Month: October 2002

being out all day is very taxing. this week i’ve been away nearly every day for over 10 hours. what a bear. first a couple hours in lancaster on monday, yesterday all day in buena park at PHCC, and today all day at the final cut pro user meeting and the education expo. i guess it’s only one week a year.

in little under three hours i became certified as an installer of natural gas piping, along with revolutionary plastic PEX potable water piping. this means anywhere in the country i’m licensed to purchased these specialty equipment. it’s rather scary that anyone can take the seminar and walk out with a license. now i can “rewire” the natural gas lines for greater efficiency and appliance servicability. remember these little events called earthquakes in CA? with flexible water and natural gas lines, it less likely that they would blow up, or punch through a wall. i’ll let you know when i draw my first 10 meters of tubing next time.

i think i’ve found a solution for my early waking up. why not go to sleep early! if i’m in bed by 9:30 PM to 10:00 PM, then if I’m awake by 4:30 AM, i’m getting 6.5 hours of continuous sleep, mostly terrible for an adult, who probably needs 8.25 hours of sleep, but much better than 5.5 or 4.5 hours of sleep. lately i’ve been building in long commute times to my school site in lancaster, and again sometimes i go to long beach, that’s a perfect opportunity to nap. at the end of the day i’m probably approaching 7.25 hours of sleep, but like any good sleep researcher would tell you, it’s the continuity of sleep that is most important, not the duration. this morning i’m off to buena park, about 1.5 hours away by subway, to learn about CSST. you ask what is CSST? this is the technology to deliver natural gas over corrugated stainless steel tubing. rather than wrench together black iron (conventional) why not deliver, using a manifold, natural gas to each and every appliance equally (homerun piping)? this is what CSST can do, along with added flexibility of the tube, which hopefully will last longer than iron (no rust), and not break in a earthquake. take a look at one major supplier gastite.