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Wed, 08 Dec 2004

design review... defeated

10:45p: I'm done. Now I'm going home.

Man, I wish these things weren't confidential so I could post them. I know all y'all want to read my behemoth design reviews.


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coming soon to a conference room near... me

Mike and I were at work late last night, and at some point decided that The Right Thing To Do™ was to have a marathon design review. Today we sent out the following meeting announcement:

SI3240A (Quad Proslic) ADC & Calibration Design Review 
A Proslic Double Feature!

10am-2pm	Longitudinal Balance (CM->DM Conversion)
		Loop Compensator (Mike Mills)

		2 pole low frequency rolloff achieved using
		"cap multipliers"

2-2:30pm	Intermission

2:30-6:30	AC/DC ADC (Riad Wahby)

		Same ADC for both, w/slight modifications
		2nd order delta-sigma modulator

Yes, the picture was in there. Yes, this is exactly the text of the invite. Yes, it went to every engineer in the company.

We rule.


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the long dark tea time of my office

Something I forgot to blog about when it happened, but I will now: I discovered that Harney and Sons teas can be purchased from their website. This is awesome. As soon as I discovered it, I picked up a tins of Lapsang Souchong, Gunpowder Green, Yin Hao Jasmine, and Chamomile Herbal. (Yes, that's right, fully half of my purchase was herbal, i.e., uncaffeinated, tea!). This tea is so fucking good you'll crap your pants.

They say that Lapsang is an acquired taste, but I acquired it pretty fast, myself. It's a very smoky black tea, and it's become my staple tea. The Gunpowder is just a good green tea that's maybe a little bolder than most other greens; being a green, however, it just doesn't have the black's kick, so I generally only drink it when I'm not in the mood for the Lapsang. The Yin Hao, if you'll recall from Dana's collection, is ridiculously armatic. It's the best jasmine I've run across, though Harney seems to know this too—it's reflected in the price. The chamomile is literally fresh chamomile blossoms, complete with lots and lots of pollen; as such, I'm actually allergic to it up until it's brewed. This kind of sucks, since it's incredible-smelling, but once I get some water on it I have no problems drinking it. It does an excellent job of calming me down after a long work day of tanking on Diet Dr. Pepper, coffee, and the caffeinated variants in my collection.

I hear Harney's Earl Grey is fantastic; once I get some, I'll let y'all know. I'm also half-seriously debating some of their Top Ti Quan Yin, though it's fucking pricey.


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actual productivity

Infected Mushroom, I'm convinced, makes me work faster. Or maybe it just makes me feel like I'm working faster. Ministry of Sound remixes seem to do the same thing.

The real productivity-maker, however, is working late. The later it gets, the more productive I get. Weekends, being the ultimate "working late," are extremely productive. When you're there during the day, you almost feel like you have to be there—you're passing the time. Once you're there after hours, time is passing you. (Note that this also happens in communist Russia.)

I'm circling the drain on a design review right now, so things are feeling expa-kwispie kwunchie. Fortunately, I'm fairly certain I've covered my bases well and have things well in hand. Then again, I know I'm forgetting something. What?


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