Saturday, May 9, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Macy's, China, and all that jazz!
Last year the Purdue "All American" Marching Band was the first collegiate marching band in the United States to be invited by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China to perform in the Meet in Beijing Arts fest.
In 2010, AAMB will be the first band in the Big Ten to get accepted to performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
In just 11 days I will leave for Beijing China once again. This time I have a completely different objective. While still representing Purdue University, this time we will be studying Green Buildings and Sustainability. We will be in Beijing for six nights at TsingHua University. We will then travel by overnight train to Shanghai where we will spend five nights at Tongji University. We will be visiting places like the Bird's Nest, Water Cube, National Grand Theater, Botanical Gardens Greenhouse, World Expo and Low Energy Institute for engineering purposes, as well as tons of sightseeing.
School will wrap up here in about a week. And then soon after I depart.
In 2010, AAMB will be the first band in the Big Ten to get accepted to performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
In just 11 days I will leave for Beijing China once again. This time I have a completely different objective. While still representing Purdue University, this time we will be studying Green Buildings and Sustainability. We will be in Beijing for six nights at TsingHua University. We will then travel by overnight train to Shanghai where we will spend five nights at Tongji University. We will be visiting places like the Bird's Nest, Water Cube, National Grand Theater, Botanical Gardens Greenhouse, World Expo and Low Energy Institute for engineering purposes, as well as tons of sightseeing.
School will wrap up here in about a week. And then soon after I depart.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Dead Week
It is dead week once again here in West Lafayette. We had a very good concert last Saturday and we are expecting a big marching band announcement this Friday. As soon as I know I will post it here and on facebook!
Monday, April 6, 2009
EEE PC
I have now had my EEE PC for nearly a month and I wanted to write a review of it.
First of all, let's look at battery life. When I am connected to WIFI and online writing emails or checking blogs and facebook, and nothing else is running, I am able to get 9 hours of battery life. 9 HOURS! No Joke! However, when iTunes is running, that is reduced to about 7 hours. When I watch movies off my hard drive, I can watch 2-3 movies with headphones before the battery will run out.
Then there's processing. I don't find a huge difference between this machine and a "faster, more powerful" computer. Sure, it takes a little longer to transfer via USB, but overall I am very impressed.
The screen is very bright and very crisp, and I am able to watch HD movies no problem, as long as I am not fast forwarding or rewinding often. The programs that are available for free online (pidgin, firefox, thunderbird, open office, vlc, etc.) all run very well on this machine. Also, the Wireless N card is super fast when I am in my room with my wireless N router.
All-in-all if you are in the market for a super small, high battery life laptop, I would highly, HIGHLY recommend the ASUS EEE PC 1000HE. Did I mention it runs Windows XP rather than Vista, so there are less bugs, and faster start-up/sleeping, etc.
First of all, let's look at battery life. When I am connected to WIFI and online writing emails or checking blogs and facebook, and nothing else is running, I am able to get 9 hours of battery life. 9 HOURS! No Joke! However, when iTunes is running, that is reduced to about 7 hours. When I watch movies off my hard drive, I can watch 2-3 movies with headphones before the battery will run out.
Then there's processing. I don't find a huge difference between this machine and a "faster, more powerful" computer. Sure, it takes a little longer to transfer via USB, but overall I am very impressed.
The screen is very bright and very crisp, and I am able to watch HD movies no problem, as long as I am not fast forwarding or rewinding often. The programs that are available for free online (pidgin, firefox, thunderbird, open office, vlc, etc.) all run very well on this machine. Also, the Wireless N card is super fast when I am in my room with my wireless N router.
All-in-all if you are in the market for a super small, high battery life laptop, I would highly, HIGHLY recommend the ASUS EEE PC 1000HE. Did I mention it runs Windows XP rather than Vista, so there are less bugs, and faster start-up/sleeping, etc.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Life as it is
Well hello there.
Today's entry is going to be much like a journal entry. Life is going well. I have good friends, and I'm staying alive in school. The weather is going to get better this week through the weekend, and things seem to be well. The trip to China in May is going to be incredible. Talking to the engineers who planned the Bird's Nest and Watercube is going to be a very unique opportunity. My HP computer is on it's way to HP for repair for some graphics issue. In the meantime, I have a new ASUS Eee PC 1000HE to keep me online and up to date. Boy do I love this computer, it is super small, quiet, efficient, and has an INCREDIBLE battery life. I would recommend this PC to anybody. The best part, it's just under $400 on Amazon.com. Well thats all for now, I'll write more later.
Today's entry is going to be much like a journal entry. Life is going well. I have good friends, and I'm staying alive in school. The weather is going to get better this week through the weekend, and things seem to be well. The trip to China in May is going to be incredible. Talking to the engineers who planned the Bird's Nest and Watercube is going to be a very unique opportunity. My HP computer is on it's way to HP for repair for some graphics issue. In the meantime, I have a new ASUS Eee PC 1000HE to keep me online and up to date. Boy do I love this computer, it is super small, quiet, efficient, and has an INCREDIBLE battery life. I would recommend this PC to anybody. The best part, it's just under $400 on Amazon.com. Well thats all for now, I'll write more later.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Concert Friday
Concert this Friday Night at Long Center in Lafayette.
Admission if FREE and the concert begins at 8pm.
Come and hear the sounds of the University, Varsity, and Collegiate Bands
Admission if FREE and the concert begins at 8pm.
Come and hear the sounds of the University, Varsity, and Collegiate Bands
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