Wheee...

[quasigeostrophy]

That was fun. I-65 on the way to school this morning felt like I was making a 46-mile left turn. The little Civic just doesn't have that much mass. And the wind advisory doesn't even start until 9:00am. I'm just glad I don't have a higher-profile vehicle.

Need to study for my tests this weekend. And maybe hit the grocery if we're out of anything. Also need to make some tweaks to some song edits for J's dance coach in Ipswich. They shouldn't take too long. And, I completely forgot about making discs for geekchick's CD exchange. Crap!

Finally nailed down my project for my radar class at my meeting with my advisor yesterday. She talked to the engineering folks who are coding our new visualization app, and they have an algorithm for interpolating irregular-spaced data onto grids. It's different than the objective analysis stuff I've been reading about from my prof (uses some 10th order polynomial expansion). So, for my project, I'm going to take some of the radar data we have from the Caribbean field campaign and convert it using one of my prof's algorithms and the engineer's algorithm and compare the two. Fun with FORTRAN. At least my prof has been good at commenting his code.

After break, I need to start forming my committee. I'm thinking the engineering prof who heads up the viz team should be on it, but the issue with him is that, since he heads up so many ACM and IEEE organizations, he's never here. Otherwise, I've met several EAS profs - I just need to decide (who and how many). Then I need to come up with an official plan of study and file it by the end of the semester. Since we're not changing my status to Ph.D. until Fall semester, I can go with a lighter M.S.-based one for now. They're always in flux, anyway.

Finally, I <3 xkcd!! :-)

Comments

[sweet-tea79.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. The joys of a little teeny civic on a windy day. This part of the state is notorious for using cheaper asphalt on roads w/a higher oil content, which means they are slippery when it rains. Add a little bit of wind to that and my car is pretty much powerless in a gust. This is why I want something like a Forester...much heavier, much more room for the beagle AND my stuff (instead of the beagle or my stuff), and still a fairly low profile enough to not act like a girnormous windsail.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

still a fairly low profile enough to not act like a girnormous windsail

Despite my own handling issues, every time I passed an 18-wheeler, I counted myself fortunate. :-)

[geekchick]

I completely forgot about making discs for [info]geekchick's CD exchange. Crap!

There's still time. I've gotten two sets of discs so far (and neither of them is mine, oops :) ).

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

At the rate my schedule looks, I'm half-tempted to bring them to Massachusetts, but then I'd be screwed if for some reason we don't meet up.

[geekchick]

Yeah, I may have to bail on the MA trip unless I work some big magic. =( If you can't get the discs until after next weekend, that's okay.