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In the style of my former post on a Math Undergraduate Education, this post proposes a list of texts suitable for a rigorous and well-rounded foundation in Undergraduate Computer Science. A future post will cover the philosophical details and ( Read more... )

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In the next few days, I’m hoping to write an article about education that serves as a follow up to Towards a new HR and Secondhand Standards. It will explain a bit more about the feasibility and philosophy behind this post.

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Just for the heck of it, you know?

Hardware
It’d be pretty swell if I could get a BenQ FP222WH Flatscreen Monitor. It takes HDMI input so I wouldn’t need a TV in my first apartment!
Zareason is producing some Ubuntu keyboards and I need a USB ( Read more... )

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It’s been a nice, leisurely weekend thus far. I’ve been meaning to post more and to post some things that are a bit less technical but I’ve been bad about making the time of late. This is a smattering of things that have been backed up in my head.

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Quick Monday Morning Post. So, what’s been going on lately?
-Apple acts like tools again by being evil and using lock in on consumers. This is one reason I won’t buy an iPod or iPhone. I would eventually be forced to switch my Operating System. ( Read more... )

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Week 15: Finished
tvs
gym
classes
write e-mail to tim sweeney asking for permission to publicize conversation.
help pete with his computer after class.
ren and dani
Unexpected: Hung out with Kris, Watched Good Will Hunting, Posted E-mail ( Read more... )

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Week 14: Finished
tvs
gym
classes
ren and dani ~9:30.
jeff taylor at 10:15 at caribou
dr. carpenter at 7.
skate. with chris friday night after rick.
skate with burke saturday morning around 8:30.
video game party with max saturday night.
sanford at ( Read more... )

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Summer: Week 13: Finished
21st Annual Checkup/Physical @ 9:45
Dental Appointment @ 2:30
Gym
Read and\or listen to Google TechTalks on Concurrency.
TVS
Program a little Erlang?
Talk to boss about fall schedule.
Cousin visiting for dinner.
See Ren and ( Read more... )

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Summer: Week 12: Finished
Turn 21
Kris
Battery
TVS
Gym
Fix Ken Boa’s Computer
Ren and Dani
Bria’s Going Away Party
Unexpected: Speeding Ticket, Bailing Hay for Six Hours on Saturday, Saw Chris B., Got in touch with Jeff Taylor, Actually wrote a ( Read more... )

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Summer: Week 11: Finished
Finish Music work on Zen Vision MP3 Player
Gym
Acquisition Laptop. Load Ubuntu Gutsy Alpha 3.
TVS
See Rick at Noon
Read Rebel Code
Unexpected: See John Mayer play Covered In Rain, Hang out with Ren and Dani, A Certain ( Read more... )