A So-called "Hectic Life"
It is amazing how slowly November went by. I recall October coming and going, but November felt easily twice as long. I suppose it could be a function of how busy I am, but that normally makes time go by faster. Coinciding with the first day of December was the first spurt of snow, a modest 10cm. The flakes were the biggest I've ever seen, some were spheroids with a diameter of about 3cm.

Yesterday was my turn to test the chip I spent a good many hours of the semester designing. The chip worked great, with very sharp output signal edges, a signal high very close to 5V, all despite the big gash someone accidentally put through the middle of the chip. Well, the scratch isn't very big, considering the total width of the chip is 0.575mm. It is very neat that this nearly random-looking jumble of zig-zagging lines actually does something interesting. It also brings into perspective how amazing it is that modern chip designs have features about 200 times smaller. Craziness. The only remaining step is to write a big report and it can be called a project.

I am sick. Very sick. I hope to get better before exams.