What do you do when you live somewhere without a big fireworks show nearby on the 4th of July? Throw a big party that involves beer and games of “skill” – all during the middle of a hot summer day! We started brainstorming ideas a month or two ago and several of us came up […]
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My name is Adam Moody, I'm an SEO and applied optics physicist that likes to eat, drink, run, and play!
Hell Yes!
I recently came across a neat article that reinforced something I had been thinking about and implementing over the past few months. Instead of committing to things that you would rate as a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10, try to put your time into things where you are really excited […]
Proactive Learning
Something that I’ve had to learn is how to allocate my time while at work. There are of course times when I don’t have enough hours in the day to get things done, but I generally find that I am able to keep up at work and have some time leftover. What I dislike about […]
Huge calipers!
This made my Friday morning. I walked into work and needed to measure a lens. Next thing I know, one of the other engineers pulls these out of a closet! Of course we have a 5ft long caliper! I actually started laughing when I saw these, it made me think of oversized carnival toys. That […]
Our newest “gadget” – a Craftsman riding mower!
Well, we knew we would be getting some serious lawn tools when we decided to buy the house; we have 1.76 acres and most of that is grass. We have some future plans for a large garden and some other areas that we can turn into non-mowing areas. We have started a short list, mostly […]
2012 Adirondacks Ultra Ragnar, Here We Come!
We registered in the nick of time and are heading up to the Adirondacks in September, 2012, for the Adirondacks Ragnar. Even better, it looks like we’ll have at least two, and maybe three, teams coming from Ithaca. One of the upsides of registering as an ultra team (6 people max) is that the total […]
Moving Completed!
We started our move on Saturday afternoon this past weekend – we ended up setting a new moving time record for ourselves. We went from first box out the door to last box unloaded at the new place in two hours! That was great and we really owe our friends a big thank you! We […]
Running Gear, Odds And Ends
Now that we are getting into the actual distance portions of the marathon training I’m thinking that some gear additions might be a good idea. I generally like to keep things as simple as possible, but between the heat and humidity in Ithaca, and upstate New York in general, and some ideas I’ve had lately, […]
Cleaning An Above Ground Pool
We closed on our house and got the keys yesterday! Hooray for us! We’re looking forward to a great summer at the new place – but we have got some work to do! The pool is pretty disgusting – it is really, really, really dirty. I pulled the cover off the top and discovered our […]
I get by with a little help from my friends
Moving can be stressful, painful, and in general, not very fun. Or it can be relatively painless, quick, and at least somewhat fun. We have a few ways of making moving something that we don’t really dread. We tend to live with less “things” than most people (when considering a grad student + a full […]