My bike got stolen. It happened sometime between 10:30pm last night and 11:00 am this morning. I filed an incident report with Campus Security, but that bike is gone. I should have used a better lock. A pair of bolt cutters could have gone through that lock in a matter of minutes, if not seconds.
The thief might have won the battle, but he won’t necessarily win the war.
I want to build a Radio Alarm Bike lock and lock up a decoy bike. This is a simple device that could be built using a cheap-o cable bike lock, a radioshack plastic enclosure box, and an FM broadcast circuit. When the bike lock is cut, it would activate the weak FM distress signal. I would have a radio tuned to this FM frequency in my room and amplified. I could then go out and beat the @#$% out of the thief with a large blunt object. Or, this could activate a security camera, call security, etc.
Unfortunately, I have no funds for this project. It would probably cost me $50. Any donors or interested parties?
Greg Szorc and I created a new Phi Kappa Theta website for our chapter. We used Drupal as the content management system and I am thoroughly impressed. It is the best content management system I have ever used. It is very easy to modify and theme and the number of additional modules available is insane. I am very pleased with how the site turned out.
We are currently working on modifying the CAS single signon module to allow only certain CAS authenticated users to login. Once logged in, brothers, alumni, and pledges will be presented private information including forums, a wiki section, and the ability to modify the public site.
We have been so impressed with Drupal that we are looking into an even bigger project. More details to come later.
Many thanks to the Greek Life office for awarding me the “Creative Achievement” award for my photography work. I wasn’t able to attend the award ceremony last night, but I’m very honored. Last night I had my Object-Oriented design final and then performed with the orchestra in Thwing Ballroom.
When? This Friday at 10pm
Why? Two foam machines.
Who? You. Me. Her. Him. Oh, and that other girl.
Where? The only place that makes ancient Rome look like a Mormon dental convention: Phikap.
Oh, one of these days I’ll emerge from my pile of work and tell you about all the fun details I have neglected to blog for the past week. Until then, it’s back to studying for me!
By the time I made it down to rope pull, I had already missed Phikap. We lasted all of but 7 seconds on a pull against SigEp. I hate loosing *anything*, but what the hell are we supposed to do? Technique only goes so far…
I took photos. I took more photos. After that, I ate some chips, and then took some more photos. How did they come out? Eh, alright. Nothing really great. I tried looking for different angles than the ones I used last year - but that didn’t work out. The photos look decent.
After rope pull was dinner and then chapter. I got a last minute call to cover the RENT event in Strosacker. I took photos of the Adam Pascal concert after the movie. The audience was 90% female and 99% of them would sleep with him in a second. The remaining 1% were straight males. 
I kid, I kid. The guy *really* can sing and the concert was very good. I got some great shots and got to enjoy the last songs of the concert with Goldie.