Wiring

I'm working on wiring up my LT1 today. I'm going to get this thing running before I go back to school, or die trying.

I hope this engine will make about 230HP at the wheels, and get 30 mpg highway.

If it makes a loud noise from the open headers by January I'll be fine with that.

Weekend update

We finished mounting the TV today, and did some Christmas decorating.

I guess I should add that the TV installation went as planned. My old man knows a bit about houses, and I know a bit about electronics. It would have been a real waste to pay for an installation that would not have been as thorough.

Somehow I got an A in the one class I was worried about, so my GPA as far as the UCs are concerned should be 3.65.

I don't have all my grades, but I'm pretty confident I will get As in the other classes.

HD

My parents finally got an HDTV. I'm ambivalent about it. It is cool as hell, but I need to work on other things these days. Setting up and watching TV is a distraction.

I believe this is an LG 42LB5D.

Friggin toys

I have owned:

1. A TI-85 programable calculator
   
2. A PalmPilot Personal
3. An Asus PDA
4. A Sharp Zaurus CL-3200 clamshell PDA

Now, I have just acquired a Blackberry Curve 8310. With all of the above I was ultimately disappointed. They were all supposed to be the pocket-able computer that would help me get my life together. With each I eventually realized that I just needed to get my life together, and a fucking toy wasn't gonna do it.

However, with my Blackberry, I'm still in the honeymoon phase. I'm paying $40 for unlimited internet access and 1000 text messages, but it has been incredibly useful in the past few days I've had it.

Example:
I was at the carwash with my mother, just waiting, and she was saying the she was telling someone about this fish in the Amazon river that tries to swim up into you when you pee. The person she was talking to was sure this was a myth. Well, within a minute I was reading to her about the candiru fish.

Okay, that sounds trivial. Anyway, I still like this thing.