I bombed my final last night. I came home bitter and frustrated. I studied all of the class videos to review everything that we "covered" in class. I took good notes. I reviewed the 700 slides for the class - that should tell you something about the quality of the instruction......
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May 05, 2004
I aced my final this afternoon.... it feels soooo much better to rip through a final that you know the answers to... Dr. Park is too cruel. I talked to Eric today about Monday night's final...
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May 07, 2004
Check out the wall cloud this guy was standing in front of!!!
May 09, 2004
"The opportunity to make decisions on the spot has made young people reluctant to divide their lives into time slots, as older generations are used to doing." a Norwegian researcher quoted by Rheingold in his book Smart Mobs. Yes, this has a weight to it...
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May 11, 2004
Sweet Success
My hard work in my operating systems II class paid off, I got an 'A'. YES!!! In my other class, Computer Organization and Architecture, I got a 'B'... and I am pleased with this since I bombed the final.
May 14, 2004
Corporate America is a Waste of Talent
I'm sure not all of you agree... especially you working stiffs out there that enjoy your jobs (and if you enjoy your job, that's great. Consider yourself lucky, you're in the minority). Now that I've been away from that scene for 6 months, and I'm back to being myself...
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May 15, 2004
Another one down
The paper that Dr. Thomas and I rushed through last week was accepted. No worries mate.Funny, I didn't even mention working on it previously - I guess I was too busy. I wasn't satisfied with the quality of the paper, naturally...
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May 16, 2004
Atalkd is much easier than Samba
Sometime ago Maryna's computer died, since then she has been wanting to recover the music off of her hard drive (which wasn't the cause of the failure). Now that the semester is over, and I have some breathing room, I found the time to do the recovery last night. Going in...
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May 18, 2004
iMove is great!!
For our wedding present, Maryna's boss Dr. Cole bought us a mini-DV camera. Tonight I purchased an IEEE 1394 firewire-to-camera cable. For the first time, I can really appreciate iMovie.....
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May 19, 2004
Vitzya Helps
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May 20, 2004
Protect TN3270 connections via encryption
I wished I would have discovered this while I was working for TULMEL. A year or so ago, there was a client hospital in Florida whose patient health information application ran over a TN3270 connection. You could sniff the user connections to the main-frame, pick out the passwords...
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May 28, 2004
Married? Wow!
Maryna and I got married five days ago, and I can hardly believe I'm married. When it is right, marriage is the easiest, most beautiful experience two people can share...
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May 31, 2004
Jet Lag
The first day of jet-lag was hard, but passes quickly with sleep. The first day of the wedding was tiring but enjoyable - there was much toasting, eating, and merrymaking. The second day of the wedding was easier, and shorter...
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