Well I’ve had the N73 since Dec 26 and can’t believe why I didn’t return to Nokia sooner. This is a Series 60 3rd Edition. I’ve already readjusted to the Nokia way of doing things and will never leave Nokia again. And Series 60 uses the Symbian OS and is more powerful than the simpler Series 40 platform.  I’m still playing with the phone and setting it up. It was given to me as was from my friend so it has all of his old stuff on it.

As soon as I get the data cable I’m going to flash it to the newest firmware. I have the original cable but it doesn’t seem to work correctly. My friend ordered a replacement but it arrived after he already left campus to come home for the holidays. When he gets back he’s going to toss it in the mail for me.

After flashing it’s time to get everything reinstalled and configured just right.

No more Windows Mobile for me, I’m on a strict Nokia diet.

Played several rounds of darts and had more then enough to drink.

I’m surprised I woke up as early as I did.

Counting the says ’till the next one.

Well I’m a little off on my January goals for getting back into amateur radio. I never did anything. But I have a new interest and will pursue interest in this hobby.

My 2 year subscription to hamtestonline.com expired on November 21. This site offers online training for all US and Canadian amateur radio licenses. You get access for 2 years for $50. For the 3 US licenses, this is cheaper then buying the 3 books available. I have sadly wasted this sub as I rarely ever visited the site. With my new interest I can renew for another 2 years for $30 and did so earlier today. I will give myself until the end of 2008 to get my General and Amateur Extra licenses but plan on getting them much sooner.

I also took my Yaesu VX-7R radio out of the box it’s been in shortly after I got it in Aug 2006. It was charged once, played with, never transmitted only listened. I left the battery in the radio while in storage. I fired it up a couple days ago to find the battery is shot. It will not charge and a call to Yaesu technical support confirmed my suspiscions. A new battery is going to be ordered, but it’s on backorder untilk Dec 17 so I’m in no huge rush to get it ordered yet. It is an aftermarket battery but provides 1600mAh as opposed to the 1400mAh of the OEM Yaesu battery, so it will last longer.

That´ś it for now. Stay tuned for regular posts and progress reports on my license upgrades.

I had to work today at 4am so I was unable to celebrate the New Year this year.  I did however celebrate yesterday.  I was at my favorite restaurant/bar, Maurie’s Table, from 11:15am to 9pm and had more then enough to drink.  I went home and straight to bed, had to get up at 3:20 am for work.

Good news is I had no hangover and had an easy day at work, finished at 9am.

My New Year’s Resolution for 2007 is to get back into this hobby.  I would like to upgrade to the General license by March and Amateur Extra by June.  I have no idea why I have neglected this even after getting the first license and a radio.

As far as the school, the Astronomy class I was going to take in May to graduate June 21 didn’t work out.  The teacher was a jerk and I didn’t have to put up with it.  I needed one general education credit, not a specific class credit.  Flash forward over summer.  Called a few people at school about some classes I could take to satisfy that credit.  Mission being something simple.  I don’t want to take another 3-5 credit class if I just need 1.  I ended up getting an Independant Study in GSD111 (Job Seeking Skills) that is just 1 credit and started October 16.  The class meets Monday and Wednesday 12p-12:50p.  The Independant Study allows me to work on this class at my pace.  I do NOT go to class and just communicate with the teacher when necessary.  I think the instructor really understands the fact I just want 1 credit, not so much the class. I do hope to get something valuable out of it though since I will be graduating December 13 and will be looking for a new job in my new field.

Upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.5

Plenty of other stuff has happened since May but I’ll not back post.

Advanced Solid State - B
Advanced Circuit Analysis - A

Going into the finals I knew exactly what final grade I would end up with for the classes with various “for example” grades on the finals.

In Advanced Solid State I had a 85.9% going into the final and would get an overall 80.5% (B) with a 50% and a 86.5% (B) with a 90%.  I kept my B.

In Advanced Circuit Analysis I had a 88.1% going into the final and would get an overall 80.9% (B) with a 40% and a 88.4% (B) with a 90%.  I must have done really well on it as my locked B turned into an A.

No complaints here.  14 consecutive A’s and 1 B.