tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:02:01 +0000http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/noreply@blogger.com (University of Wisconsin - Platteville)Blogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-6173337646364050157Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:02:00 +00002010-03-09T21:02:01.064-08:00Looks like I'm going to Orlando for Spring Break, but not for the usual reasons...CastExpo, http://www.castexpo.com/Home.asp is a giant trade show filled with conferences and tons of cool stuff for individuals in the metal casting industry. Entry is something like $1300, or FREE for students! Two of my closest Platteville friends and I have planned a simply epic road trip. We are leaving at http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/03/orlando-here-i-come.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-6946182979103546457Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:50:00 +00002010-03-08T20:57:20.735-08:00This has been such a fantastic semester. The headstone has been getting this internship and getting my future locked up...however, in addition to the job offer I have accepted, I have also landed three others! After two years of not being able to find anything, all of my hard work has paid off. I apologize for the "uninterestingness" of this semester's edition of "A day in the life of Nathan".http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/03/state-of-union.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-138300008744516026Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:15:00 +00002010-02-26T08:18:17.616-08:00So, I was working in the Metals lab yesterday afternoon, building a piece for my drumset for $40 (That I could not get for cheaper than $230 online), when I noticed someone at the door waving at me. I went over and opened the door...it was a 2003 graduate of our program who was driving from Iowa to Appleton and wanted to stop by and see the labs. I introduced myself and walked him around, http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/interesting-alumni-story.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-8986945497740609568Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:10:00 +00002010-02-26T08:15:00.381-08:00Well, the big news is, I GOT THE JOB! I will be starting as Technical Services intern at Charter Steel, near Milwaukee, WI. The job is kind of a problem solver, jack of all trades kind of deal, which is something I've always found myself doing. We ship some steel out, it breaks, they ship it back, I take it apart and look at it under a microscope and figure out what happened, and then try to http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/employment.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-7275703993015878015Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:27:00 +00002010-02-19T10:46:29.109-08:00I had asked off of work for Friday and Saturday because my good friend and former roommate was planning on coming back to town for the weekend. Well, that fell through because he is closing on a house and will not have time time to make poor decisions in Platteville. So, I am stuck with the weekend off. Nathan - 1. However, I am probably just going to sleep the whole time...I've been working http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/nathan-1-weekend-1.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-7497070559752144414Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:16:00 +00002010-02-18T07:29:24.423-08:00That's right! With this blog, my total number is up to the century mark. WOOHOO!In any event, I'm going to mention something very, very cool I just found out about. It's called RepRap, which is short for replicating rapid prototyping machine. A rapid prototyping machine is basically a 3d printer. You pull up a parts drawing, hit print, and voila, a copy of whatever you had drawn, in solid http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/happy-100-posts.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-5662808780597373963Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +00002010-02-14T13:06:16.655-08:00Thursday nights is my training and supervision class. It's another class that I was not really expecting too much out of, but I have found myself very interested and enjoying what we are discussing. We had a unit on interviewing, and on hiring, just stuff that I've never really learned about that I am going to need to know soon! Also, if you know how to interview people, you know how to be http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/training-and-supervision.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-4983936925074125888Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:40:00 +00002010-02-05T10:46:35.739-08:00I haven't been home yet this semester, the first chance I'm going to get is next weekend :( My laptop and HDD and Xbox are still at home as well, I didn't want to leave them in my car at the airport while I was out of the country.Good news is that there's always something to do on campus over the weekend! Very excited to check out the Matt Wilson quartet tonight. http://www.uwplatt.edu/arts/http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/weekend.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-1046233669882835871Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:10:00 +00002010-02-01T14:14:47.119-08:00Classes are all going great. It's a pretty light semester, which seems to be typical for your last semester in college. I only have one class on MWF, which is great, but I wish I could have packed that class into Tuesday or Thursday as well! That would be awesome...16 credits of class in two days, four day weekend every week! Haha.One class that's surprising me a bit is my Intro to Ethnic http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/insert-creative-title-here.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-905163660090225855Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:38:00 +00002010-02-01T14:14:59.605-08:00These were taken in Guatemala. Funny story how we got there...we were staying in a small town near the Belize/Guatemala border, planning on doing a day trip over to see the Tikal ruins and coming back. The small border town (San Ignacio) didn't have much going for it, it was all overrun with tourists and tour groups, so we cancelled our second night at the hotel and stayed for three days after http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/02/pictures-round-two.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-1423498103970049991Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:32:00 +00002010-01-28T10:37:48.562-08:00Here are some pictures from Belize. Very cool country, but poor! Not as bad as the other country I was in, but much worse than anywhere I've been before. Really interesting to talk to and interact with these people. Everyone speaks English!I am much too large for this ceiling-mounted bathroom!The view from my window the first day I woke up. Nice.Tapir!Pile of spiny pigs!Alligator!Some http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/01/first-round-of-pictures.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-7753833482841575015Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:21:00 +00002010-01-25T13:24:42.289-08:00This morning, I woke up at 9:00. I got all ready for school, showered, got dressed, and made it to my 10:00 class. I got a handout and was taking notes on it for about 25 minutes before I realized my phone was making noise. This was strange, because it was on "Automatic" mode, where it is audible outside of class, and set to vibrate inside of class. I then checked my calendar and noticed my http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/01/story-to-brighten-your-day.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-6415751755500359295Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:57:00 +00002010-01-21T12:00:13.513-08:00Well, I'm finally back in Platteville. I had such a busy and exciting break, and I hope you did too! I was in Appleton, enjoying time with my family and getting a lot of work done on my car for the first three weeks, and I have been wandering through Belize and Guatemala for the last 9 days! It was great! I'm going through the pictures now, should have some up later this week.Classes this http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/01/welcome-backone-last-time.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-2802151459800778728Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:28:00 +00002010-01-09T20:32:16.172-08:00Well, I'm just about finished packing. My plane leaves for Belize at 6:30AM...from Madison, which is a 2 hour drive from Appleton. I'm going to get 3 hours of sleep (hopefully), wake up at 2:00AM, leave at 2:45AM, and be to Madison by 5:00AM or so. It's awkward because I have to pack everything I want to take back to Platteville at the same time. I'm leaving Madison when I return (on the http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2010/01/on-my-way-outagain.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-345437089185327275Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:36:00 +00002009-12-28T15:59:48.471-08:00I took my girlfriend to her Packer game on Sunday for Christmas!Here are some pictures!http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/green-bayseattle-12272009.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-2807252322286295809Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:28:00 +00002009-12-28T15:31:32.589-08:00Happy Holidays everyone! I hope everyone is having fun, visiting family, and eating far too much! :) I'm having an absolutely fantastic break so far. Grades are up, and I'm very pleased with the results, my hard work has paid off!Anywho, here are some of the pictures I promised from the cupola build. We're done!Yours truly welding on the first day:http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/happy-holidays.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-7339820424800925235Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:09:00 +00002009-12-19T12:15:55.737-08:00Well, I'm finally back home in balmy Appleton Wisconsin for most of my Christmas break. I'll keep the updates to a minimum until I am back from Belize, which will be the first day that school starts back up (Tuesday, January 20th).It feels so good to have put in SO much time these last two weeks into work and my lab projects, and to get good products out of it. I'm certain I got an A on the twohttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/what-week_19.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-6005667331723870676Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:22:00 +00002009-12-14T16:22:00.845-08:00I was flipping through the channels before the Packer game, and I came across Speedchannel where they are broadcasting the Sydney 500. It's AustralianV8 Supercars, which is their version of NASCAR (and much more exciting!)When I was first in Australia, I visited Sydney Olympic Park, wherethe 2000 Olympics were held. They are having a race there, it's not atrack, they put up tire walls and made http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/reminiscent.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-4705736536047696229Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:05:00 +00002009-12-13T16:22:16.329-08:00Myself, three other students, and two professors drove down to Milwaukee on Friday to attend the AFS Christmas party. The AFS student chapter president prepared a short presentation to give to the AFS board of directors. Every year, AFS gives us some very generous donations that make everything we do in the lab possible. Our presentation outlined a lot of the projects we're diving into, what http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/afs-christmas-party.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-8225064313481932669Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:16:00 +00002009-12-11T14:21:42.045-08:00This week is always the week that makes the rest of the year seem like a cakewalk. Everything seems like it's due at once, and there's never enough time. School was cancelled on Wednesday due to an impressive amount of snow, and that took another day out of my working schedule!For now, I am in Milwaukee, getting ready to attend an AFS stateline meeting. It's a christmas party, and I've heard http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/what-week.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-5789286681298073740Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:44:00 +00002009-12-04T11:28:22.273-08:00We have snow on the ground! ARRRGHHH!!!! It kinda flurried on and off all day yesterday. Some of it stuck, some of it didn't..but today it is pretty chilly and there's about a half inch of white stuff from yesterday yet. I'm going to shovel out the fire pit and see how well it works in the cold tonight, I think.One more week of classes left! The projects are really coming together nicely. http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/happy-friday.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-586060937978163710Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:51:00 +00002009-12-02T23:56:55.343-08:00I promise, I'll have pictures soon! The furnace is ready for the refractory lining. I found cardboard tubes that will form the void in the middle of the furnace. The lining will be poured inside the furnace, but on the outside of the cardboard tubes. After the lining cures, the tubes are simply burned out.I spent a few hours the last two nights welding...Eric is the master of the grinder, http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/cupola-nearing-completion.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-3476408411663066745Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:51:00 +00002009-12-01T10:00:59.645-08:00Yesterday was my birthday. I'm 24! People were asking me how it felt to be another year older. Well, I'm slightly more hesitant to reveal my real age. I'm getting more senile...I can't wait to be the old man on the front porch, yelling at his front lawn...Other than that, I'm not sure. What I do know is that I had a fantastic birthday!I woke up early to open at work. While digging through http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/12/best-birthday-ever.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-5837184537699840088Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:38:00 +00002009-11-26T16:39:10.524-08:00Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone has a great day, safe travels, and eats way too much food!As for myself, I traveled with my girlfriend and family down to my grandparents, who live in a small town about 20 minutes south of Fond Du Lac. Watched the Packers crank out a fairly satisfying victory, and then headed back north for two Thanksgivings in one day! Woot! Hopefully be able to http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626965571112903726.post-5979141670413299661Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:45:00 +00002009-11-26T16:36:48.484-08:00Today was one of those days that wears you out, but you're so darn satisfied when you get home at the end of the day, it doesn't matter! I'm an assistant manager at one of the pizza places in town, and when I showed up to open today, the owner was there, along with about eight of his friends...turns out he was showing off our computer system. After they all learned the ins and outs of our http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/nathan/2009/11/wow-what-great-day.htmlthelastspartan@gmail.com (Nathan Schlawin)0