I’m too lazy to make a new list this year, and last year’s still looks good, so we’ll go with that.
Archive for the 'Commentary' Category
While I seem to have lost most of my childhood memories, there are a few that still remain. Interestingly, many of them involve robots. This is my attempt to preserve these memories.
Robot Story 1 – The Engineer:
When I was 5 or 6 years old, I got the idea that I wanted to build a robot. Continue reading ‘Robot Story 1 – The Engineer’
(This is part 2 of a 2 part series. Read part 1 here.)
The mission administrative organization has its own complex and highly developed jargon. First of all, each mission, which consists of anywhere from 20 to 200 (or sometimes more) missionaries, is located geographically within an ‘area’, consisting of many missions, which are overseen by an ‘Area President.’ As stated previously, the mission is overseen by a ‘Mission President’, who reports to Continue reading ‘Mormon Culture and Jargon: Mormon Missionaries (Part 2)’
(This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Read part 2 here.)
Variation in language occurs constantly and continuously throughout our society, and for each of us, whether we realize it or not, it is a daily experience. Social groups have dialects, jargon, and slang that oftentimes transcend geographical boundaries and provide cohesion among members. This is particularly true of racial groups and religious groups. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Continue reading ‘Mormon Culture and Jargon: Mormon Missionaries (Part 1)’
I know that some might frown on the practice, but every time there is going to be a new Apostle chosen, I like to try and guess who I think it will be. It’s just for fun. So here are my picks, starting with the most likely: Continue reading ‘Scott’s General Conference Predictons’
(A quick note: Doughnuts are good, and any attempt to quantify their goodness is doomed to failure. This being true, I don’t have particularly high hopes for this post, but I’m not going to let that stop me.)
As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of doughnuts, I have always expected Continue reading ‘A Three-way Doughnut Duke-it-Out’
The year: 1937. The man: Vernon Rudolph. The place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The pastry: doughnuts. But, not just any doughnuts, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Continue reading ‘The Doughnut War’
The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is an electrical and computer engineer’s dream school. The Electrical and Computer Engineering program at U of I boasts a student population of almost 2,000, with over 100 faculty members, and almost 20,000 living alumni. It holds the largest library of engineering materials in the Continue reading ‘The Engineering-Everyone Else Divide’
Way back in the year 2001, when I was 17 years old, I put together my first website. I think I was compelled by a desire to “have a place of my own” on the internets. At times it was exciting to learn the ins and outs of Microsoft Frontpage, and at others I wanted to scream. Eventually I got my fancy new website uploaded Continue reading ‘The Evolution of CrispyCromar.com’
Digital Life: Going Digital
Ever since digital storage — a.k.a. hard drives — became so cheap that the possibility of putting all the information in my life into that medium became a reality, I have had the goal of making that happen. What exactly do I mean? Well, I would like to have all my pictures, video, documents, books, music, and everything else stored digitally. I want it all on my computer, and not cluttering up my desk or shelves.
Obviously, I am not alone in this desire, Continue reading ‘Digital Life: Going Digital’