December 02, 2004
Turing Machine Compiler
The Turing Machine Compiler mini-project has been released to the world. Almost completely useless, but it only took about 10 hours from start to finish including building the web page and tar files.
Chess Rating
I am enjoying the highest chess rating of my life, 1616...
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December 08, 2004
I've been in the dumps most of the month. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed heading into the end of the semester - though most of the pressure I feel is internal. I'm trying to rewrite my personal statement, but I'm paralyzed with fear...
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December 10, 2004
Trouble with Security Update
Is anyone else having trouble with Security Update 2004-12-02 Ver 1.0 on a 1GHz PowerPC 4 PowerBook?? The issue seems to be related to either my USB mouse, which I always detach before putting the TiBook to sleep or to the machine sleeping and having the power cord unplugged...
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December 12, 2004
Laptop woes suck
I'm still having trouble with my laptop. It is starting to get on my nerves. It is somehow related to USB devices. I plugged in my USB printer today and the laptop froze completely. Again, I had to use the hardware reset to get it back up. With no USB devices plugged in...
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December 13, 2004
Hello Boston
Boston is cold and gloomy with no need for sunglasses here in the winter. Besides that, nothing is open on Sunday night. I've asked for directions a couple of times, trying to find my way around the subway, etc. I've noticed, that for the most part, nobody knows how to get anywhere...
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December 14, 2004
Denver
Priceline.com hooked me up with a 4 hour layover in Denver... and now it looks like my flight is delayed, so I'm eating up my space time programming.
December 16, 2004
A new laptop may be imminent.
I installed 10.3.7, and initially thought that it corrected the problem with my laptop freezing... but then my laptop froze on my twice today. I'm starting to suspect that there is an issue with the battery connection on the bottom of the left side...
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