Posted by Ryan on September 18th, 2007 at 12:25 am
So what is a typical weekend like for me? Well, it all starts at 5:00 on Friday evening…when I go to work. I’ll work until about 11:30, when I’ll go back to my dorm, and eventually take a shower. Stuff will be done on the computer, whether it’s working of stuff or goofing around. I’ll go to bed somewhere between 1 and 3 Saturday morning, and wake up anywhere from 7 to 9 hours later. Stuff will be done on the computer, food will be eaten, and relaxing will occur. Well, at least until 2:00 when I have to be back at work. I’ll make chicken caesar wraps, and then serve food until we close, and then clean up, hopefully being out of the building by 11:30. Then the process that happened after work on Friday repeats. When I wake up on Sunday, it’s time to do any homework that has been put off during the rest of the weekend. If I have free time, I do whatever tech support work needs to be done online, and relax. And then it’s back to class at 9:00 Monday morning.
So I don’t really have much time to party during the weekend. But what do I care? I’m a geek, my drink of choice is Mt. Dew. Besides, it’s somewhat fun working where I work, even though I may complain about it times. And sometimes I overhear things that are…odd. Such as Girls Gone Wild filming at some local clubs….and I heard that from a group of girls…
Posted by Ryan on September 12th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Classes…people like some of them, while they hate others. For the most part, I like mine…except for one. So what classes am I taking this semester, and how do I like them so far? Let’s take a look…
Evaluation Research: It’s supposed to teach me how to research effectively and efficiently. It’s an OK class. Doesn’t seem hard, and even though the professor has an accent, it’s not that thick; I barely notice it. This should be an easy class to do well in.
Programming & Problem Solving: I’m learning Java. ‘Nuff said.
Philosophy: This would be the class that I dislike. When I registered for classes, I registered for the class that was going to be taught by a professor that seemed cool according to the professor review sites. Well…. I guess the administration changed professors for that class, because the one I have isn’t even the same sex as the one I read the reviews on. The class is Philosophy 101 - so why has it given me more work than my 300 level classes combined?
Constitution, Ethics, Policing: I don’t know how to describe this class without using any of the words in the title. We’re learning about the Constitutional and ethical aspects of policing. This will probably be the easiest class for me this semester.
Criminal Justice System: This will be an easy class as well, since it’s basically a more advanced version of a class I took freshman year. The professor is nice, and tells us what will be exam questions.
There are about 10 weeks left in the semester, so we’ll see then if the classes were really how I thought they would be or not.
Six years ago, something happened that changed the nation forever. Nineteen Taliban terrorists sat aboard four commercial aircraft with one thing on their minds - to strike fear into the hearts of the American people. And succeed they did, but only for a little while. Then as a nation, we banded together, grew closer, grew stronger, and started to rebuild. But we can never get back the lives that were lost. Six months later, in March 2002, we started to send a message, one that we are still sending right now, and will continue to send for as long as we have to: that terrorists are not safe no matter where they may be; you cannot cowardly kill Americans, and get away with it.
Just as previous generations have said they will never forget where they were when JFK was assassinated, my generation will never forget where we were when we learned of this. I was on my way to Mr. Panagoulias’ biology class.
So here’s a thank you. Thank you to the servicemen and women that help protect this country overseas. Thank you to the police, fire, and EMS personnel that protect us at home. And most of all, thanks to those who have given their life in order to protect this country.
Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September. This bulletin announces which security updates Microsoft intends to release on the second Tuesday of the month.
On Spetember 11, 2007, Microsift will be releasing one critical security update, as well four important security updates. The critical update will require thecomputer to be restarted.
There will also be one high priority update that is not for security.
So I slacked today, only to remember right now that I have homework to do
I had to interview 10 people about philosophy and ask three questions. The questions were:
What is philosophy?
Who is a philosopher?
What is the relevancy of philosophy for us today?
Once I have the answers, I need to look for patterns, and then summarize the results, which will be discussed in groups. And of course, in normal me fashion, this is due tomorrow
Either leave a comment here that answers the questions, and include your age (or make one up ). You can also use the contact page to answer if you wish.
Towards the end of my summer, I couldn’t wait to get back to school. Now that I’m here, I don’t want to be…and definitely won’t want to go to class in 9 hours.
I don’t know if its because I have unfinished business back home that I wanted to get done, or just because I’m like this at the beginning of every school year.
All I know is that I hate feeling this way, and don’t want to spend six hours in class later
Seeing how I move back onto campus in less than 12 hours, it is time to declare my summer over, and to take a look at the goals I made for myself and how they went.
The first two goals I’m not going to tell. But I will say that it looks as I didn’t meet them. Yeah, it sucks, because not meeting goals sucks in general. If you happen to be one of the two people (besides me) that knew what they were, you know how much it actually sucks. All I have to say is that there are 12 more hours before I leave, so hopefully I can get the biggie done. If not…in a month…when I will probably be back…for something…I apparently like mysteries…and using ellipses
The third goal was to make a theme. Well, I mashed a few themes together and this is what I came out with. It took me all summer to put together, probably because I couldn’t work more than an hour without being interrupted and having to do something else. I’m a bit surprised it took me that long. I like how it came out, and want to know what you think of it. Leave your thoughts about it here as a comment.
The fourth goal was to port a script from one IRC program to another. It’s not done, but it’s a lot further than where it was even a week ago, and there isn’t much work left until it’s done. Probably could finish it now if I felt like staying up til 4 again (still on Alaska time).
Fifth goal was to start up a site with a bunch of friends. The name is bought, and the site is online, but no work has really been done. It’s going to be interesting to see how this all works out with us being at different locations at least an hour away and not a quick 10 minute drive to the other side of town.
Now what goals do I want to set for myself for this upcoming semester? Well, let’s see:
Get at least 2 A’s and 2 B’s. Do well in the fifth class; C+ at the least.
As a mentioned in a rushed post slightly less than 4 hours ago, I have once again moved hosting companies…hopefully for the last time.
I was outgrowing the plan I was on, and couldn’t get a better deal than what just signed up for. Granted, should I ever use the amount of resources that are provided for me, I should probably start looking for a dedicated server, or at least a VPS.
So this site has been moved and set up, and it only took about 4 hours, which seeing as how this is the biggest site of mine, and how much work had to be done, wasn’t all that bad. Everything on the web is fine, at least to the best of my knowledge. The only thing in all that I know isn’t working is my email…which I hope will be working soon…there were some DNS issues, so I’m just hoping that it is what is accounting for the mail issue. Well, its a bit after 4AM, so I’m going to pass out and deal with moving the other site later, and then we’ll see what happens from there!
I’m switching to a new hosting account since I’m running out of room on this one. Since its at a different company, there may be some downtime until the DNS updates. Once everything is back to normal, things will be appearing a little bit different
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