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Well school's been out for a while. Obligitory grade post:
| Class | Title | Grade |
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| Computer Science 562 01 | Pinciples of Operating Systems | A- |
| Computer Science 563 01 | Basic Systems Administration Lab | A+ |
| Computer Science 567 01 | Pinciples of Computer Networks | C- |
| English 105 05 | Introduction to Narritive | A- |
| Math 532 01 | Graph Theory | B- |
This means that my semester GPA is a 3.05, or a B average, not too bad. I'm disappointed by the C- in Networks, but it was a "Revenge of the non-programmers" class -- everyone who hated programming did well. I'm (obviously) not in that category, nor did I find much of the information useful.
I'm still trying to get my room mate situation resolved. My preferred room mate waited too long to cancel his housing and got his balls caught in a vice by UNCG. Why do I need a room mate? In case you haven't heard Meg and I are no longer together (though we are still on friendly terms) and she's moved back to the Charlotte area. While obviously I'm upset, I'm done lamenting over that, and now all I can see is my entertainment system is not longer entertaining. 37+ HDTV downgraded to 21 SDTV. Blech.
I've wooted lately, my prize? Why Unlimitted supply of air! For a guy who regualarly does tech support and is in possession of too many computers, that's a good thing.
I got a full time job lined up, and I start on the first of June, but more on that later. These is enough words for now.
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I didn't get into Summer of Code. I'm sad. I'm guessing it wasn't even close, which is a shame because I thought I had a good (original) idea that could have improved Linux in the office as well as the home. Oh well. School is winding down, but really that means up because of all the exams, final projects, etc.
Meg and I are no longer together, so I'm hopefuly going to be rooming with Zach next year. For two months though, I'll have the apartment to myself. I'm keeping our dog, Corabelle (my little minion), but Meg gets the fish. I need a new TV! Because I've now been spoiled by that HighDef thing, and I can't go back to SDTV and its pitiful 480i resolution. Bah. And I almost had my media center set up just right, too.
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Well, I've reduced UNCG's schedule to the Halting Problem. And apparently this semester is halts (is finaly over), and I've passed all my classes, hooray! Not that I was expecting to fail, but I wasn't really expecting to be this consistant:
| Subject & Course | Course Title | Final Grade |
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| Bio 111 | Principles of Biology | B- |
| CSC 540 | Human-Computer Interface Development | B+ |
| CSC 553 | Theory of Computation | B+ |
| MAT 293 | Calculus III | B- |
| THR 130 | Fundamentals of Acting | B+* |
This is the first time I've made a B in any of my Computer Science classes, let alone two. Theory of Computation was difficult, but the sore part was just the crappy book. Really crappy. Human-Computer Interface Development wasn't really what I thought it would be. I was expecting a class full of wonder in how to design UI and it didn't really feel like a 500 level class. To top it all off, the whole emphasis on the class was on how only the user mattered, not how hard it was to code, and our final project had to be written in a Java Applet. What a mistake.
*UPDATE: Apparently, this should be a B+, but there were some e-mail issues; My updated grade will have to wait.
The mood:  awake |
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My system had a little oops today. Which is kind of like a BSOD, only your system MIGHT still work. Mine didn't. I'm kind of sad though, because this is just a few days after I turned off OOPS reporting for some reason, probably in search of more performance. I wont do that again, in case something happens again.
On the up side, my machine can suspend now! Turns out it wasn't a problem with Linux, but a problem with the BIOS, which could cause "64-bit operating systems with more than 4 GB or more of RAM to fail to resume from suspend", which I guess explains why my machine shipped with the 32-bit version of Windows Vista. A quick BIOS flash later, and everything worked on the second try (I have no idea what happened the first time).
I've got one more exam left, but so far I've made a B- in Biology, and a B+ in Theory of Computation. Still waiting for the last 3 grades.
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Today I discovered that the United States postal service will not forward credit cards. This is a good idea, but I didn't know it, so that's causing me problems now. So its Christmas time, except not. I don't feel the holiday cheer this year. Maybe its the recession. Maybe the recession is just a scapegoat for everything right now. I was supposed to have a productive day today, and didn't get half my todo list done. I'm sure that if the economy were strong I would have gotten everything done (yeah right).
I've got exams coming up, today was reading day - or a day with no classes; exams start tomorrow. I've got Biology tomorrow, but its at noon so I've got time to study before. Recently I've found myself to be very apathetic towards most of my classes. Perhaps its that "senioritis". I need to cut that shit out next semester, but its always worse in the Spring. Hope to change that this year.
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I've been meaning to post something meaningful again, its easy to get in the groove of not posting anything.
- I've joined twitter, because I was bored earlier today.
Its like LJ, but dumber. So there.
- I'm kicking myself for not applying to Google's Summer of Code to work on the WINE project. I may still ask for help on working the test framework and just do some free hacking like normal people.
- School is almost over, and I'm trying not to fuck it up. 'nuf said.
- I'm looking at places to live this summer.
- Um... go fish.
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Or, wait. I don't know. I've been slipping on school work recently; that's not a good thing. It doesn't help that I'm constantly on the verge of getting sick. I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04 (beta) - The Feisty Fawn. I think this has a lot more polish than the old edgy eft (gosh, I mean, like its four whole months old). One thing that does seem a bit ironic is that when I get a crash, the crash reporter... crashes. Five times.
Meg has started her job, and that's going well, I want a Wii, and Erica has moved in across the street, which is cool, and will facilitate better rocking out in the future. Speaking of, this weekend or so, Erica will get loaded up with Feisty Fawn, as Edgy kind of has shit drivers for BCM cards (wile running a 64-bit kernel). Enough dork news.
Um, I'm bored at work, and that's about it. I'll try to start posting regularly again -- hence me buying fiber capsules... wait, shit. Um... I'll just catch you cool cats later. Peace.
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Man, I should really be doing Theatre Homework right now; I'm not. I'm in the library, trying to find everything to do but theater homework. These keyboards seem funny. Recently:
- Did poorly on a French test
- Did poorly on a discrete math test
- Decided not to take a Calculus II test that I'll do poorly on, opting instead for dropping the class
- Did okay (I think) on a Chemistry test
- Did well (90%) on a computer science (SPARC Assembly) test
Meg's recently gotten a job at a really nice hair salon. Yay! This relieves a lot of stress that we've both been under, and we both think it's something she'll enjoy a lot. Awesomeness.
Went to What the Hell? Con yesterday. It was cool; Played Super Smash Brothers Melee; played Munchkin, just messed around. All in all it was pretty cool.
That's aboot it. Bye-bye now.The mood:  working |
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I just coded my first real assignment for Computer Science 261: Computer Organization and Assembly. I had to write a program ... in assembly that would computer the sum of an integer. Like 6 = 21. (6+5+4+3+2+1 = 21). I got it done -- on my first try. I'm such a dork.
PS: Its SPARC assembly.The mood:  jubilant |
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- Work
I'm still imaging desktops here at work. This isn't really "fun", but it doesn't completly suck, either. I'll also be able to work full time, from 8 until 5 during the Winter Break, which should be... fun. Other than that, not much is new.
- School
Exams are going on, and they're going okay. I did great on voice, I think I did okay on Calculus, with the exception of some sphere growing problem which I could not for the life of me remember how to do. So I wrote Its my face in a pi times (nintendo game)3 . Yeah. I don't think I got that one right. Comp Sci exam tomorrow, that should be fun.
- Personal
Last night I played Frag, which is like Unreal Tournament in a turn based board game form, complete with cheat codes and everything. Fun, if not a bit geeky. Paul today picked up Arkham Horror. That should be fun. Whee!
- Digital
On the digital front, I think I did one of the fasted patch creation processes ever. I sat down saying "I'm going to look for data to constify in Sound Juicer", so I did. Easy. Then I pushed the patch upstream. Before I could go back to the page, it was accepted. And that's damn skippy.
Also, does anyone know how to host a single apt repository for Ubuntu/Debian but with two or more releases (eg dapper, edgy, and fiesty)? And do it in a smart way? Drop me a line if you can help, please.
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