Paul Nix
I am a fourth year Arcada student in the Plastics Technology program. I was born and raised in California and am excited about being in Finland. My humor, optimism and appreciation for just about everything make me hard to miss.
“But what if I can’t get the Internets?”
Welcome back to “Ask a Californian!” This time our question comes from my buddy Janne, who expressed concern over what to do if he couldn’t get WiFi on this trip. I realized that, being sort’ve an old dude, I have a special insight into low-tech means of fighting boredom, that my juniors might not have developed to the same degree. So hear are some things you can do while you…
Read moreHeading to K-fair
Whoa, it’s been a while since I’ve gotten this login to work! Great to see you kids!đ I was aiming to get into the PET CLUB blog to post about K-fair 2016, but here I am instead! Anyway if you are seeing this you should def keep your eyes peeled for daily updates from the group as we travel to DĂŒsseldorf, Germany for the largest plastics and industry convention of…
Read more“Are you cold?”
Welcome back to Ask a Californian! The place in online space that lets you ask well meaning if uncomfortably direct questions that others would simply shun. With the change in seasons and drop in temperature, many of the less Finnish students here at Arcada may be noticeably shocked; but the answer to the question “Are you cold?” doesn’t have to be yes. In fact the answer to this weeks question…
Read more“Why are you here?”
It is my great honor to introduce Ask a Californian! the blog that allows you (the reader) to reach out with the most thought provoking, absurd, and potentially irrelevant questions you can come up with; to which I (an honest-to-goodness Californian) will without fail assemble compelling, indiscreet, dubiously relevant answers. So from now on if you are perplexed by a pesky problem, are consumed by crushing curiosity, or are blindsided by…
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