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24 Dec 2009|09:22am
[ mood | :o - OMG ]
[ music | Soundtrack from old amiga game WINGS - Final song ]
I just qualified for a Bachelor of Science / Computer Science major at the University of Regina. I started along this path in 2002.
I'm not sure I would go back and take this path, had I known where it would lead, but I've made it to the end.
Thank you
- mom and dad, who helped with food, paid for my 2nd year, encouraged me the whole way, and provided support that while I probably could have made it through without, made the whole thing at least approximating humane to the first degree. Also: uncle jim, uncle murray, and aunt kathy who each encouraged and helped me as well.
- Yves Bousquet: Who outright gave me a damn computer LONG before(12 years ago?) it was clear to anyone else that I was ever going to succeed in any way in the field. Also thanks to ben, chris, glennz, edgeman, alex, kathy, SaskTel, tgrey, or anyone else whose name isn't coming to me right now who's given me/helped me get a computer; I could not have made it without your help.
- My friends, family, including probably anyone reading this - who have supported me and who I have for too long lived with the support of, giving little in return.
- The men and women formerly of KULT/RantRadio community, The Free Software community, as well as the Krugers, Baitons, and Meirionwen and at least a few others for extending youro open hand to hold on to, giving me at least a platform through which I could bootstrap.
- M2tm,
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the_iron_troll, rob, steve, the CSSS and although I lost your damn contact information again(sorry, lost while moving again:( ), drew for helping to make my experience valuable and for leading me to places where there was even remotely a point to going.
- And the nameless many others who have in some way made it possible for me to get here, as broken and pyrrhic as this victory is.
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21 Dec 2009|07:23am
[ mood | :O PANIC ]
[ music | Tchaikovsky - 1812 overture ]
I know kung fu computer architecture.
No, really. I passed the class. Clearly I must have been correct.
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13 Dec 2009|10:33am
[ mood | :\ weirded out ]
[ music | dave's ala rm clock ]
I received this cake today. Weirdest party ever.
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11 Dec 2009|09:12pm
[ mood | :| apathy ]
[ music | Nine inch Nails - The Wretched (Version) ]
for ~25$, taxes incl I got
* a 1gb mp3 player
* headphones
* and a microphone(hmm the one I linked to wasn't exactly the one, but it was pretty close, basically it's a memorex "professional quality" unidirectional one).
I figured the mp3 player alone would set me back that much, so I just went for it.
pfft. And my mp3 player even came with headphones, I could have saved 6$. Oh well, at least I have a spare. Considering I've probably killed 15 pairs of headphones over my lifetime, I'd say I'll probably end up using them.
AND I get a spare USB cable for my camera out of the deal, too. Score!
Unfortunately the microphone has a plug type (regular guitar plug), but I've seen converters for that. I should have one of those, anyway.
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25 Nov 2009|06:52pm
[ mood | :m full ]
[ music | Edward Gibbon - The Decline and Fall of the Roman empire vol 1, ch 13 pt 4 ]
I was pleasantly surprised how good it was.
I do propose that MASH be replaced with BLEND or something of the sort, since it appears that I neither had the tools nor the muscular fortitude to complete said mashing. That and I ain' gonna recommend messing with l2oto, as he could probably mass your ass if push came to shove.
Also, needs moar banana. At least 1.2 bananas. Next batch, assuming I ever finish this one(which is likely, as it is tasty, but depends how well it keeps) will probably contain more banana per other stuff.
The bigger question is what exactly do you eat *with* hommus. I have been eating plain banana hommus pitas. It'd probably be better with some lettuice, sprouts, mushrooms & cheese, a la pita pit, imho.
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22 Nov 2009|02:11am
[ mood | :) ok ]
[ music | Sean Kennedy [tfm] - NewsReal 175 ]
So... me & my team won a keg in the Computer Science Student Society's scavenger hunt. Our team managed to just be that amazing.
Team:
GOD
10six
Natasha Jacques
Sam Jacques
( pictures & story )
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11 Nov 2009|10:28pm
[ mood | :) awake ]
[ music | the What the Hell?!?! Show - April 14th, 2000 ]
So Alex Flegel, another CS student from the University of Regina gifted me a Panasonic CF-28 Toughbook. Yes, a toughbook. The laptops that are built to be dropped from highrises onto concrete and just take it. This stainless steel, nearly 10 pound monster is probably as close to body armour as I'm ever going to get, as I'm pretty sure it could stop a bullet.
( new laptop: Codd )
( takes some work to get the touchscreen working )
( power management is broken )
( I have a mobile wikipedia mirror, or something really close to one. )
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02 Nov 2009|10:15pm
[ mood | :| stressed ]
[ music | NewsReal 152 ]
The conservatives might be coming out with a reasonable copyright law. This will be yet another bill that the NDP will vote *for*, the liberals will vote *against* and the bloc might go either way--but it won't matter in any case since I think Conservative+NDP is enough.
That being said...way to go NDP on that one. But we'll see if it happens.
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