Welcome to Subject: Sniffy, home to the adventures of Sniffy the Cat in the the wonderful world of physics.
Sniffy was originally the brainchild of Mark Salvacion, a good friend from Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, NJ. Sniffy was created in the margins of class notes and was regularly the victim of a roving pack of “renegade carnivorous squirrels”.
Sniffy was adopted by Tom Payne (myself) where he travelled to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and journeyed through the margins of Tom’s class notes, most often in Physics calls.
The exercises presented on this site were originally compiles in the journal below. Begun in the fall of 1983, the intention was to re-construct the margin doodles from physics class notes and ultimately be the proof of concept for a published collection of Sniffy problem.
The book has a title page:
as well as a dedication
Sniffy was also immortalized in Tom’s “Sculpture and Welding” class at RPI. He has been prominently displayed in Tom’s home for decades…but few know the full story.
These are the adventures of Sniffy the Cat.