Monday, June 9, 2008
Linux and Lars Wirzenius
Last week Shaggy (Tim Bielawa) and I did a presentation on Debian Packaging -- most of the information, including the slide show that we used, can be found at http://csee.wvu.edu/~tbielawa which links directly to my page as well. The slide show was created by Lars Wirzenius.
Completely disconnected, although kind of, I've been reading "Just for Fun", Linus Torvalds - the creator of Linux's autobiography... When Linus is recounting his college life in Finland he mentions having one close friend in collge, who happened to drag Linus to see Richard Stallman (Jesus of the FSF), Lars Wirzenius. Not that seeing Richard Stallman affected Linus that much, he's just another big name in software licensing. (GPL)
So, basically, we used Lars' slide show to teach some students Debian packaging, which is pretty cool. I emailed him a thank you letter for the resource and he actually replied back. Small World.
That's all for now.
Completely disconnected, although kind of, I've been reading "Just for Fun", Linus Torvalds - the creator of Linux's autobiography... When Linus is recounting his college life in Finland he mentions having one close friend in collge, who happened to drag Linus to see Richard Stallman (Jesus of the FSF), Lars Wirzenius. Not that seeing Richard Stallman affected Linus that much, he's just another big name in software licensing. (GPL)
So, basically, we used Lars' slide show to teach some students Debian packaging, which is pretty cool. I emailed him a thank you letter for the resource and he actually replied back. Small World.
That's all for now.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Got bored at work today so I mapped out all the classes I have to take to graduate with a dual degree in computer science and computer engineering. Following is a large list, with class names and hours for each with totals.
Classes Left for CS Degree:
CS 220 Discrete Math 3
CS 221 Analysis of Algorithms 3
CS 230 Intro to Software Engineering 4
CS 350 Computer Systems Concepts 4
STAT 215 Intro to Problems & Statistics 3
4 Technical Electives 12
480/481 senior design. 4-8
General Education Classes:
G05 3
G07 3
Classes Left for CPE Degree:
EE 223 Electrical Circuits 3
EE 224 Electrical Circuits Lab 1
EE 251 Digital Electronics 3
EE 252 Digital Electronics Lab 1
EE 327 Signals and Systems I 3
EE 355 Analog Electronics 3
EE 356 Analog Electronics Lab 1
MATH 375 Applied Modern Algebra 3
CpE 312 Microcomputer Structures and Interfacing 3
CpE 313 Microcomputer Structures and Interfacing Lab 1
CS 230 Intro to Software Engineering 3
CS 350 Computer Systems Concepts 4
ECON 201 3
Stat 215 Intro to Problems & Statistics 3
CS 450 Operating Systems Structure 4
480/481 senior design. 4-8
Intersection:
G05 3
G07 3
Stat 215 Intro to Problems & Statistics 3
CS 230 Intro to Software Engineering 3
CS 350 Computer Systems Concepts 4
4 Technical Electives 12
480/481 senior design. 4-8
This means that for a dual degree, I have 58 hours left to complete in four semesters, which should not be a problem unless scheduling conflicts occur. To complete a bachelors in computer science only, I have 42 hours to complete. The cool thing is that I don't have to make any decisions right now and I can just rock CS for one more semester.
Classes Left for CS Degree:
CS 220 Discrete Math 3
CS 221 Analysis of Algorithms 3
CS 230 Intro to Software Engineering 4
CS 350 Computer Systems Concepts 4
STAT 215 Intro to Problems & Statistics 3
4 Technical Electives 12
480/481 senior design. 4-8
General Education Classes:
G05 3
G07 3
Classes Left for CPE Degree:
EE 223 Electrical Circuits 3
EE 224 Electrical Circuits Lab 1
EE 251 Digital Electronics 3
EE 252 Digital Electronics Lab 1
EE 327 Signals and Systems I 3
EE 355 Analog Electronics 3
EE 356 Analog Electronics Lab 1
MATH 375 Applied Modern Algebra 3
CpE 312 Microcomputer Structures and Interfacing 3
CpE 313 Microcomputer Structures and Interfacing Lab 1
CS 230 Intro to Software Engineering 3
CS 350 Computer Systems Concepts 4
ECON 201 3
Stat 215 Intro to Problems & Statistics 3
CS 450 Operating Systems Structure 4
480/481 senior design. 4-8
Intersection:
G05 3
G07 3
Stat 215 Intro to Problems & Statistics 3
CS 230 Intro to Software Engineering 3
CS 350 Computer Systems Concepts 4
4 Technical Electives 12
480/481 senior design. 4-8
This means that for a dual degree, I have 58 hours left to complete in four semesters, which should not be a problem unless scheduling conflicts occur. To complete a bachelors in computer science only, I have 42 hours to complete. The cool thing is that I don't have to make any decisions right now and I can just rock CS for one more semester.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Holy Crap!
Holy Crap is right... I haven't posted on this thing in ages. As you all know, I have been at home for the Holiday's and plan to return to Morgantown soon given that the shower is fixed at my place of residence.
With that out of the way; I'll start with my grades from last semester as well as the classes I will be taking when I return to school. I realize that I've probably told you the grades or indicated that they were good, but you can put them in perspective for yourself.
Fall 2007 Term Grades:
Intro Digital Logic Design (CPE 271): B+
Digital Logic Laboratory (CPE 272): A
File and Data Structures (CS 210): A
Intro Electrical Engineering (EE 221): W (This is the one I dropped.)
Intro Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EE 222): A
Multivariable Calculus (MATH 251): B
General Physics (PHYS 112): B
Attempted Hours: 20
Completed Hours: 17
Resultant GPA: 3.35
Overall GPA: 3.42
Spring 2008 Schedule:
Multiprocessor Systems (CPE 310)
Multiprocessor Systems Laboratory (CPE 311)
Principle Programming Languages (CS 210)
Intro Electrical Engineering (EE 221)
Elementary Differential Equations (MATH 261)
Introduction to Anthropology (SOCA 105)
Apart from all of that mumbo jumbo, you know I went to St. Albans several times during break; Once for Christmas with Erin's family the other time to just be lazy -- Something I have no problems doing. Both visits were awesome -- Her family is hilarious, all 25+ people that were there, and I don't think they hate me which is really awesome.
I've just finished reading The Legend of the Syndicate. Which was a pretty interesting look at the history of online gaming through the eyes of an online guild. I thought it was cool, although there were probably 10+ spelling errors in the book and some of the ideas repeated a lot in a short period of time. Otherwise, good read.
I also finished reading Free Software, Free Society. It contains a bunch of essays written by a "hacker" that got his start at MIT that has really revolutionary ideas regarding proprietary laws and software. Sounds boring, I know. But I'm a hoss. You knew that, to be sure.
With that out of the way; I'll start with my grades from last semester as well as the classes I will be taking when I return to school. I realize that I've probably told you the grades or indicated that they were good, but you can put them in perspective for yourself.
Fall 2007 Term Grades:
Intro Digital Logic Design (CPE 271): B+
Digital Logic Laboratory (CPE 272): A
File and Data Structures (CS 210): A
Intro Electrical Engineering (EE 221): W (This is the one I dropped.)
Intro Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EE 222): A
Multivariable Calculus (MATH 251): B
General Physics (PHYS 112): B
Attempted Hours: 20
Completed Hours: 17
Resultant GPA: 3.35
Overall GPA: 3.42
Spring 2008 Schedule:
Multiprocessor Systems (CPE 310)
Multiprocessor Systems Laboratory (CPE 311)
Principle Programming Languages (CS 210)
Intro Electrical Engineering (EE 221)
Elementary Differential Equations (MATH 261)
Introduction to Anthropology (SOCA 105)
Apart from all of that mumbo jumbo, you know I went to St. Albans several times during break; Once for Christmas with Erin's family the other time to just be lazy -- Something I have no problems doing. Both visits were awesome -- Her family is hilarious, all 25+ people that were there, and I don't think they hate me which is really awesome.
I've just finished reading The Legend of the Syndicate. Which was a pretty interesting look at the history of online gaming through the eyes of an online guild. I thought it was cool, although there were probably 10+ spelling errors in the book and some of the ideas repeated a lot in a short period of time. Otherwise, good read.
I also finished reading Free Software, Free Society. It contains a bunch of essays written by a "hacker" that got his start at MIT that has really revolutionary ideas regarding proprietary laws and software. Sounds boring, I know. But I'm a hoss. You knew that, to be sure.
Friday, June 29, 2007
AURGH!
June is almost done with now also. Lots of 4-H went down and I just got a job this week working in a computer lab at WVU. So, here are some highlights from camp:
Three of eight.
Man love.
Mad dancing. Mad.
Angry bubble blowing.
Three of eight.
Man love.
Mad dancing. Mad.
Angry bubble blowing.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
May Didn't Have a Post
I've covered all the other months since I made this Insider, so heres to covering May before it's gone. Not much to report on; all I've been doing is running around.
So here is a picture of my signature move, the Manatee.
I'll probably be doing a lot more of that...
So here is a picture of my signature move, the Manatee.
I'll probably be doing a lot more of that...
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Senior Design Fair
Here are some pictures from our booth at the Senior Design fair. My advisor and a couple other professors took pics and I asked Klink if he could email them to me. Klink is our professor; the short guy... We got a lot of attention at the fair, apparently Klink has a reputation for that.
Tim working the crowd.
An older version of the maze
This is the entire class.
Now that the fair is out of the way, we're responsible for writing a comprehensive report on the maze-bot :: covering hardware and software(my section). I'll definitely throw it up on here.
We also had another program due last week, but it really didn't do anything terribly interesting. It just created a circular data structure (A list, but that's not exciting enough), that ordered items either alphabetically or numerically depending on your templated parameter. It doesn't sound complicated but each item in the list has to point to a unique predecessor and successor (since the list is basically a circle -- it has no end) and you have to be able to cut those ties and re-point them to be able to insert or remove items. And it has to be so general that it can loop and work in every case necessary. Saavy?
Tim working the crowd.
An older version of the maze
This is the entire class.
Now that the fair is out of the way, we're responsible for writing a comprehensive report on the maze-bot :: covering hardware and software(my section). I'll definitely throw it up on here.
We also had another program due last week, but it really didn't do anything terribly interesting. It just created a circular data structure (A list, but that's not exciting enough), that ordered items either alphabetically or numerically depending on your templated parameter. It doesn't sound complicated but each item in the list has to point to a unique predecessor and successor (since the list is basically a circle -- it has no end) and you have to be able to cut those ties and re-point them to be able to insert or remove items. And it has to be so general that it can loop and work in every case necessary. Saavy?
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