Week 10

After last week's test (the results of which I were very satisfied with), the class went on to more about operating systems and more programming. I found the recursion that we were doing to be much easier thanwhat we were doing earlier.

I also finished my Wikipedia assignment. I had asked to only do two articles instead of the three that I had proposed. Once I started working on my first article, I realized that there was no way that I would be able to finish the three in 4 hours. The one article itself took around 3-4 hours, and I decided to do another one for fun. The one I had decided to omit was one where I was to lengthen a stub, which was about a musician. I was somewhat looking forward to this, as I do enjoy looking up new music, but I ended up doing that anyway. The assignment in general was enjoyable.

Bye,
Daniel

Week 8

Little late with this one.

I got sick this week, so I'm staying in today to get rid of the sniffles. Slightly irritating, but whatever. Hopefully I get better eventually.

Last week, my group members and I finished the project that we were assigned. It was relatively simple, and we were able to get it done in two sessions, neither of them lasting very long. We also learned about hardware and operating systems, which was interesting to me.

It's the test this week. I didn't do too well on the last one, so I'm hoping I can do better on this one.

Bye,

Daniel

Week 7

Wooh! I've missed the last few weeks. I'll try to recap all of those missed SLOGS right now.

The weather has been stupid. Reading week was fantastic. Life is cool.

We've been going over the binary bits of computer science over the last while. I was honestly slightly confused at first, but it all became clear once I re-read my notes and went over the slides. Professor Heap's slides are a godsend when I am troubled about the subject matter that we went over in class. It is fascinating that binary can be the key to so many things computer-related things. To think that a series of numbers can create so many things is mind-boggling and amazing.

In addition to binary, we also learned how images and sound happen in a computer.

We also had to submit part 2 of our Wikipedia assignment. I decided to edit (but really just proofread) two articles and expand on one article. The article that I chose to expand on is one about a musician named David Daniell. I did this because I enjoy music, and decided that this was a prime opportunity to get to know a musician that I had never heard of before. In addition, I have a penchant for (without sounding overly creepy, but I daresay that it's bound to happen) finding things out about people, which I know I will be able to do with this person.

As of now, I am bracing myself for a test that I must aggressively study for. I will update this SLOG later.

Bye,
Daniel