At this point I think it is best for my personal situation to stay at the York Campus and complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Science specializing in Physics.  My old mentor, Dr. Hasan, will be visiting with me soon about this, and I look forward to hearing his thoughts on the subject.  So, if all goes well, I will be back at college in January!

I talked to Dr. Kryemadhi last week, as well, and he has invited me to come up and visit with him some time.  I’m sure we’ll have plenty to talk about, probably not with regards to physics, but just as good friends.  Hopefully I’ll be able to squeeze that in along with my work schedule.

I am hoping to return to Penn State York this fall if I can.  I think it would be a great idea to finish some more schooling while I am making money.  Hopefully I will be able to fit that into my busy schedule, too.  Well, that’s all for now.  I will post again when there is more to talk about.

As for my work with Dr. Kryemadhi, I believe we have come to another impasse.  It would appear that the cell phone equipment and GPS package cannot withstand temperatures below -10 degrees Celcius.  That would preclude us from being able to make a tracked balloon launch to any useful altitude.  The equipment would also cost at least $200 to $300, once again making it difficult to justify.  I haven’t completely given up, but we’ll have to find yet another alternative.  It hasn’t been the best week for our physics experiment.

I am hoping that prescription medication, diet, and more excercise will keep me from having further problems.  Until they start working, though, I have to find out how to get well enough to work in the meantime.

I found this one at a couple of different places on the internet, and I just love it for obvious reasons.

As for other things, I am bored out of my mind because the doctor is keeping me out of work for a week.  I had some health problems that need to be tested, so I am out until next Tuesday.  I did get to meet with Dr. Kryemadhi last Thursday, and we are seriously considering a project to develop a balloon platform for outreach experiments.  We have to test whether the use of a GPS-enabled cell phone will be plausible, and we have enlisted help from Nokia’s technical department for that.  Otherwise, I am just struggling to develop a CKM matrix from my Modified Rishon Model which I developed from Rishon Theory; so far, I have been able to reproduce V_ud pretty well, but the others are a bit more complex.  So, that’s this week in a nutshell.

Perhaps this is another chance for me to work in physics again.  Have I got it in me to pull off one more attempt at physics research?  I sure hope so, and I’m going to find out.  I will be meeting with Dr. Kryemadhi some time in the next week or two to discuss the details.  I will also be looking for an S60 Python SDK, probably through Nokia.  I am quite excited to try my hand at physics research yet again, and hopefully I will be successful this time around.  Perhaps there is hope for me after all…

Work is also going well.  I have been officially clear of my probation period for a week or two now, so I am now permanent there.  I have been doing better with my productivity, and I have had the opportunity to do a couple of special assignments.  It may be a long drive to work, but it is well worth it.

My old car (now Mom and Dad’s new used car…) is working great since getting the new distributor and all else.  It makes it to work and back without any difficulties despite the nearly 270,000 miles it has already accumulated.  I am also looking forward to having some 2-meter radio gear on board for when I am on the road.  I should be able to hit the local repeaters most of the way up to work.  I can think of it as a new physics experiment of sorts, though I am sure someone has already studied the radio range characteristics of various radio antennas, power settings, geographies, and meteorologies.  Still, it is an interesting thought…