Happy Mardi Gras, I think!

Also, happy 21st birthday, Vicki/Tori!

Today's job application progress

Yesterday, applied to:

Stryker Corporation, which would just be an amusing naming coincidence if I got hired.

Electro-Mechanical Engineer

Design Engineer

Design Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Today, applied to:

Trane

Junior Design Engineer

Ball Aerospace

Engineer Associate

Engineer I, Mechanical

Engineer I, Spacecraft Systems Engineering

Engineer I, Controls Analyst

Washington Aqueduct
(Requested application package)

Northrop Grumman Space Technology & Services (STS)

Mechanical/Packaging Engineer

Passed on, due to lack of open positions:

Kollmorgen Electro-Optical

MotionVillage.com (Related to Kollmorgen)

Digital System Resources, Inc

And now, fun links that won't waste much time

Fun links from sebatical:

A nifty linear clock

A scribbly Industrious Clock

A trippy Recursive image--don't watch if high :)

An amusing interactive Face

Mmm, truck fluids

It was nice out this afternoon (mid-40s-ish), so I did some of the work on my truck that's been pending for a while.

Changed the oil, about 4100mi since last change. (5qt)

Topped off the oil in the transmission--the one that took 1+ qt last time, and took another qt this time, in all its 3qt-capacity glory. Guess it was a little low, eh?

Topped off oil in front and rear differential (1qt between them)

Checked transfer case fluid level, which was high enough that, given my truck's rear-sloped attitude on the driveway, spilled out a bit before I could get the plug back in. Oops!

Then I discovered the adhesive holding my driver's-side mirror on was coming loose. This is the mirror that took a beating from the ground a couple years ago that only cracked the glass, at wihch time I added a replacement mirror over it.* This time both pieces of glass are coming loose, so I'll just replace all the nicely cracked glass with a new piece.

* Actually, it didn't occur to me to just replace the glass, so I ended up spending $25-$30 at a salvage yard getting a replacement mirror frame/assembly, before discovering a) I couldn't remove the bolts on the old one anyway, and b) replacment mirror glass is only a few dollars and includes adhesive. So. :)