blogging sporadically since…what? 1998?
Posted in School, Uncategorized on Dec 29th, 2008
See this previous post about looking for last semester’s online information before it’s taken down. You might find study guides, homeworks, etc. Always worth a shot.
About every semester I make the same mistake, and I usually waste 30 minutes to an hour to try and figure it out. When I do, I feel like an idiot. So I’m writing this in hopes that I’ll remember next time. Every semester I’ll have a program to turn in, and I’ll have to […]
Posted in economy, Personal, School, Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2008
While Oklahoma State University has received donation after donation after donation after donation after donation this summer, tuition is going up by 9.9%, which translates into about $300 per semester per student.
Posted in School on Apr 30th, 2008
About this time of year, I search OSU’s site for websites of the classes I’ll take next semester. Why? Because when the classes are finished, hopefully professors will have posted review material, homework solutions, exam solutions, guides, etc. Usually classes change and previous semester’s data may be irrelevant, but it’s still useful to have something […]
Recently I’ve been using the free, tiny Violet UML Editor for class programming projects, but it’s simple enough to use that I think it could be useful in many applications where a flowchart might be needed. I like that the program is just a simple java “jar” file that can just be executed right from […]
I guess sometimes you just have to get things done. In a short amount of time. Like, one night. But I feel pretty decent today, and I’m glad I’m not rushing to turn in my project at 6pm tonight.
I don’t think I’ve posted this before. A reminder: If you use a USB drive, stick a text file in the root directory called “IF FOUND” and then put in your contact information (and maybe reward info?). Whether you get your drive back or not depends on the soul who found it, but at least […]
Posted in School on Feb 28th, 2008
Well, I don’t believe they actually ever went away, but I did “outgrow” their notes some time ago, after I finished Calculus. Then while searching today for hash tables, I found their notes on the subject. So, if you need some free “Cliff Notes” to get you through, SparkNotes is a great resource.
Man, I wish I had enough time for this: the MCM/ICM Modeling Contest. You have 96 hours to come up with a model solving your choice of one of two modeling questions. One of last year’s questions: Airlines are free to seat passengers waiting to board an aircraft in any order whatsoever. It has become […]
I found this free graphing software which rocks, in my opinion. It is Ivan Johansen’s Graph. A very useful tool, in my opinion. I used it just last week to save me in one of my programs by interpolating a function I needed for a series of data.