Hello,

My name is Andrew Hardwick (CUR). I am taking this class as a continuation from last semester to resume my project of seeing if Daytona Beach can be powered by using wave power. Otherwise known as blue energy. I was able to conclude from my project that using either (or both) the wave attenuator device or the point absorber device that though we may not be able to completely power Daytona Beach, we can still make a hefty dent in many a person's power bills. Especially if we were to incorporate Solar technology as well into the power grid. In my next project I will attempt to include one or more new devices with newer information (if available) on the previous devices, along with including other possible locations for these methods of energy absorption.

Now then, some information about me.

I was born and raised in Volusia County, Florida and have lived here my entire life (if you don't include that one year where me, mom, and dad moved to Virginia Beach for a year when i was five). Despite spending a significant portion of my life either on or near the beach, I have never learned how to surf. I'm sure that I could give it the good old college try, but I am afraid that that particular endeavor will most certainly end with me doing a copious amount of face plants in a myriad of ways onto either the surfboard, the sand, the water, or maybe even a shark that might be passing close by. I am also quite partial to horrible puns, or as they are better known: "Dad Jokes". I shall grace you with an example of one that was passed down from my own father to me:

What did the vampire name his boat?

The Blood Vessel.

I will allow you a moment to pick yourself up from the floor after what I hope was vigorous outburst of laughter.... Now that you have regained your composure, you will be pleased to know that I will attempt to accompany all posts I make to this blog with a joke of (hopefully) equal quality at the end. If you are one of those individuals who are of the persuasion that find these types of jokes to not be  funny (i.e. someone without a sense of humor) then I shall afford you the courtesy of separating the joke with a series of hyphens at the end of the meat of the post.

Another pass time I quite thoroughly enjoy is that of video games. My personal favorite at the moment being a multiplatform (a game that is available for multiple gaming systems) title by the name of Warframe. I prefer to summarize this game to those that have had the misfortune of not hearing about it as such:

You play as a magical robot space ninja IN SPACE that turns out to have been piloted remotely by a Power Ranger-esque child that was exposed to ghastly inter dimensional energies at an early age, thus empowering said child to be able to pilot the afore mentioned magical robot space ninja in the first place.

My summary does not do the game justice. if you have an inclination to consume this particular piece of video game media, I would highly recommend playing on PC. If you do not have in your possesion a PC that meets the requirements to run the game, then I would say that you should play on the PS4 (which is what I use).

I also have a dog. She is a German Shepherd by the name of Marley (I got her at around the same time as the movie "Marley and Me" came out) and she is the goodest girl there ever was. Please feel free to send me your woefully invalid arguments as to why she isn't.

Unless I am forgetting to add anything else, that will be all. I hope you will enjoy my post.

Sincerely,

Andrew S. Hardwick.