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.

Post for the week of March 2nd

I almost forgot to make this entry...I finished installing SVN web-access on my home system. It was a bit harder than I thought it was going to be. The server is simple to set up, but you have to set it up very precisely. All the configuration files had to be syntax-error free. After a lot of trouble shooting, I was finally able to get the configuration just right. I learned a lot about the svn service. It's very convenient and pretty easy to work with. We're hoping to get a head start with the project so that we won't be too busy later when it's due. I've set up our group webPage...so all the group members can correspond with each other easily. I'm pretty confident that we have a good arrangement. We will meet this Wednesday.

Weekly blog for week of Feb. 22nd

The class seems to be going smoothly. We are almost done studying the python language and it looks like we will be starting on the major project for the class soon. I'm hoping that we don't have to work on the project, too much, during the spring break interval. The TA still hasn't finished grading our third project. I prefer to get my grades sooner rather than later so that I can dispute the grades if warranted. Also, so that I can see what I did wrong. We have already finished the 4th project. It didn't seem to be quite as difficult as I first thought it was going to be. I'm starting a new job(part-time) on Tuesday, so I also hope that I will still have plenty of time to do my work. I'm working on the SVN blog, but the configuration is a little tougher than I first thought it was going to be. I'm hoping to get most of it figured out by next weekend and then by spring break if I can't get it done on the weekend.