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I finally know what my summer plans are: interning for Freescale Semiconductor (a semiconductor spinoff from Motorola) in Austin, TX. I've been trying all year to find something in Austin for this summer, and yesterday I got an offer on an interesting project which involves doing performance testing. Well being they're paying me quite well, it's a bit more involved than that, but that's what it comes down to. I've heard nothing but great things about Austin from just about everyone I've asked, so I really wanted to try living there for a while to see how I liked it before making a committment to a full time job there. It'll be nice going back to Texas too, I haven't been there in almost 4 years now. This will be the last chance I have to do an internship since I graduate in December, so here's to hoping this one is as much fun as the last two.
I did manage to figure out a plan for Spring Break, this time a full 5 days beforehand, instead of only 4 like last time. Me and Candice ended up going to Atlanta for the weekend. I'd been there once before, and this time got to see even more stuff, such as the CNN headquarters which was really cool, all of the MLK museum and birthhome (it's still so hard for me to comprehend that it was only until 40 years ago that segregation was legal), the DeKalb Farmers Market, the Varsity (world's largest drive-in, and quite possibly the world's most greasiest food), and a whole day at Six Flags Georgia. Six Flags was disappointing since two of the big roller coasters were down for "painting", which I fail to see why they couldn't have painted them in the last 3 months that they were closed, instead of waiting until the park was actually open. At least the crowds were light and they had a lot of other rollercoasters, including a stand up, inverted, and flying (where you ride lying face down in a Superman like position). All in all a very fun trip though. How can you not love a city that is planning to expand the interstate right through the middle of it to 23 lanes?
Apparently ripping up your credit card applications isn't enough to prevent companies from giving anyone who wants to tape it back together a card in your name. Just a tad bit scary eh? However there are ways to get off the mailing lists. Quite convinitely if you decide you want to permantely opt out, you have to actually mail in a form. For some odd reason that requirement doens't exist if you want to opt in. Who would have guessed?
What would the iPod packaging look like if Microsoft made it? It's funny because its true.
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