Organization is the key

September 28th, 2005 * Comments(0)

A series of post on becoming a more organized person (by the guy who wrote the  “How to e-mail a professor” I mentioned earlier and many other useful things).

 1. introduction

 2. consider a datebook

 3. use a small notebook

 4. use a Palm

 5. Post-It notes

 

How to e-mail a professor

September 28th, 2005 * Comments(0)

 Here’s the full post from a professor who obviously get’s a lot of annoying emails.


– Choose an appropriate greeting
– Avoid rote apologies for missing class
– Proofread what you’ve written
– Sign with your full name, course number, and meeting time
– Don’t send unexpected attachments
– When you get a reply, say thanks

Have to say I’m not sure I follow every one of his suggestions.

 

No stupid! It’s actually an MK25…

September 25th, 2005 * Comments(0)

I’m stupid (fact).

Prior to storing it I glanced at the receipt from the shop where I bought my new scuba equipment and guess what… my brand new regulator is actually not the one I thought it was.

I was out there buying a ScubaPro R390 second stage with an MK17 first stage but they were all out. They did have the legendary G250 on a discouted offer for nearly identical price so I got that one instead. It’s a bit on the large side but a workhorse that has proven itself time and again.
There was never a doubt in my mind that the first stage was the MK17 I wanted (since that’s what me and the salesman were discussing all the time).

But then, three weeks later, after 12 dives with the setup I get home and take a quick look at the receipt and see MK25AF/G250 written on it…

Naturally I got curious what the deal was so I went to the ScubaPro website and compared the two first stages…

Let me just repeat the first sentence – I’m stupid. On second thought, let’s expand that a bit – I’m also an absolute idiot.

Of course it’s the MK25!

When I was first researching what to buy, reading the reviews etc. I never really took a good look at the visual appearance and the differences between the two. Just a few hours ago I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference to be honest. I was focused on the performance characteristics, construction, features and the rest of the stuff that really matter with these things. But not the overall appearance.

So I came how convinced I got myself a MK17/G250 setup.

Far from me being dissapointed by the new discovery. I’m thrilled! I got a significant upgrade from what I originally wanted, I just didn’t realize how much of step up it really is. Especially considering the price. I got a significantly better deal than I thought

 

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