I have been having some fairly stressful weeks where the mind is all
encompassed by work. This has been partly through expectations - both
my own and others. It has also been partly through trying to do 2 jobs
at once. Last week I was thankfully able to get some way to giving the
one role up. It is not an ideal hand over but the poor sod and I have
managed to work out a least worst way for us. That has enabled me to
focus on the role. Instead of leading a team of machine designers, I
am now responsible for the integration of the disparate parts which
make for an electrical drive system. Having time has meant I have been
able to actually start reading into electrical machine control theory.
Baffling stuff which involves remembering laplace transforms and other
such horrible memories from my degree which I have ignored for the
past decade. I have surprisingly enjoyed it but I think that is more
to do with having the time to sit and do rather than always
responding. Throw in a machine team meeting in the nearest Marks and
Spencer cafe for lunch along and you get a rather lovely day. I have
only been pestered for helping friends with their promotion packs,
which are always a pleasure to help with. Today's soundtrack has been
selected by Angel Olsen thanks to BBC 6 Music asking her to be their
'Artist in Residence'. She has a fabulous taste in music which makes
sense as she is a great artist. My favourite play list was 'rock
moods' which was wonderfully relaxed with the likes of Nick Drake,
Karen Dalton, JJ Cale and Fleetwood Mac (non-Peter Green). It has all
made for a rather lovely day where I feel at peace. Not common while
at work!
Music has been a key part of what I have been doing for the past few
days too. I resurrected my MP3 player and been listening to that
during the working hours. Add in some wonderful Anonradio shows and I
seem to fill all my hours with music. Northernlights's goth show last
night was a blast. They played Bauhaus, the Cure and what not but
threw an interesting curveball. We were all settled in the groove of
Echo and the Bunnymen when suddenly "I was kissed by a rose..." began.
Yes! Seal's mid 90s hit started playing. It was a nice surprise.
Back to reading about permanent magnet machines and the equations for
how they work. Those horrible equations which explain how to turn
electrical energy into rotational mechanical energy.
