If you are a Family Guy fan you have to see this!
Thanks to Akshai for pointing this out on his blog.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
24
Well for all of you 24 fans who thought of me here's Teradyne's statement on a recent episode:
There was a very familiar company name used in Monday night's FOX TV series 24
It sounded just like Teradyne. CTU Agent Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland) was chasing his usual array of bad guys...this time rebels intent on using stolen nerve gas on Russia...when this dialogue occurred:
"Chloe calls Jack with what she uncovered on the chip. A company called Terra-Dyne has acquired raw strontium isotope, which is used to make the Sentox gas. The company is a subsidiary of Omicron. Jack recognizes the name Omicron and asks Chloe to find out whether someone named Christopher Henderson is a senior executive there..."
Notice the different spelling and hyphen, but when it's spoken, it sure sounds like a company we all know and love. Of course, we're not in the "raw strontium isotop" or nerve gas business, but it did create a mini-buzz among Teradyne employees who watch the show. The Boston Herald even did a story about it in today's editions.
Here's the Boston Herald Article.
There was a very familiar company name used in Monday night's FOX TV series 24
It sounded just like Teradyne. CTU Agent Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland) was chasing his usual array of bad guys...this time rebels intent on using stolen nerve gas on Russia...when this dialogue occurred:
"Chloe calls Jack with what she uncovered on the chip. A company called Terra-Dyne has acquired raw strontium isotope, which is used to make the Sentox gas. The company is a subsidiary of Omicron. Jack recognizes the name Omicron and asks Chloe to find out whether someone named Christopher Henderson is a senior executive there..."
Notice the different spelling and hyphen, but when it's spoken, it sure sounds like a company we all know and love. Of course, we're not in the "raw strontium isotop" or nerve gas business, but it did create a mini-buzz among Teradyne employees who watch the show. The Boston Herald even did a story about it in today's editions.
Here's the Boston Herald Article.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Googling myself
It's 2 am so what am I doing - googling myself (well even worse than that - now I'm blogging about googling myself). But I did feel it necessary to point out that apparently I am the father of radio and because of that I have an award named after me. In both cases the reference is a bit buried so you'll want to do a find for my name.
For those that don't know - it's David Sarnoff who is the father of radio - Roscoe the 6.101 instructor used to call me Sarnoff - although it's not much of a compliment since the guy was fairly evil and drove an engineer to suicide because Sarnoff stole so much of his work. (Roscoe started calling me that when I was in the class so it has nothing to do with my harsh grading or bad review sessions).
For those that don't know - it's David Sarnoff who is the father of radio - Roscoe the 6.101 instructor used to call me Sarnoff - although it's not much of a compliment since the guy was fairly evil and drove an engineer to suicide because Sarnoff stole so much of his work. (Roscoe started calling me that when I was in the class so it has nothing to do with my harsh grading or bad review sessions).
Monday, February 13, 2006
Update
Finally a post about me rather than just my random rants or attempts at political commentary.
I've been fairly busy lately with the work/class combo. Class is going fairly well. In org behavior I'm yet to get any grades but soon enough I should get an idea of how I'm doing in there. I'm actually kind of concerned about taking a test that does not involve math - it's been a while. Accounting is still going fine - we actually covered one topic which required a bit of thought (figuring out from all of the other info how much cash the company actually received or used). In accouting class I've started alternating between zoning out and trying to do all the math before those people who think you should bring a calculator to an accounting class. Most people in class are starting to show signs of fatigue from the class/work combo. I think I fit in the crowd, but I'd like to claim that's largely because of my nocturnal tendency - especially living alone I tend to lose track of what time it is.
At work I'm getting a bit frustrated with the pace and the proportion of tedious work to interesting work. I won't go into much more detail here since you really never know who's reading a blog. But if anyone wants to partner up and start a company this would be the moment (best if you have a business idea...).
Other than that I've gotten to the beach and hot tub a bit and have spent some time hanging out with Eric.
Well I should get back to homework or go to bed (or find some other way to procrastinate).
I've been fairly busy lately with the work/class combo. Class is going fairly well. In org behavior I'm yet to get any grades but soon enough I should get an idea of how I'm doing in there. I'm actually kind of concerned about taking a test that does not involve math - it's been a while. Accounting is still going fine - we actually covered one topic which required a bit of thought (figuring out from all of the other info how much cash the company actually received or used). In accouting class I've started alternating between zoning out and trying to do all the math before those people who think you should bring a calculator to an accounting class. Most people in class are starting to show signs of fatigue from the class/work combo. I think I fit in the crowd, but I'd like to claim that's largely because of my nocturnal tendency - especially living alone I tend to lose track of what time it is.
At work I'm getting a bit frustrated with the pace and the proportion of tedious work to interesting work. I won't go into much more detail here since you really never know who's reading a blog. But if anyone wants to partner up and start a company this would be the moment (best if you have a business idea...).
Other than that I've gotten to the beach and hot tub a bit and have spent some time hanging out with Eric.
Well I should get back to homework or go to bed (or find some other way to procrastinate).
Friday, February 10, 2006
Cost of SiGe
This site talks a bit about SiGe (Silicon Germanium - the technology I design with at work). I think the cost comparison is pretty funny. But it's past 1 am so right now I find most anything funny.
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