Spring 2005 just ended and it has been a memorable semester for many reasons. I got through the Physics Qualifiers in early January and started working on building a Beowulf linux cluster in our research group; I (actively) participated in (most of the) LUG meetings and Install-A-Thon; attended APS March Meeting in Los Angeles, meeting [...]

Immediately after Dr. Beck’s (yesterday) class and photocopying class-notes from Wil Slough, we (Dr. Ranjit and myself) started our journey to Detroit. I drove until the bridge, as I was more familiar with the route. After about 4 hours of drive, we were in St. Ignace and Dr. Ranjit took over the driving from thereon. [...]