Class Schedule ( Read more... )

Well, I got my ham radio license, and I was on the air for the first time on Monday. Larry and I went down to the IBM shack during lunch, and we tried listening on a few frequencies. He listened for continuous-wave (i.e. Morse code) transmissions on the 18-meter band, and I tried listening for any chatter on a couple of local 2-meter band repeaters ( Read more... )

During the last w00t-off, I was quick enough to order a bandolier of carrots. After a bit of a shipping panic at their end, my blinged-out cabbage is finally here, and I made out like a bandit ( Read more... )

The question is, "What is one plus one ( Read more... )

Hey kids, this is just for fun stolen from Steph ( Read more... )

Might be altering journal layout soon. If nothing else, I'll probably find new profile pictures ( Read more... )

My most recent programming assignment is somewhat interesting. However, the task of writing such a program was automated a long time ago. Either way, it'll be interesting to see who paid attention in Discrete Structures; the finite state machine is a simple, yet powerful tool. French is assigning busy work, which is a change from last year. It's ( Read more... )

Here's a game I played against my computer (I played black). A very strange game it turned out to be.

1. e2-e4 d7-d5
2. e4xd5 c7-c6
3. d2-d4 c6xd5
4. c2-c4 Ng8-f6
5. Nb1-c3 e7-e6
6. Ng1-f3 Bf8-b4
7. c4xd5 Nf6xd5
8. Qd1-a4 Bc8-d7
9. Qa4-b3 Qd8-a5
10. Qb3-d1 0-0
11. Nf3-e5 Rf8-d8
12. Ne5xd7 Rd8xd7
13. Bf1-b5 Qa5xb5
14. a2-a4 ( Read more... )

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.  (Two more weeks to go)
✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (Why bother?)
✓ I own lots of books.  (Likely more than I can read.)

✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (Pretty much only in the car and at the range.)
× I love to play video games.
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I feel like I have quite a bit more time and energy now than I've had for the past few weeks. Looks like I get to have a productive summer after all.

The Reading List:
Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1 -- John Locke (nearly finished)
Computability and Logic -- George S. Boolos and Richard C. Jeffrey (recently started; picking ( Read more... )