Pat's Log
Sat, 05 Feb 2005

A Mild February
20050204 After a very cold January that created erratic weather across the entire continent, February has come in unusually warmly. Normally the coldest month of the year, the weather over the past few days has been hovering around the freezing point. If not for the giant snowpile (where all City of Ottawa snow ends up), this photo could just as well have been taken in July. There is even a hint of haze in the air, which is very unusual for winter.

This school week has felt very productive. In Monday's DSP class I had to create the tune Country Gardens using nothing but sinusoids in Matlab. The requirements were that the sound be attenuated so that there is some flavour to the melody. So, things like attack and echo were implemented. It is good to understand how these things work. Next week marks the start of midterm season.

Quite possibly the funniest thing I saw this week was at the Unicentre convenience store, where shelves were stocked such that tampons were right next to Fisherman's Friend mints. I wonder if that was on purpose.


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