Take this conventional bridge design

So I am in Statics and Strengths of Materials right now. In this class we learn a lot about members and tension strengths and Elastic regions. However, most people know this class as the bridge building class. We were separated into teams of two and we had to design and construct bridges. Now this sounds like a lot of fun, but when you realize that you only have two days to do lots of math and construct a semi-complicated object completely from designs that YOU have created, you begin to try to simplify things a lot. Most people still manage to come up with a good design that will be more then adequate to hold the required 9kg. In fact, most of them look like this:



My partner Mitch and I decided to move as far away from this concept as possible. In fact we decided to stray as far away from ANY conventional bridge design. That's how we came up with this:



She may not look like much, but if our calculations are correct (and they most certainly are) then it will hold hold close to 100 kg. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen. We get to test them in about a week, so I will let you know how it does.

This started out as simple thoughts but it just kinda snowballed

November is a little over halfway done and I am already ready to shave my face again. The neck beard is really starting to bother me. I know when my mom sees me she is going to tell me I look gross.

I finally get to see my little sister play some basketball tomorrow which is going to be really fun. Then she and the rest of my family gets to see me play ultimate on Saturday which will also be fun.

The new Ben Folds album is really good. It is something of a departure from his older stuff, but if you like Ben Folds then you should listen to it.

I have recently learned that demons no longer take over human beings but instead are now taking up residence in computers. This is very detrimental to the act of making computers work as a whole.

Last Wednesday I got to go to a factory where they make PVC, for my material science class. It was really informative; I now know that I never want to work making PVC pipe.

I have realized that I should not blog. There are people out there who have quirky personalities, or who travel, or who simply live an interesting life. I have realized that I don't have any of those things. Thus why do I write my trivial thoughts about my life? I already know what is going on in it. It isn't like I need to write it down for my benefit; I'm living it. Yet somehow I am compelled to put fingers to keyboard and write down my random thoughts and simple musings. Why are humans drawn to this concept? There has to be some underlying feeling of global importance to write in this medium. Inversely, how very creepy and voyeuristic is the concept of actually searching out and reading said medium? Why is there some strange appeal to know complete strangers thoughts on global politics, religion, and the soup they had today? Why is there a need for instant access into other peoples minds? Is this access healthy for humans, or are we pulling the metaphorical trigger of the gun pointed straight at the head of human interaction?