Well, I got lost this weekend and totally missed the Red Bull Soapbox Derby. I was disappointed, but not a huge deal since I did end up buying the amazing Firefly on DVD. Now I have plenty of television greatness to keep me occupied when I am not playing TF2 or working on my projects. Speaking of projects I wanted to catch you up on my last project and experience.

In my Senior year of college for my Computer Engineering degree I decided to skip an internship in favor of doing some research and development on a Senior Project. While most of my peers (not all) were working in lame internships, I was talking with corporate representatives about their newest technology and gaining sponsorships. I got five sponsors and went on my way to make a great mATX project with a separate breakout box with the HDD, Optical Drive, and a USB Hub. My design was meant to turn conventional PCs into a smaller, modular design that would be easier for the average consumer to work on. Also, there was a scientific approach to overclocking and performance results regarding various changes in clock speeds. Obviously being a college student limited my resources and my design, but overall I was very happy with the end result. In May 2007, I presented in front of seven advisers, my peers, and a handful of representatives from companies like IBM and Motorola. I ended up getting an A, but it wasn’t nearly as great as the words of encouragement from the advisers and the corporate reps.

My sponsors on that project were Crucial Memory, Gigabyte Technology, Danger Den, Protocase Enclosures, and Good Work System. I have to thank them since it would have been quite a task to complete the project on time without them. An extra large thanks has to go out to Protocase for their help on creating the external box. If you are building a special mod, you may want to check them out. They are a bit pricey, but you will be hard pressed to find another company that will produce an enclosure as high quality as theirs.

By the way, while throwing out the box that my Noctua NC-U6 came in I found a metal case badge and a pen. Sweet!

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