Birthdays come and go

Well, it was my birthday, but now I am in a sea of un-birthdays. I had a marvelous day, lots of well-wishers and such. I thought I should post this funny little video that I took that morning with my phone (Samsung Omnia, courtesy of Don... thanks Don). My roommates are hilarious. ;)

I should mention that the reason Stephen's joke is funny is because there was lipstick on his jug of milk in the fridge (compliments of Leanne, I think), but he forgets to say that part...

I also had to ponder things, which is of course my way of emotional/mental digestion. All the ponderances do not belong on this blog, but one that I am currently sweating (in a good way), is my master's thesis topic.

I am currently deciding between a few different ideas, but after meeting with my two advisors (Ghandakly and Word) I think I am deciding between two possibilities. I could work on a control system for the shaker head, which would be a very fun project, and would involve a lot of fun stuff, and kind of be a capstone on the work I did when I started school (10 years ago...). That combined with the fact that I just saw an Israeli presentation of their digitally controlled shaker, and I know that I can do better!! (it's tough being this competitive!)

On the other hand, I could do a control system for active suspension for a 6-wheeled vehicle. This would be really fun, because it is another project that has been a long time in development and would be really neat to see work and could make some money for the company... always a good thing. ****Comments welcome on this***** Let me know what you think... ;)