Post for week of 25th April

We are on the final week for this project. We implemented the search last iteration and simply need to put the finishing touches on it and the login system. I worked more on SMP to try to optimize it a bit....I ran into a bug and it was going to be too much trouble. The speedup only netted about a 30% increase in performance. I think I'm starting to catch a cold...I hope it doesn't get too bad. We went over a lot of the refactorings this week. The factory pattern was pretty interesting. Out test is next week, so I'm hoping to have time to study for it while I'm getting other things done. I have a major project due next week. After this coming week, I'll be about 90% done. I only have one more test...I can't wait to graduate.

blog post for week of 19th of April

Hello good readers. I skipped a class this week. My truancy, though, is highly irregular...like bad Chinese food...stops up the bowels. Anyway...on to more palatable discussions. We watched more presentations this week, and I only failed one quiz. I feel so happy!! Our presentation fell victim to google down-time. Just as the proud Jean Claude visage was to beam brilliantly upon the glowing projection screen, instead there appeared a warning in testimony to the fallacious state of google resources. That's what happens when you put too much trust into 3rd party hosting services. I would have preferred to host the site on our own machine. If I get some more free time, I will play around with configuring such an environment. I wonder if the google appengine can be configured to broadcast from a remote location?

blog for the week of April 12th

Hello fellow bloggers...I'm sure you'll be happy to know that I'm still failing quizes...I put up a valiant effort on Friday...but to no avail...I fear I may have failed that one as well. I will keep fighting the good fight...hopefully one day I will deliver up to the quiz its comeuppance. We are doing a little supplemental unit for SQL...mySQL specifically. It's been an interesting little digression into the 'language' but I don't think we are going to go into too much depth. Our project has been going well. We have added lots of glitz to improve the presentation for the benefit of our ever eagerly awaiting fans. JCVD is GOD!!!!!!!!

Post for the week of April 5th

This previous week wasn't so bad. I mainly failed quizes and listened to presentations of other groups as they sought to further expound upon what was an as yet unexplored means to construct our common electronic conceit. Two groups decided to make use of the django libraries...we have made significant inroads to a similar effect. While not totally utilizing the libraries, we use the templating utility to enable greater flexibility in our efforts to create an ever more perfect electronic description of our TA matching utility. Our next step is to implement the automated matching function. This task may be harder than it seemed in our first contemplation. It is my wish for swift termination to our labor. While initially interesting, the project seems to have taken on a much(although more manageable due to django templating) scope...this has somehow diminished the nascent luster it exuded when it first began to bud. Perhaps I'm projecting frustration that originates from without the context of the project.

Post for week of 29th March

This was a pretty good week. I had plenty of projects and tests to take care of. We have started presentations for the projects. It seems that two of the groups are building projects that show competence that could only have been obtained by prior knowledge of python/google toolkits. We have been working hard with our project, but I'm not sure if we will ever have as polished of a website as it seems these two groups are capable of constructing. Our group has commited to becoming more adept with the django framework. We are going to meet next week to discuss which aspects of the framework we want to use.

Post for week of 22nd March

Hello my excellent readers!!! I know that everyone has missed Dave...but, please understand that Dave has been busy with all sorts of silly stuff. The extent to which Dave has been working is more easily understood in terms of continuity than of volume. In short, Dave needs a vacation. However, Dave did do well on the test...so Dave is very comfortable with his grade so far. But, the quizes are an evasive target for Dave. He simply can't guess what will be covered on the quizes, and thus he can imagine that they secretly, and gleefully, snicker at Dave's seeming ineptitude. At first thought, the reader may infer that Dave has resolved himself to lackluster grades on the quizes...but Dave, in fact, conspires to ensure their eventual comeuppance. Dave shall smite their ruin upon the mountainside, and Dave shall proclaim that it is good. All readers should take note of Dave's resolve and they should despair.

Post for the week of March 9th

This blog is a bit belated. This was the final week before spring break...a break I really needed. Glenn had us do work on the project over the break. I found this a little annoying since I already had plenty to do over the break. I moved into my house and I had to work over the break. We made a lot of progress on the project. All of our forms are in mostly finalized condition. We merely have to formalize our specification and construct more complete unit tests. We have a test coming up this Friday, and I'm not very prepared. I'm hoping that I can get time to study on Thursday because I'm going to be very busy for the rest of the time.