Well, folks, we were gone for a week and now we're back! So let's get this show on the road and jump right into the... BIG THREE!!
1) This morning I had Leadership class and we wrapped up all our leadership theories. We also got back our papers and I got an A on mine with a comment that I should become a writer, haha. I'm pretty happy about that!
2) This afternoon for Interaction class we attended a friend's performance/visual art show. She designed a program to read user input mouse drawings and then listens to the commands, then draws them herself on a canvas. There was somewhat of a disconnect between what the user intended and how she would interpret it, but that was part of the meaning behind it. She wanted to go into man vs. machine, how machines follow instructions exactly as you tell them, but people have some variance and disconnect. Overall, it was a very interesting piece.
3) Tonight I had my last midterm of the semester in Discrete Mathematics. It wasn't too difficult, but there were still a few challenging questions. Fingers crossed and hopefully I did well! Now my main focus is finishing up my projects and then finals!
Alright, well, tomorrow (er... today) at 9 I have a meeting, so I'm going to get to bed. Good night!!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Last Post Before Thanksgiving Break. Video Style!
S2H Video Blogpost
So this is the first ever video blog post! It's kinda weird since I usually don't speak directly to the camera so I had no idea what to do with my eyes. Anyway, hope you enjoy and I'll be seeing one of my dear readers in just a few days!!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Tuesday on Time
Hello out there to all of my readers! This post is actually on time! How about that? Is it magic? Did I use a time machine? No. The real answer is a lot less fantastic: I just happen to be posting on time. So without any more introductions, let's get onto the... BIG THREE. Whoa, let's go!
1) Paper - I finished up my paper and submitted it yesterday. Tomorrow I'm going to be speaking with my leadership coach about my personal development plan in order to get it perfected by the end of the month (It's due December 1).
2) Worked out - Last night I worked out with my roommmate and another friend. That night, I went to bed feeling really sore, which is a good, yet bad feeling! I love/hate it. I'm not working out tonight, but hopefully if I finish my next paper, I'll be able to work out tomorrow night.
3) Interaction - Today in Interaction class we went over PHP (which actually stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor). It's used on websites to fill out email forms, take surveys, etc. It's actually pretty interesting stuff!!
Anyway, now I'm gonna go on a comment-spree on one of my reader's blogs and then do my math homework. Bye now!!
1) Paper - I finished up my paper and submitted it yesterday. Tomorrow I'm going to be speaking with my leadership coach about my personal development plan in order to get it perfected by the end of the month (It's due December 1).
2) Worked out - Last night I worked out with my roommmate and another friend. That night, I went to bed feeling really sore, which is a good, yet bad feeling! I love/hate it. I'm not working out tonight, but hopefully if I finish my next paper, I'll be able to work out tomorrow night.
3) Interaction - Today in Interaction class we went over PHP (which actually stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor). It's used on websites to fill out email forms, take surveys, etc. It's actually pretty interesting stuff!!
Anyway, now I'm gonna go on a comment-spree on one of my reader's blogs and then do my math homework. Bye now!!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Weekend Top Six
I told myself I wouldn't make one of these again. It was a one time deal, not ever meant for mass production. Yet here we are. And for that, I apologize. But without extra rationalizing, let's just hop to it. TOP SIX. GO.
1) ECE lab - Most Fridays, I actually don't have to go to the ECE lab because I always finish it on time outside of class and can submit it. This week though, I needed to know who my section TA is since I had to email him. The lab was really empty though! There were only about ten other students there (while at the beginning of the year it was packed!)
2) Bowling - Saturday afternoon, Brandon, Chris, and I went bowling. I did decently, not great. I got 116 the first game and 85 the second (strange, since I usually do better the second time!)
3) Flier - I finished up my animation flier this weekend as well. Here's a picture of it!
4) Work-out - This morning I woke up and decided to do a workout, it was a pretty good way to start the day!!
5) Personal Development Plan - For the greater part of this afternoon, I spent working on my personal development plan (PDP), which is an integral part of my leadership certificate. I still have a few more pages to write, but I'm almost done.
6) Sunday dinner - Tonight for dinner, some friends and I went to Noodles and Company. I got a Mediterranean penne rosa dish, which was really good!
As per usual, do a You Pick Two, to comment on. Bye and good night!
1) ECE lab - Most Fridays, I actually don't have to go to the ECE lab because I always finish it on time outside of class and can submit it. This week though, I needed to know who my section TA is since I had to email him. The lab was really empty though! There were only about ten other students there (while at the beginning of the year it was packed!)
2) Bowling - Saturday afternoon, Brandon, Chris, and I went bowling. I did decently, not great. I got 116 the first game and 85 the second (strange, since I usually do better the second time!)
3) Flier - I finished up my animation flier this weekend as well. Here's a picture of it!
4) Work-out - This morning I woke up and decided to do a workout, it was a pretty good way to start the day!!
5) Personal Development Plan - For the greater part of this afternoon, I spent working on my personal development plan (PDP), which is an integral part of my leadership certificate. I still have a few more pages to write, but I'm almost done.
6) Sunday dinner - Tonight for dinner, some friends and I went to Noodles and Company. I got a Mediterranean penne rosa dish, which was really good!
As per usual, do a You Pick Two, to comment on. Bye and good night!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
11/10/2011
One day away from 11/11/11! That is Veteran's Day, Armistice Day, the day Skyrim comes out, and the luckiest, make-a-wish day ever! 11:11:11 11/11/11!
Anyway, in honor of the almost special day, I'm going to do the BIG THREE in binary! (Which doesn't make too much of a difference but still, let's go!)
1) This morning I woke up and guess what. I wasn't feeling sick anymore. It was kind of weird since usually when feeling sick, I have a few days of recovery to go back to feeling normal. But this time, one day I'm feeling completely terrible, and the next I want to go out for a run! So today, I was back to normal and feeling good again! =)
10) Tonight, after my time arts class, we went to this lecture where the speaker talked about 01SJ a city-wide event in San Jose. It's centered on interaction and combining art with technology, pretty neat stuff!
11) Then tonight I looked over my future classes and revised my four year plan... I'm not exactly looking forward to some of my future classes. They're gonna be really tough... Anyway though, some of them sound fun and interesting. And on that note, I'm gonna go back to homework, and then go to bed, good night!!
Anyway, in honor of the almost special day, I'm going to do the BIG THREE in binary! (Which doesn't make too much of a difference but still, let's go!)
1) This morning I woke up and guess what. I wasn't feeling sick anymore. It was kind of weird since usually when feeling sick, I have a few days of recovery to go back to feeling normal. But this time, one day I'm feeling completely terrible, and the next I want to go out for a run! So today, I was back to normal and feeling good again! =)
10) Tonight, after my time arts class, we went to this lecture where the speaker talked about 01SJ a city-wide event in San Jose. It's centered on interaction and combining art with technology, pretty neat stuff!
11) Then tonight I looked over my future classes and revised my four year plan... I'm not exactly looking forward to some of my future classes. They're gonna be really tough... Anyway though, some of them sound fun and interesting. And on that note, I'm gonna go back to homework, and then go to bed, good night!!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday Late Post
So still been feeling pretty sick lately, so that's been fun. Well, let's just jump right into the little thing we like to refer to as... The Big Three!
1. On Monday, there was a new This American Life episode. It was a rather opposite shift from the middle school episode. This one was centered on Steven Raucci, a maintenance worker who rose to power in a Hilter-like regime. It was still really interesting!
2. I missed my first, and hopefully only day of work, last Monday. I called in and said I didn't feel so great- which was true. My group then emailed me and told me what they were able to accomplish. At this point in the project, they are fairly self-sufficient so I don't need too much hand-holding.
3. This afternoon after I finished my classes, I went over to the McKinley health center to see if they could help at all. The nurse ran basic things (heartrate, blood pressure, etc.) And just asked me how I felt. In the end, they gave me some medicine to help relieve some of the symptoms, and this thing called a six-pack. In the six-pack are two things to gatorade, two cans of soup, and two cans of sprite. That's to help me rehydrate. Hopefully tomorrow things will be better! Fingers crossed.
Alright, bye now!!
1. On Monday, there was a new This American Life episode. It was a rather opposite shift from the middle school episode. This one was centered on Steven Raucci, a maintenance worker who rose to power in a Hilter-like regime. It was still really interesting!
2. I missed my first, and hopefully only day of work, last Monday. I called in and said I didn't feel so great- which was true. My group then emailed me and told me what they were able to accomplish. At this point in the project, they are fairly self-sufficient so I don't need too much hand-holding.
3. This afternoon after I finished my classes, I went over to the McKinley health center to see if they could help at all. The nurse ran basic things (heartrate, blood pressure, etc.) And just asked me how I felt. In the end, they gave me some medicine to help relieve some of the symptoms, and this thing called a six-pack. In the six-pack are two things to gatorade, two cans of soup, and two cans of sprite. That's to help me rehydrate. Hopefully tomorrow things will be better! Fingers crossed.
Alright, bye now!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
No sun nor fun on a Sunday
Over the weekend, and even now, I've been getting progressively more sick. Not so much fun. My throat hurts, I have a headache, and feel dehydrated. I said on my status that it's kind of a Catch-22: My throat hurts because I'm dehydrated; but I can't drink so much because my throat hurts.
Well, anyway, let's get onto the Big Three (for yesterday!)
1) Sunday morning I stayed in bed for the most part, not feeling too great. I am not too fond of being sick, meh.
2) I ended up missing lunch, so around 3 I went out to get food. I decided to go to Panera Bread for soup, but a bowl of soup cost almost five dollars! So instead I walked an extra block to the grocery store and got one of the microwave, soup in a hand can. It was actually pretty good and only a buck fifty.
3) Then at night, I stayed in again and just worked on math and programming. Fairly relaxing day.
And I thought my sickness has been going away, but this morning I woke up and felt even worse. I'll give you an update tomorrow if it improves or not. Bye now!!
Well, anyway, let's get onto the Big Three (for yesterday!)
1) Sunday morning I stayed in bed for the most part, not feeling too great. I am not too fond of being sick, meh.
2) I ended up missing lunch, so around 3 I went out to get food. I decided to go to Panera Bread for soup, but a bowl of soup cost almost five dollars! So instead I walked an extra block to the grocery store and got one of the microwave, soup in a hand can. It was actually pretty good and only a buck fifty.
3) Then at night, I stayed in again and just worked on math and programming. Fairly relaxing day.
And I thought my sickness has been going away, but this morning I woke up and felt even worse. I'll give you an update tomorrow if it improves or not. Bye now!!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
A post on time?!
What is the world coming to?! I'm updating my Saturday post... ON SATURDAY! Anyways, onto the... BIG THREE! Let's go!
1) Last night a friend and I were gonna go out for food since we didn't get much for dinner. So we started out going to McDonalds which was about a mile off campus, but turns out that was closed so we had to walk all the way back to campus and ended up getting food at this Chinese place. The food ended up tasting pretty good but it was still very cold out!! Nice to be back and go to bed!
2) This afternoon I worked on programming and ECE stuff. Not so much fun, but at least I finished up my lab!
3) Then tonight, in honor of November 5th, some friends and I watched V for Vendetta. Alright on that note, I'm gonna go to bed. Good night, dear readers!!
1) Last night a friend and I were gonna go out for food since we didn't get much for dinner. So we started out going to McDonalds which was about a mile off campus, but turns out that was closed so we had to walk all the way back to campus and ended up getting food at this Chinese place. The food ended up tasting pretty good but it was still very cold out!! Nice to be back and go to bed!
2) This afternoon I worked on programming and ECE stuff. Not so much fun, but at least I finished up my lab!
3) Then tonight, in honor of November 5th, some friends and I watched V for Vendetta. Alright on that note, I'm gonna go to bed. Good night, dear readers!!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday Blog Post, a tad late...
Sorry for this being kind of late, I went out to a talk last night (which I will tell you about), and then I started working on homework and went to bed before updating. Well, anyway, intro's aside, let's get onto the BIG THREE!!
1. This American Life - The other night, I was on the phone with one of my dear readers and we started talking about This American Life. I started describing the Middle School episode- the one I was currently in the middle of. And I told the story about the Mimi's, which I took as middle school girls being conceited and pompous. But after listening through the whole story, I see them as creative girls trying to envision a better life for themselves. I suppose this taught me the lesson of never tell a story before hearing the whole thing!
2. Ageism Presentation - Yesterday (Thursday) morning, my group had to give our presentation in class about Multicultural Awareness. Our topic specifically was Ageism in the workplace and leadership. I think we did very well, and people especially enjoyed an activity. We had some people randomly selected as employers and the rest of the class were employees. And the object was everyone had to get hired for these particular jobs, and ideally each company should have a broad spectrum of different ages. Things went pretty well, except one of our group members didn't even show up to class. We still did the presentation without her, but I wonder how this would affect her grade...
3. You, Me, and AI - Last night I went to the talk I mentioned up above. It was about artificial intelligence and raised a bunch of social/philosophical questions. I thought it was going to be a more technical talk and discuss where we are and going with AI. But it was actually more about the religious and social ramifications of AI. Still a very interesting talk though!
Okay, until tomorrow, bye now!
1. This American Life - The other night, I was on the phone with one of my dear readers and we started talking about This American Life. I started describing the Middle School episode- the one I was currently in the middle of. And I told the story about the Mimi's, which I took as middle school girls being conceited and pompous. But after listening through the whole story, I see them as creative girls trying to envision a better life for themselves. I suppose this taught me the lesson of never tell a story before hearing the whole thing!
2. Ageism Presentation - Yesterday (Thursday) morning, my group had to give our presentation in class about Multicultural Awareness. Our topic specifically was Ageism in the workplace and leadership. I think we did very well, and people especially enjoyed an activity. We had some people randomly selected as employers and the rest of the class were employees. And the object was everyone had to get hired for these particular jobs, and ideally each company should have a broad spectrum of different ages. Things went pretty well, except one of our group members didn't even show up to class. We still did the presentation without her, but I wonder how this would affect her grade...
3. You, Me, and AI - Last night I went to the talk I mentioned up above. It was about artificial intelligence and raised a bunch of social/philosophical questions. I thought it was going to be a more technical talk and discuss where we are and going with AI. But it was actually more about the religious and social ramifications of AI. Still a very interesting talk though!
Okay, until tomorrow, bye now!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Posty-post!!
[DISCLAIMER TO ONE OF MY SPECIAL READERS OUT THERE!] Please send me any of the pics of me teaching animation classes. Much obliged.
[AND NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED BLOGGING.]
Heya, sorry for being half a day late, let's jump right in. Blog update!!
1) On Halloween night, Treehouse Society had a party so I went to that for a few hours. It was mostly hanging out and talking. And then we broke up into groups and went out trick-or-treating. It was fun to act like a kid again and the houses seemed to enjoy visitors. I have some pics on facebook of me in costume. Props if you know who I am!
2) And now, the reason for missing last night's update. I had a test in ECE 190. It wasn't terribly difficult, but I still ran out of a bit of time at the end. Hopefully I can get partial credit and even so, I got most of the questions right.
3) And the second reason for late update, after my exam, I had a lot of discrete mathematics homework I had to do. So I stayed up until 2 or so, and then woke up and finished the rest this morning.
Well, that's all, folk(s)! Until next time... Bye now!!
[AND NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED BLOGGING.]
Heya, sorry for being half a day late, let's jump right in. Blog update!!
1) On Halloween night, Treehouse Society had a party so I went to that for a few hours. It was mostly hanging out and talking. And then we broke up into groups and went out trick-or-treating. It was fun to act like a kid again and the houses seemed to enjoy visitors. I have some pics on facebook of me in costume. Props if you know who I am!
2) And now, the reason for missing last night's update. I had a test in ECE 190. It wasn't terribly difficult, but I still ran out of a bit of time at the end. Hopefully I can get partial credit and even so, I got most of the questions right.
3) And the second reason for late update, after my exam, I had a lot of discrete mathematics homework I had to do. So I stayed up until 2 or so, and then woke up and finished the rest this morning.
Well, that's all, folk(s)! Until next time... Bye now!!
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