From c2f3a1d3d847159686b7fa4e476d306a112996f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 22:41:25 -0400 Subject: umich/w24_wrapup: photos and more updates --- docs/umich/w24_wrapup.md | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/umich/w24_wrapup.md') diff --git a/docs/umich/w24_wrapup.md b/docs/umich/w24_wrapup.md index 714083b..386f374 100644 --- a/docs/umich/w24_wrapup.md +++ b/docs/umich/w24_wrapup.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Winter 2024 wrapup -2024-05-02 +2024-05-05 My second semester at UMich is just over, and I will recount major things that happened. I will continuously update this blogpost. @@ -19,8 +19,32 @@ them up into individual articles, listed below. ## Notable material gains -- A bicycle, as described in [2024-04-05](../random/2024-04-05.md) +- A 20 oz thermo flask, as a gift from the School of Information for + participating in the 10-week accessibility challenge last semester +- A bicycle, as described in [2024-04-05](../random/2024-04-05.md). Easily + the best investment this semester. - A MIDI keyboard (AKAI MPK mini play) with which I made a few loops +- A MCR-themed zine I took at the Duderstadt gallery (it said "take one") +- Two CDs: Blurryface (2015) and Scaled And Icy (2021). + +More on the CDs: Blurryface is for myself, SAI is for a friend. I rode +downtown to four record stores in one day and bought them in the third and +fourth, respectively. The first store had SAI listed online, but they sold +out recently. The second store sold mostly vinyls. In both the third and +fourth, I took the last tøp CD in stock, so I can't really blame the +person who did it in the first store. + +The four stores are + +- Your Media Exchange, 319 S Main St +- Underground Sounds, 120 E Washington St +- Encore Records, 208 N 4th Ave +- Wazoo Records, 336 S State St + +All in downtown Ann Arbor. I've been to YMX last year, and I found some +rare items in the tøp vinyl section like the Location Sessions for record +day. I don't have a turntable, so I left them for people who do. This time +it's gone, along with many more. Whoever bought them has great taste. ## Notable losses @@ -28,7 +52,7 @@ them up into individual articles, listed below. ## Notable expenditures -- $39 for the MIDI keyboard +- $39 for the MIDI keyboard (I outbid a swarm of ebay bots by one second) - $512 for the Boston trip - $90 for the bicycle - $187 for a ticket to tøp's Clancy Tour (ffs fbr) @@ -40,7 +64,8 @@ them up into individual articles, listed below. - I saw The Museum of Bad Art - By law of the excluded middle, I saw all art in existence - I took a lecture on Chinese policy at Harvard - - I took a lecture on computer systems in the Banana Lounge at MIT + - I took a lecture on computer systems in the auditorium by the + so-called Banana Lounge at MIT - I took the MBTA subway - I saw a weird MIT exhibit with a bunch of glass, lamps, and wood rescued from a bathhouse on fire @@ -48,9 +73,38 @@ them up into individual articles, listed below. - I talked with W1ATO over the W1XM repeater - I went to the Harvard art museums is basically a tub for rich people to dump their art in and as an excuse to exhibit stolen shit + +Quiz time! + +Which two of these paintings are from the Museum of Bad Art, and which two +are from the Harvard art museums? + +![Four paintings. 1: a tabby cat resting paws on a basket of fruit. 2: +a frowning lady drawn with crude lines. 3: a bald child with blurry facial +features. 4: a frowning lady with a rodent-like thing on her +head.](img/w24_wrapup/boston_art.jpg) + +
+Click to show the answer! +1, 4: Museum of Bad Art + +2, 3: Harvard art museums +
+ - I went to an iDKHOW show in Detroit, as described in [2024-04-05](../random/2024-04-05.md). + +![Dallon Weekes singing and playing a red bass](img/w24_wrapup/dallon.jpg) + - I watched the eclipse (98% partial in Ann Arbor) + +![Solar eclipse through eclipse lens; a crescent +glow](img/w24_wrapup/eclipse.jpg) + +For the folks without eclipse lenses, here's a reenactment: + +![Me holding a banana in the way of the sun](img/w24_wrapup/banana.jpg) + - Except for two occasions, I participated in the W8UM/R Sunday net every week, getting to know AC8TO, KE8BZJ, W8EMV, and KB6NU. Also I love our net control WD4DSR. @@ -88,6 +142,11 @@ It was the second time I physically put something in a US mailbox. The first time was when I had to send form 8843 to the IRS to prove that I had zero income last year. +Cool find at the 373 lab: a vintage Fluke 77 multimeter. + +![Grey multimeter with automatic range +selection](img/w24_wrapup/fluke_77.jpg) + ## Albums discovered I spent the entire semester listening to Radiohead, all thanks to [a meme @@ -113,3 +172,23 @@ video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KGRvIFrF3c). And if you stretch the definition of "discover", I discovered _Clancy_ (2024). + +## Interesting food in the dining hall + +Both of these were found in Bursley: + +- Blueberry pizza (pretty good actually) + +![Blueberry pizza](img/w24_wrapup/blueberry_pizza.jpg) + +- Gummyworm cake (it tastes exactly what it looks like) + +![A single gummy worm on top of oreo powder and +cream](img/w24_wrapup/gummy_worm_cake.jpg) + +## Funny car plates + +- NYANKO +- UWU 55 +- B1GENUF (on a mini) +- QING1SE (清一色) -- cgit v1.2.3