The Beginning of the End
Today was the first day of Spring Quarter, and in a surprise twist, my instructor for Software Engineering is Earl, and the lectures are in the Art Building. I think it's a wierd coincidence because my first ECS class after moving into my new apmt was Earl's Computer Architecture/Assembly course, and now my last class while living in my apmt is his Software Engineering course. When you add in that this quarter is just like Fall 2003 in that I won't be going to Wellman at all, it truly feels like everything has come full circle. Except I drink booze and coffee now. And Databases 2 is in Wellman, but the class doesn't start til next week, so I didn't realize it until now. Whoops
Speaking of locations, I realized today that almost all of my classes are in buildings that are next to bus stops, so if I so choose I can just take the bus to campus and then walk 20 feet to my lecture. No seriously: go to the Unitrans route map, and zoom in to the part of the map that says "Rec Hall" in the UCD squiggly line section. My apartment is right across the street from there, and here are the locations of my lectures this quarter:
*Art Building
*Olson Hall
*Hoagland Hall
*Hickey Pool
*Wellman
Seriously, Art Building and Olson are right by scheduled Unitrans stops--check the map and see them. The pool and Wellman will require biking, and I don't remember where Hoagland is, but who gives a fuck?
And now, for some more randomness:
*My 5-man programming group for Software Engineering came about by pure chance: Dan Lorca and I had talked about working together in this class last month, and I made sure to grab Janice, and then Albert and Ryan asked if they could get in on this shit. So in less than 10 seconds, the Five Horsemen formed. We might get cleaved in half if Earl thinks it isn't fair that our group has two veterans of this school's Databases course, but hopefully it won't come to that.
*I had my choice of 2 electives this quarter: Networks 2 or Databases 2. Networks 2 is mostly socket programming and learning how to make TCP your bitch, but the 2 projects are client/server systems that have to be interactively graded. Gee, that sounds just like Software Engineering, and I think I'll stick with one client/server program. Watch me drop this class faster than Verizon drops my calls.
*Until now I never noticed how many times professors mention that this material will be invaluable when you start working in industry. Maybe it's because I had a mini-interview on Monday and I'm looking for work that my professors telling me about how this material relates to the real world seems louder.
By the way, did I say that my Software Engineering project is making a website that lets you play Texas Hold 'Em?
Speaking of locations, I realized today that almost all of my classes are in buildings that are next to bus stops, so if I so choose I can just take the bus to campus and then walk 20 feet to my lecture. No seriously: go to the Unitrans route map, and zoom in to the part of the map that says "Rec Hall" in the UCD squiggly line section. My apartment is right across the street from there, and here are the locations of my lectures this quarter:
*Art Building
*Olson Hall
*Hoagland Hall
*Hickey Pool
*Wellman
Seriously, Art Building and Olson are right by scheduled Unitrans stops--check the map and see them. The pool and Wellman will require biking, and I don't remember where Hoagland is, but who gives a fuck?
And now, for some more randomness:
*My 5-man programming group for Software Engineering came about by pure chance: Dan Lorca and I had talked about working together in this class last month, and I made sure to grab Janice, and then Albert and Ryan asked if they could get in on this shit. So in less than 10 seconds, the Five Horsemen formed. We might get cleaved in half if Earl thinks it isn't fair that our group has two veterans of this school's Databases course, but hopefully it won't come to that.
*I had my choice of 2 electives this quarter: Networks 2 or Databases 2. Networks 2 is mostly socket programming and learning how to make TCP your bitch, but the 2 projects are client/server systems that have to be interactively graded. Gee, that sounds just like Software Engineering, and I think I'll stick with one client/server program. Watch me drop this class faster than Verizon drops my calls.
*Until now I never noticed how many times professors mention that this material will be invaluable when you start working in industry. Maybe it's because I had a mini-interview on Monday and I'm looking for work that my professors telling me about how this material relates to the real world seems louder.
By the way, did I say that my Software Engineering project is making a website that lets you play Texas Hold 'Em?