Recording a Record

I'm one of those kids who actually finds How Stuff Works very interesting. While others may regard it as geeky, the fact is that the show highlights how most of the things that we're interested in buying as consumers are made. At the same time, looking at how things are made can help me think about how to make my own things, a skill that has been used many-a-time at my house and will be key to biomedical engineering. The whole assembly line ideology always interested my brother and me and even as small children we would specialize our jobs when washing and putting up dishes to conserve time. We were meticulous in building and managed to erect a 2x1 meter house made of clay in our backyard. When we moved to the U.S., our backyard's mud wasn't up to our standards so we instead constructed a lego city with each individual having a certain income and corresponding "quality of living". The lego city even had weather. Lightning was the flickering of the light in the room and rain was simulated by utilizing a sprayer. While that part may have been idiotic, I believe it was still time better spent than playing video games or watching TV. I think there's an extreme importance in how things are assembled and at least for me personally, it has, is and will play a vital function in my life!