The fencing coach offered me a position on the team this year. After mulling over it a bit, I had to tell him no. It's just too busy this year and there's too much other things I want to do. He tried his best to lay the guilt trip on me though :lol: He said if I have time for friends, I have time for fencing. When I said civil engineering takes up a lot of time, he dismissed it as not a real engineering course then offered to get me a tutor haha. Anyhow, I told him maybe next year.

One of the things I want to do this year is the bridge building competition in February. We've already put together a team. I have to say we are pretty serious about it as we have already begun researching designs. Other teams watch out!

On a completely different note, it just came to my attention that many laser printers imprint a near to invisible code that contains the serial number as well as other information such as date printed on every printout. Apparently, this was an agreement that the Secret Service quietly brokered with the manufacturers to aid in tracking counterfeiters.


The code is in the form of tiny patterns of yellow dots that's placed intermittingly within the document. It is invisible to the naked eye but it can be seen when a blue light is shone on the page.

This, of course, raises many privacy issues. What can be used as a tool to track down criminals can also be improperly used to intrude on personal privacy.

Big Brother is watching you!

Read more about it here.