The Original Structural Analysis in the Cloud?
Last week I was chatting to my daughter about my blog.
“Your articles are OK,” she said. “But why don’t you write something that would appeal to someone my age, a 20-something?”
“Like what?” I asked. “What aspect of structural engineering might interest a 20-something?”
“How about Roller Coaster Tycoon?” she suggested. Continue reading
Houston’s Structural Extremes
This weekend, Saturday April 11, Houston’s Annual Art Car Parade will be held. It is one of the highlights of the local entertainment season, a perfect meld of engineering/mechanical aptitude and artsy wackiness: something purely Houstonian.
The idea of the Art Car Parade is that anyone with an old junk car (or anything else on wheels) spends a year or more decorating it in a unique artistic style that speaks to them alone: the car may end up covered with dancing lobsters, or disguised as a dragon, peacock, or even as Siamese twin VW bugs. Then one Saturday a year, 250 or so art cars parade down one of Houston’s main drags, like some psychedelic Easter parade strutting for the appreciative crowds. If you can’t make the Art Car Parade in person, here is the next best thing: http://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com.
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Engineering and the Cloud 