I had a VERY busy day yesterday. I left here at 7:15 to get gas, pick up two of my classmates and drive to Columbus, GA to tour the AFLAC warehouse. We got back to campus about 11:30 and I had to finish a 2-page paper before a meeting at 2:00. I finished it, but it wasn't my best writing. That really didn't matter much since it was really for my own benefit, not for a grade. My meeting lasted until 3:45. I went from the meeting to discuss a computer program with the Chinese visiting professor I'm working with. We had a programming problem and I spent the next hour trying to resolve the problem. I left the problem unsolved to go home and walk Coma, but as soon as she was settled, I worked on the problem again. I managed to find the error about 8:30 and sent an email to the professor. After the problem was solved I started some research about "smart meters" and it turns out I have one on my house. Pretty cool technology. If your electricity usage is metered by a smart meter the power company doesn't have to come to your house to read your meter. The reading is "magically" transmitted to the utility company via cell tower or satellite. I've emailed Alabama Power Company to see if I can see my electricity usage via the Internet. I think smart meters can do that, but I'm not sure if they have the features implemented here. By the end of 2011 all homes in Alabama will have smart meters installed. In New Orleans, NOPSI is putting 11,500 smart meters on homes of low income families to help them manage their electricity usage.
Off to campus to mingle with the 100,000 football fans here for the AU vs South Carolina game. War Eagle!
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