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I want a centrifuge to make unmixed drinks.

Adam Petaccia — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:03:36 +0000

Well school’s been out for a while. Obligitory grade post:

Class	Title	Grade
Computer Science 562 01	Pinciples of Operating Systems	A-
Computer Science 563 01	Basic Systems Administration Lab	A+
Computer Science 567 01	Pinciples of Computer Networks	C-
English 105 05	Introduction to Narritive	A-
Math 532 01	Graph Theory	B-

This means that my semester GPA is a 3.05, or a B average, not too bad. I’m disappointed by the C- in Networks, but it was a “Revenge of the non-programmers” class — everyone who hated programming did well. I’m (obviously) not in that category, nor did I find much of the information useful.

I’m still trying to get my room mate situation resolved. My preferred room mate waited too long to cancel his housing and got his balls caught in a vice by UNCG. Why do I need a room mate? In case you haven’t heard Meg and I are no longer together (though we are still on friendly terms) and she’s moved back to the Charlotte area. While obviously I’m upset, I’m done lamenting over that, and now all I can see is my entertainment system is not longer entertaining. 37+ HDTV downgraded to 21 SDTV. Blech.

I’ve wooted lately, my prize? Why Unlimitted supply of air! For a guy who regualarly does tech support and is in possession of too many computers, that’s a good thing.

I got a full time job lined up, and I start on the first of June, but more on that later. These is enough words for now.

I should clean: there’s stuff over all my dust.

Adam Petaccia — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:42:39 +0000

I didn’t get into Summer of Code. I’m sad. I’m guessing it wasn’t even close, which is a shame because I thought I had a good (original) idea that could have improved Linux in the office as well as the home. Oh well. School is winding down, but really that means up because of all the exams, final projects, etc.

Meg and I are no longer together, so I’m hopefuly going to be rooming with Zach next year. For two months though, I’ll have the apartment to myself. I’m keeping our dog, Corabelle (my little minion), but Meg gets the fish. I need a new TV! Because I’ve now been spoiled by that HighDef thing, and I can’t go back to SDTV and its pitiful 480i resolution. Bah. And I almost had my media center set up just right, too.

This semester halts, apparently

Adam Petaccia — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:54:27 +0000

Well, I’ve reduced UNCG‘s schedule to the Halting Problem. And apparently this semester is halts (is finaly over), and I’ve passed all my classes, hooray! Not that I was expecting to fail, but I wasn’t really expecting to be this consistant:

Subject & Course	Course Title	Final Grade
Bio 111	Principles of Biology	B-
CSC 540	Human-Computer Interface Development	B+
CSC 553	Theory of Computation	B+
MAT 293	Calculus III	B-
THR 130	Fundamentals of Acting	B+*

This is the first time I’ve made a B in any of my Computer Science classes, let alone two. Theory of Computation was difficult, but the sore part was just the crappy book. Really crappy. Human-Computer Interface Development wasn’t really what I thought it would be. I was expecting a class full of wonder in how to design UI and it didn’t really feel like a 500 level class. To top it all off, the whole emphasis on the class was on how only the user mattered, not how hard it was to code, and our final project had to be written in a Java Applet. What a mistake.

*UPDATE: Apparently, this should be a B+, but there were some e-mail issues; My updated grade will have to wait.

Current Mood: awake

Ah crap, I mean, OOPS.

Adam Petaccia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:45:47 +0000

My system had a little oops today. Which is kind of like a BSOD, only your system MIGHT still work. Mine didn’t. I’m kind of sad though, because this is just a few days after I turned off OOPS reporting for some reason, probably in search of more performance. I wont do that again, in case something happens again.

On the up side, my machine can suspend now! Turns out it wasn’t a problem with Linux, but a problem with the BIOS, which could cause “64-bit operating systems with more than 4 GB or more of RAM to fail to resume from suspend”, which I guess explains why my machine shipped with the 32-bit version of Windows Vista. A quick BIOS flash later, and everything worked on the second try (I have no idea what happened the first time).

I’ve got one more exam left, but so far I’ve made a B- in Biology, and a B+ in Theory of Computation. Still waiting for the last 3 grades.

Its time for Perfectoin

Adam Petaccia — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:30:27 +0000

Today I discovered that the United States postal service will not forward credit cards. This is a good idea, but I didn’t know it, so that’s causing me problems now. So its Christmas time, except not. I don’t feel the holiday cheer this year. Maybe its the recession. Maybe the recession is just a scapegoat for everything right now. I was supposed to have a productive day today, and didn’t get half my todo list done. I’m sure that if the economy were strong I would have gotten everything done (yeah right).

I’ve got exams coming up, today was reading day – or a day with no classes; exams start tomorrow. I’ve got Biology tomorrow, but its at noon so I’ve got time to study before. Recently I’ve found myself to be very apathetic towards most of my classes. Perhaps its that “senioritis”. I need to cut that shit out next semester, but its always worse in the Spring. Hope to change that this year.