There is not a very wide array of movies to pick from this weak, much to my dismay. I have been bombarded with essays, and have been rather scattered. So instead, I will speak of a tv show.
My family recently acquired netflix, greatly broadening our viewing horizons, and coupled with apple tv, will probably have enough to watch for the next ten years. Lately, we have been diving into murder mystery shows, and have been watching Columbo. For those who don't know, Colimbo is a 70s show about a rather inept looking liutenant who always seems to catch the wealth genius murder. One of the unique aspects of the show is that you see exactly how and by whom the murder is done, and the interesting part is seeing Columbo pick it appart. We originally saw the show's first two episodes off a DVD we picked up at Vulcan Video, and have been hooked for quite a while now. The convenient part is the the episodes are usually only a little over an hour, so they are much easier to fit into a day of hard labor for school than a standar hundred plus minute movie.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Share post
I have, after looking over some of the other share posts in other blogs, come to a descision: my share posts will now follow the common theme of being about what ever movie I have most enjoyed in the last weak. Movies are a large social part of my family, and we generally watch anywhere from two to five a weak, depending on work.
In the past weak, the both most entertaining and well done film was undoubtably The Social Network. While there were very few kind characters, and it wasn't a very kind movie, the plot was engagingly presented and well paced, and the meshing of the film clips was as wonderful as can be asked for. I don't think it did much for my view of facebook, however; it only strengthened my resolve to avoid supporting a corporation so apparently evil. What I found particularly interesting was the mechanical background of it's spread and acceptance. I also was able to catch a brief mention of Python, which I enjoyed. Technically, is was not that informative, and I am still curious to find out what/ how it was programmed.
In the past weak, the both most entertaining and well done film was undoubtably The Social Network. While there were very few kind characters, and it wasn't a very kind movie, the plot was engagingly presented and well paced, and the meshing of the film clips was as wonderful as can be asked for. I don't think it did much for my view of facebook, however; it only strengthened my resolve to avoid supporting a corporation so apparently evil. What I found particularly interesting was the mechanical background of it's spread and acceptance. I also was able to catch a brief mention of Python, which I enjoyed. Technically, is was not that informative, and I am still curious to find out what/ how it was programmed.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
I didn't understand strings as well as I would have liked at first, but now that we have gone over lists (which I find to be one of the easiest things we have gone over so far in Python) I can see a lot of parallels between the two, and am much more sure of my string programming ability. Python feels pretty intuitive to me, and I am really looking forward to getting up to more serious levels of programming.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Reflect for Spring Break
Right now I have been having discipline problems in comp sci. I can do all the work in class, but I have been having a lot of trouble forcing my self to do the blog posts. I am running out of things to talk about (quite obviously), especially in share posts, which I am about to simply give up on. Except for blog posts, the class is wonderful, the programming for the most part intuitive, and the material well paced and interesting. Writing too little makes me feel like I am cutting corners for easy grades, something I despise, but I do not have enough problems or spurts of genius to justify writing anything more than a two sentence update. I have come to the point where I am at a loss for what or how much to say. If it is acceptable, or even if it isn't, I will just default to incredibly short, mundane posts unless I can find an other solution.
It doesn't just stop there though. Should I fail to do a blog post, or even delay one, suddenly the worrying hound that is my parents jumps on it and all I can think about for the next day is ripping my hair out, thinking of something to squeeze in for a grade. It is not that I am pressed for time; my schedule is quite loose. It is that, once I sit down to write up something, there is nothing at all to write. I may sit down two or threes times over the course of a week, look at the screen for 5 minutes thinking about how I wish I had something to say, and then throw my hands in the air in frustration and do something else. Once I finally stumble upon something to write about, I blast through my posts, nothing flat. I love to write. If, however, the pressure from my parents gets to me first (most likely the case), I throw some dribble on the page and call it a day. I need an out.
It doesn't just stop there though. Should I fail to do a blog post, or even delay one, suddenly the worrying hound that is my parents jumps on it and all I can think about for the next day is ripping my hair out, thinking of something to squeeze in for a grade. It is not that I am pressed for time; my schedule is quite loose. It is that, once I sit down to write up something, there is nothing at all to write. I may sit down two or threes times over the course of a week, look at the screen for 5 minutes thinking about how I wish I had something to say, and then throw my hands in the air in frustration and do something else. Once I finally stumble upon something to write about, I blast through my posts, nothing flat. I love to write. If, however, the pressure from my parents gets to me first (most likely the case), I throw some dribble on the page and call it a day. I need an out.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Weekends of Feb 27, Post 1
So far in Python we have covered simple numerical programs, and are proceeding into more complex verbal programs, namely those with strings. It is not, to me at least, as difficult as Java was at this point, something which I believe is a good sign and for which I am thankful. There is beginning to be a build up of vocabulary, something which I never seem to be able to handle, but the pace it is coming in at, I believe I will be able to handle it. Enjoying Python quite a bit.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I have really settled into Python. In the last week, I was able to clock off all my labs at a rate that surprised me. I am finding programming in python to be increasingly easy. The one thing that seems like it will be daunting in the future is graphics, which, although difficult, will be very interesting. I look forward to the next 6 weeks as a chance to learn more and expand my knowledge of python and programming as a whole.
http://xkcd.com/593/
This comic made laugh quite a bit on first read through. I didn't really know what to expect they would say the book would be, but I was pleasantly surprised to read the final panel. It makes me wonder how people will perceive us in the future. Because of the pace of advancement in the last 100 years, it is surprisingly hard to predict. This does raise several questions about how much longer we will continue at this rate. I saw a rather interesting (if somewhat far fetched) article in TIME about the theoretical "Singularity", the point at which people develop sentient or pass-human intelligence computers. Once (if) this happens, how will the past be perceived then, a time in which there was only one race?
This comic made laugh quite a bit on first read through. I didn't really know what to expect they would say the book would be, but I was pleasantly surprised to read the final panel. It makes me wonder how people will perceive us in the future. Because of the pace of advancement in the last 100 years, it is surprisingly hard to predict. This does raise several questions about how much longer we will continue at this rate. I saw a rather interesting (if somewhat far fetched) article in TIME about the theoretical "Singularity", the point at which people develop sentient or pass-human intelligence computers. Once (if) this happens, how will the past be perceived then, a time in which there was only one race?
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