Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people. - Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Kilometer 888: Eng’gfinity: The Engineering Centennial Run

Posted July 18th, 2010 by wilson

Success
With or without “fight” problems, I would have joined this race because of my ties to the College. Not only was I a student there for 7 years, I am also now a part of the faculty. And years ago, I was also tangentially involved with the College’s Student Council, which is the entity behind [...]

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Posted April 23rd, 2010 by wilson

I think a couple of blogs already explained how the Championchip timing mechanism works. But I don’t ever remember reading anything on the “old-school” barcode-based system. Either it’s common knowledge, or simply nobody cares about such a “outdated” system.
Well, for those who are interested, here’s how it works.
The barcode timing system has two components, manned [...]

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