Yep, another week has come by, saw how tired I was, then ran away. I am at the closing of week 3 of the robotics build season, and all is going well. At least I pretty sure it is... through all this haze.
As far as work goes, there has been no major happenings, especially since it is within the confines of my 3 day work week. My new street light files have come, another 3 of them, and I have gotten about 3 of them done. From what they tell me, they have more than enough for me to do during this job cycle. I really do not mind actually. This kind of work I can do pretty efficiently, and it gives me a lot of time to think while I work, which is all I really ask for in a job.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Finishing Up the First Batch
Just another week of work following the same prescribed schedule as last week. I have finished the scanning of the street light files, well, the first three drawers of them anyway. I do not quite know yet if I will be continuing on that or going to something else new next week.
Otherwise, no real major milestones reached recently, but while I have the space, I might as well as describe what scanning these files involves. They come in a large drawer basically, large enough to fit files about 3ft wide and 2ft deep. I pull these files from the drawer, remove all staples or bindings, then insert one page at a time into this massive printer/scanner that is about as wide as my wingspan (no, I haven't actually checked). Then I remove one page at a time, and insert another page at a time. It isn't the most invigorating work, but it is cool to see such a large machine work.
Otherwise, no real major milestones reached recently, but while I have the space, I might as well as describe what scanning these files involves. They come in a large drawer basically, large enough to fit files about 3ft wide and 2ft deep. I pull these files from the drawer, remove all staples or bindings, then insert one page at a time into this massive printer/scanner that is about as wide as my wingspan (no, I haven't actually checked). Then I remove one page at a time, and insert another page at a time. It isn't the most invigorating work, but it is cool to see such a large machine work.
Beginning of the End
The climax of my year has arrived. FIRST Robotics build season is here, and that means a lot of work, little sleep, and a great deal of grade fudging. The most significant difference is in scheduling. With the current robotics schedule, I will not be able to go to work on Mondays or Fridays. This leaves me with only three days, about 7 hours in total. I will need to make it all up after build season.
Now for the large files that I have been scanning-- I noticed that I never quite described what they actually are or who they are for. This is a job that I am doing for the Traffic Department, a building just a little south of the Public Works Department. The files that I am scanning are very large, CAD style documents that are of street light placement around Olathe. Basically a few intersections are shown per page, and the documents layout the street light placement.
Okay, I will cut the post off here, I need to hibernate before all of this really gets in gear.
Now for the large files that I have been scanning-- I noticed that I never quite described what they actually are or who they are for. This is a job that I am doing for the Traffic Department, a building just a little south of the Public Works Department. The files that I am scanning are very large, CAD style documents that are of street light placement around Olathe. Basically a few intersections are shown per page, and the documents layout the street light placement.
Okay, I will cut the post off here, I need to hibernate before all of this really gets in gear.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Setting the Stage
As I'm sure you have been lamenting, this is my first post in a few weeks due to winter break. Just for you, I will fill in the gap.
Just about a week or two into winter break, Connor Weeks and I switched duties again. I had been doing the GIS mapping over Olathe sidewalks, and he had been doing some scanning to be put into the mysterious Application Extender program; basically, putting it on the Olathe database. However, there is a twist. I had not been taught Application Extender, and rather than go through all of that jazz, I received something immediate and within my knowledge base-- I now am scanning massive street light project files. They are not the size of the mega sheet, but they all get close, and they definitely must be done in the largest scanner. Some guys lugged in 3 large drawers of them, and told me that there were plenty more. Wish me luck.
Just about a week or two into winter break, Connor Weeks and I switched duties again. I had been doing the GIS mapping over Olathe sidewalks, and he had been doing some scanning to be put into the mysterious Application Extender program; basically, putting it on the Olathe database. However, there is a twist. I had not been taught Application Extender, and rather than go through all of that jazz, I received something immediate and within my knowledge base-- I now am scanning massive street light project files. They are not the size of the mega sheet, but they all get close, and they definitely must be done in the largest scanner. Some guys lugged in 3 large drawers of them, and told me that there were plenty more. Wish me luck.
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