August 2007
6 posts
Not much going on
So in the lab I have been trying to improve what we are seeing with our Optical Vortex Imaging system. Things are moving slow due to difficulty with beam alignment and some other minor issues. I am still hopeful that his can yield some interesting results.
Other than that, I am getting excited for a biathlon (duathlon really) that Rachel, Yariv and I are doing in September.
2 mi Run - 12 mi...
It's Official.
I am officially a Ph.D. candidate, says the Graduate Center of the City University of New York! After passing my 2nd Exam last week I am pleased to see that my transcript reflects that I am a Level III student… “what does this mean” you may ask?
It means that I am getting there… the end is “almost” in sight.
Time to back into the “dark” room!
“The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must...”
– Robert Jackson
NYC Half Marathon
Today I woke up at 4:56 AM and jogged across town to 90th and 5th where I started the NYC Half Marathon. I ran the first 5 or 6 miles around 8:20 min/mi. pace… maybe a bit too fast for not really training, but it felt pretty good, even the Harlem Hills.
As I ran down 42nd street I began thinking, “Do I turn left and proceed to the finish, or right and go home???” Well the...
“The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer...”
– Herbert Agar