I haven’t been writing much lately because I’ve been focused on math research for my REU project. When I haven’t been working on the math, I’ve been actively developing GreekComm‘s product for next year, which kinda has to be finished ASAP. And this weekend, I didn’t work on either, because I was in Richmond visiting my lovely girlfriend.

On that note, traveling between two small airports (IND and RIC) is kind of a pain, because you have to take tiny Embraer regional jets with three seats in every row. And you have to take two of them, because there are no direct flights between Indianapolis and Richmond! Also, let it be known that regional jets don’t land quite as smoothly as Boeing 777s.

However, I have just learned (through Wikipedia) that Embraer is actually a Brazilian company! (It stands for Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica! Who knew?) I did, however, know that they were the third biggest aircraft manufacturer, behind titans Boeing and Airbus. Which is pretty impressive, considering how big Boeing and Airbus are. Actually, the entire aircraft manufacturing business is really screwy, because (relatively speaking) so few planes are actually manufactured every year, and they cost so much to actually buy (much less actually operate). Makes me wonder what the future of airlines are: can so many separate airlines continue to support themselves?

Enough with the air travel digression, though. I’m going to head out for now, but I’ve got a bunch of posts in store for you guys soon, so stay tuned!