javamocha

Hello everyone, First journal in a year and a half, I am still on DA though. I am still storm chasing and finally saw a tornado early this summer south of Waverly Mo.  Unfortunately it was part of the same storm system that destroyed part of downtown Joplin Mo. The photos weren't spectacular but I may post them anyway. I still have a bunch more photo's to post, including shots of a car show, and a rainbow with only orange and red. I am conducting research on organic solar cells this summer running simulations on a supercomputer. In the process I did some of the hardest math I've ever attempted (3pg and a week of work without a solution.) Bu

and I got one! I passed 7000 pg views a month or two ago but I have been too lazy to post a new journal. Well I have a white Christmas and it's the first in quite a while. I have been doing some photography but I am busy with college and everything that goes with it. I will upload a few of the pics I've taken over the past few months, and a very cool fractal-ish thing I made in Excel. For all of those who have white Christmases also, stay safe and warm. But now I will sleep.

I haven't updated my journal in exactly 1001 page views. I guess I should, I am heading of to college next month where I plan to study ceramic engineering. I have been interested in geology and especially mineralogy for many years now. In geology you use the properties of minerals to identify them and understand their origin and structure, while in ceramic engineering you do the reverse. You are trying to design a material to fulfill the specifications you start with. I have 2 examples of this: First, the tiles on the US space shuttles. The shuttle creates an enormous amount of heat on the bottom surfaces of the craft during reentry thoug