Profile: Physics_is_fun

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I'm an undergraduate student at a liberal arts college. I'm getting my degree in physics, but I'm not too sure what I'm going to do with it yet. I just know I love the stuff! I tried Einstein@Home toward the end of last year, but my computer didn't get along with it very well. After some work this summer, however, my computer is perfectly fine running the BOINC program. So, now I run it all the time! It's great fun being able to help out and participate.

When I'm not spending loads of time on my classes or catching up on sleep, I enjoy looking at far away celestial objects using my Meade Telestar Telescope (D=114mm F=1000mm f/8.8). I really, really like having Starry Night on my computer. It's getting colder, so knowing what I want to see is there before I go out is great. I'm an amateur, but it's great fun. I also like to read. Sci-fi/Fantasy is a great section to be in, but I really like almost all books. I'm not into the romance novels, though. Cross-stitching is another hobby I lose when at college, as well as video gaming (though I bring my PS2 every year without fail).

I'm also looking into HAM Radio, so if you know anything I should, pass it my way! ;-) Thanks!
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant NSF-0200852 and by the Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the investigators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or the MPG.

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