Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
While I was visiting Jon Maiden’s blog, I had a question about destinations in Europe. Specifically, engineering marvels. I’m a civil engineer, so many of the things I like to see while I’m on vacation are triumphs of human achievement. While… Read More ›