Programming has become an increasingly important aspect of my life, not only due to my career choice of electrical engineering, but also due to the increasingly vast use of automation in our society. What once used to be important careers in the manufacturing and hospitality services are now being replaced by robots or ai; McDonalds is… Read more →
Blog Post #3: My Encounters with Online Databases and HGIS software
Admittedly, I have not encountered many extensive or useful databases in my life. High School was a slow transition to online learning, while most of my university experience has been textbooks or simple online searches for formulas, physics explanations, and circuit diagram examples. Clearly I have used minor databases, but to manually comb through and study… Read more →
Blog Post 2 – Augmented Reality and it’s Application to History
Sky Map Augmented reality is an extremely interesting usage of modern technology, and is continuously evolving day by day. We can explore augmented reality products through VR goggles, video games, TV shows and other electronic devices. Today I will be examining using phone applications to learn about our universe, or more specifically, the galaxy we live in. Sky… Read more →
January 26, 2022 – Quantifying Kissinger
I chose the website ““EVERYTHING ON PAPER WILL BE USED AGAINST ME”: QUANTIFYING KISSINGER”, which is an analysis of the former US secretary of State and National Security Advisor “Henry Kissinger”s private documents, mail, phone calls etc., written by doctoral student Micki Kaufman. This is a politically motivated blog post, and as such there may be bias in some areas… Read more →
The History of Daft Punk
Here is my project for Lab 2, where I created a timeline for the electronic music duo Daft Punk. Click on the image below to view it. Read more →
About Me
My name is Noah Thiem and I am an electrical engineering student currently studying at the University of Saskatchewan. My interests include weightlifting, cooking, and foreign music and film. This blog is being written and maintained for my HIST 396 class. Read more →
Blog Post Number One – Test
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve seen c-beams glitter in the dark near the tanhausen gate. All these.. moments, will be lost in time. Like tears.. in rain. Read more →