Arsen Ivanov http://www.arsenivanov.com Science and Technology Blog Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Falling in love… with your work. http://www.arsenivanov.com/2008/08/22/falling-in-love-with-your-work/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2008/08/22/falling-in-love-with-your-work/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:57:10 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2008/08/22/falling-in-love-with-your-work/ The “work” is a heavy, grim word dreaded by most people. It sometimes feels like a weight on a shoulder, dragging one down the drudgery of Monday morning. But why?

Most people choose to fear their work because they do not make the simple choice to fall in love with it. It is so easy. It is merely a choice. Would you rather spend 9 to 5 at work, and then hate the thought of coming back, or do a ten-hour workday and then love the thought of coming in the morning to continue? Would you rather hate thinking about your work, or be bubbling with ideas about it?

To not love your work is to condemn yourself to torture.

I choose to love my work. I choose to fall in love with the project I currently have on my hands. Any other way would make me a hypocrite betraying people who pay me to study at graduate school (like my advisor).

So, with this small message, I encourage you - fall in love with what you do. Fall in love with your work. You will be happier if you do so.

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2008/08/22/falling-in-love-with-your-work/feed/ Linux: vmstat http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/08/linux-vmstat/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/08/linux-vmstat/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:25:29 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/08/linux-vmstat/ Read nifty little intro into this powerful program from Linux By Examples…

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/08/linux-vmstat/feed/ Video: a working exoskeleton! http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/07/video-a-working-exoskeleton/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/07/video-a-working-exoskeleton/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:23:11 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/07/video-a-working-exoskeleton/ By Ratheon Corp. [h/t: NewScientistTech (click link to see)]. Only thing this thing needs is a battery that can last a day….sweeet!

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/07/video-a-working-exoskeleton/feed/ Want 10 million dollars? Win X Prize Genomics challenge! http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/04/want-10-million-dollars-win-x-prize-genomics-challenge/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/04/want-10-million-dollars-win-x-prize-genomics-challenge/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:29:45 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/04/want-10-million-dollars-win-x-prize-genomics-challenge/ $10M to the First Team to Sequence
100 Human Genomes in 10 Days

source: X PRIZE Foundation

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/12/04/want-10-million-dollars-win-x-prize-genomics-challenge/feed/ Video: Scientists speaking out against “Global Warming” ™. http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-scientists-speaking-out-against-global-warming-tm/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-scientists-speaking-out-against-global-warming-tm/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:03:20 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-scientists-speaking-out-against-global-warming-tm/ Whether or not Anthropogenic Global Warming actually exists, I hope it will not be decided by a scientifically-ignorant ex-lawyer Al Gore whether the “scientific consensus” is reached or not. [h/t: JunkScience.com]

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-scientists-speaking-out-against-global-warming-tm/feed/ Video: a “singing” Tesla coil! http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-a-singing-tesla-coil/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-a-singing-tesla-coil/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:56:55 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-a-singing-tesla-coil/ Gotta see it to believe it! [h/t: NewScientistTech]

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-a-singing-tesla-coil/feed/ Video: autonomous VTOL using RC model aircraft (MIT, Aerospace Controls Lab) http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-autonomous-vtol-using-rc-model-aircraft-mit-aerospace-controls-lab/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-autonomous-vtol-using-rc-model-aircraft-mit-aerospace-controls-lab/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:38:07 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-autonomous-vtol-using-rc-model-aircraft-mit-aerospace-controls-lab/ Wow, check this out … [h/t NewScientistTech]

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/24/video-autonomous-vtol-using-rc-model-aircraft-mit-aerospace-controls-lab/feed/ How to use PowerPoint http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/19/how-to-use-powerpoint/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/19/how-to-use-powerpoint/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:52:26 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/19/how-to-use-powerpoint/ [via LifeHacker.com]

“Presentation consultant Alexei Kapterev put together a must-see slideshow on creating great presentations. Hit the next button above to flip through it and see how to stop killing your audience with boring PowerPoint presentations (no audio, the slides speak for themselves).”

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/19/how-to-use-powerpoint/feed/ 25 most useful Linux commands http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/25-most-useful-linux-commands/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/25-most-useful-linux-commands/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:04:31 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/25-most-useful-linux-commands/ Here is a great article on *nix Shell detailing 25 top most useful commands for Linux/UNIX beginners.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/25-most-useful-linux-commands/feed/ Veterans: THANK YOU! http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/veterans-thank-you/ http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/veterans-thank-you/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:50:46 +0000 admin http://www.arsenivanov.com/2007/11/11/veterans-thank-you/ Just wanted to take a minute in a week full of tests to say thanks to veterans.

The saying goes: if you can read this, thank a teacher,  if you can read this in English, thank a vet. I became a huge patriot of this country (USA) after coming here. It is an imperfect country, like any other, but, paraphrasing Churchill, it is the least imperfect among all. Having lived in USSR and then ex-USSR for 15 years, I am enormously grateful and respectful of the people who volunteer to protect and perpetuate this country and this great cultural tradition known as United States of America by serving in the military.

THANK YOU VETERANS! WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO!

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