Wed - December 1, 2004
Nope, still not dead.
Hi, again, everybody! Didya miss me?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
So, what's new in my happy little world since I last shouted into the ether?
Well, I'm finishing up my 3rd semester of MCC. Here's the class rundown:
Financial Accounting: Required for the business track for my Computer Science major*. We have to do everything by hand. A ClueStick for you, Mrs. Leslie Kruser: nobody is going to be doing their accounting by candlelight when the power is out. We tend to do these things on computers now. I understand that we have to know how it all works, but why not at least teach us the basics of a computer accounting system? It's not like the class isn't held in a computer lab with Quicken and Peachtree Accounting loaded on all of the machines.
</rant>
Computer Science I: OK, strange story time. I started off in this class, which was 12:00 - 2:20 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Save for the Chinese teacher's accent, I was doing OK. Then, out of the blue, she announces that she's leaving the class, because she's gotten a better job. (A "real programming job", apparently.) The head of the department says that he's found a new teacher for the class, but there's a timing conflict and the class will have to be moved one hour later (1:00-3:20).
OK, fine, but.....
I have my Music Appreciation class at 2:30.
Problem!
So with this new teacher who, I believe, isn't teaching us as well, I have to leave an hour early to not miss the other class. A wonderful screw-job all around.
Then the head of the department says that he's going to make sure the II class runs to make sure everyone who misses out on this class gets to do the next one.
Right. Sorry, Bob, no deal.
Music Appreciation: Pretty cool, actually. I do have trouble hearing the differences between some of the composers and periods, but I'll pass it and get my remaining Fine Arts credit, which is what I took it for.
College Algebra: Easy. I usually do the homework in class while she's talking.
Plus, in my (now extended) lunch period, I like to hang out in MCC's "Belly of The Whale" student lounge. (More on that in another post) Lots of cool people there. Maybe you'll see some of their faces in one of my upcoming posts.
Yeah, I didn't think so.
So, what's new in my happy little world since I last shouted into the ether?
Well, I'm finishing up my 3rd semester of MCC. Here's the class rundown:
Financial Accounting: Required for the business track for my Computer Science major*. We have to do everything by hand. A ClueStick for you, Mrs. Leslie Kruser: nobody is going to be doing their accounting by candlelight when the power is out. We tend to do these things on computers now. I understand that we have to know how it all works, but why not at least teach us the basics of a computer accounting system? It's not like the class isn't held in a computer lab with Quicken and Peachtree Accounting loaded on all of the machines.
</rant>
Computer Science I: OK, strange story time. I started off in this class, which was 12:00 - 2:20 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Save for the Chinese teacher's accent, I was doing OK. Then, out of the blue, she announces that she's leaving the class, because she's gotten a better job. (A "real programming job", apparently.) The head of the department says that he's found a new teacher for the class, but there's a timing conflict and the class will have to be moved one hour later (1:00-3:20).
OK, fine, but.....
I have my Music Appreciation class at 2:30.
Problem!
So with this new teacher who, I believe, isn't teaching us as well, I have to leave an hour early to not miss the other class. A wonderful screw-job all around.
Then the head of the department says that he's going to make sure the II class runs to make sure everyone who misses out on this class gets to do the next one.
Right. Sorry, Bob, no deal.
Music Appreciation: Pretty cool, actually. I do have trouble hearing the differences between some of the composers and periods, but I'll pass it and get my remaining Fine Arts credit, which is what I took it for.
College Algebra: Easy. I usually do the homework in class while she's talking.
Plus, in my (now extended) lunch period, I like to hang out in MCC's "Belly of The Whale" student lounge. (More on that in another post) Lots of cool people there. Maybe you'll see some of their faces in one of my upcoming posts.
Posted at 02:24 AM Read More
Sat - September 4, 2004
Of wind and wireless
T-Mobile offers free hurricane WiFi in Florida
again (Engadget)
That's great, it's really cool of them to do that.
You know, assuming any of the buildings containing hotspots are still standing after this is all over.
I'm picturing geeks climbing out of the rubble and huddling around the ruins of their nearby Starbucks or Borders for internet access.
That's great, it's really cool of them to do that.
You know, assuming any of the buildings containing hotspots are still standing after this is all over.
I'm picturing geeks climbing out of the rubble and huddling around the ruins of their nearby Starbucks or Borders for internet access.
Posted at 09:04 PM Read More
Still here!
OK, so I took most of the summer off of blogging.
I was enjoying resting and
doing--nothing.
In school this semester I'm taking:
Financial Accounting- ZzzzzZzzzz,
Computer Science I- Really interesting and actually sort of fun, but understanding through the teacher's accent (Japanese) is a challenge.
Music Appreciation- Okay. The teacher's pretty cool.
College Algebra- Okay. More understanding difficulty (Indian), but the material is all stuff I've been through before. More tedious than anything.
I'm getting the idea that the school is getting desperate for teachers and is looking more and more overseas.
I'm actually working and earning money! I'm teaching Joan Mann (Milt's wife) how to use her PowerBook for the 'net and for writing, as well as teaching Barb Foreman from Macadamia MUG how to use OS X. $10/hour is not a bad deal, even if you're only doing it twice a week. Almost all of it is being saved for my new G5. Not too long now, I hope!
We're still on track to move within the next few months. We've been bouncing from prospective house to prospective house, either because we've rejected our last or we've found a new one that's better. The house we're looking at right now is listing for $367,000, but we think we can negotiate it down to around $350,000. It would be well worth it even at $367k, however.
Our house is still on the market, and we've had a few nibbles, but nothing big yet. We're not in a huge hurry, though, so we're not going to be dropping the price for a while.
In school this semester I'm taking:
Financial Accounting- ZzzzzZzzzz,
Computer Science I- Really interesting and actually sort of fun, but understanding through the teacher's accent (Japanese) is a challenge.
Music Appreciation- Okay. The teacher's pretty cool.
College Algebra- Okay. More understanding difficulty (Indian), but the material is all stuff I've been through before. More tedious than anything.
I'm getting the idea that the school is getting desperate for teachers and is looking more and more overseas.
I'm actually working and earning money! I'm teaching Joan Mann (Milt's wife) how to use her PowerBook for the 'net and for writing, as well as teaching Barb Foreman from Macadamia MUG how to use OS X. $10/hour is not a bad deal, even if you're only doing it twice a week. Almost all of it is being saved for my new G5. Not too long now, I hope!
We're still on track to move within the next few months. We've been bouncing from prospective house to prospective house, either because we've rejected our last or we've found a new one that's better. The house we're looking at right now is listing for $367,000, but we think we can negotiate it down to around $350,000. It would be well worth it even at $367k, however.
Our house is still on the market, and we've had a few nibbles, but nothing big yet. We're not in a huge hurry, though, so we're not going to be dropping the price for a while.
Posted at 08:40 PM Read More
Sun - July 11, 2004
Mon - May 3, 2004
More of "Our Fascination With The Idiotic"
If I believed in that kind of stuff, I'd think
this
guy was one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. I really thought
Apple would have better taste than to carry him on the
iTMS.
Of course, when I see him singing, the only thing that comes to mind is this.
Of course, when I see him singing, the only thing that comes to mind is this.
Posted at 01:25 AM Read More
Fri - March 26, 2004
Third floor, 80's retro technology...
Fourth floor, products with incredibly small market
potential.
Y'know, it'd be cooler if it worked off of a single USB connection- power, audio (both directions) and transport control all on one cable.
(And no, this doesn't deserve the Cool Tech category.)
Y'know, it'd be cooler if it worked off of a single USB connection- power, audio (both directions) and transport control all on one cable.
(And no, this doesn't deserve the Cool Tech category.)
Posted at 01:27 AM Read More
Tue - March 16, 2004
Sat - March 13, 2004
No, I'm not dead.
Yes, indeedy, I still count myself among the
living. I've just been characteristically lazy, and therefore haven't been
updating.
So, let's start getting up to speed, starting with...SCHOOL!! <cue Psycho theme> :
My Film class ROCKS, mainly because of the awesome professor, Dr. Craig Derscheid. (Keep rockin' that N*Sync, Dersch.)
I'm almost starting to forget what my instructor for Global Environment looks like. He's cancelled our lab period on Wednesdays until April and has been absent quite a few times on the Monday lecture period. The only thing that annoys me about that it's my only class on Mondays and I have to drive all the way to the school to find out that class is cancelled. An email or phone message is all I ask, really!
My U.S. Government class is sort of OK all around. It's really pretty easy, especially since I took U.S. History I last semester.
My American Lit class is pretty cool, but it's hard. It would help if I read the whole works instead of skimming them...
There's a mutiny brewing in my Speech class, mainly because of the instructor.
<evil>Oh, by the way, If you need an email address to give out for spam, here are two. </evil>
So, let's start getting up to speed, starting with...SCHOOL!! <cue Psycho theme> :
My Film class ROCKS, mainly because of the awesome professor, Dr. Craig Derscheid. (Keep rockin' that N*Sync, Dersch.)
I'm almost starting to forget what my instructor for Global Environment looks like. He's cancelled our lab period on Wednesdays until April and has been absent quite a few times on the Monday lecture period. The only thing that annoys me about that it's my only class on Mondays and I have to drive all the way to the school to find out that class is cancelled. An email or phone message is all I ask, really!
My U.S. Government class is sort of OK all around. It's really pretty easy, especially since I took U.S. History I last semester.
My American Lit class is pretty cool, but it's hard. It would help if I read the whole works instead of skimming them...
There's a mutiny brewing in my Speech class, mainly because of the instructor.
<evil>Oh, by the way, If you need an email address to give out for spam, here are two. </evil>
Posted at 11:20 PM Read More
Tue - November 25, 2003
Christmas in...November?
Preach on,
brother Roeper, preach on...
Instead of the three radio stations that I usually can flip around to; Star 105.5, Windy 100, and Lite 93.9 (even though it's a Clear Channel station), now I only have Star 105.5 because the other two are playing nothing but Christmas music! And usually, not even good Christmas music!
*sigh* Oh, well. At least I have my iPod.
Instead of the three radio stations that I usually can flip around to; Star 105.5, Windy 100, and Lite 93.9 (even though it's a Clear Channel station), now I only have Star 105.5 because the other two are playing nothing but Christmas music! And usually, not even good Christmas music!
*sigh* Oh, well. At least I have my iPod.
Posted at 11:37 PM Read More
Sun - October 5, 2003
Fri - October 3, 2003
"Look, mommy, I'm blogging! I'm blogging!"
So, Dan Pourhadi has finally gotten around to
updating his blog.
(Thanks for the link, Dan.)
And my friend Steve Kull has started a blog, rather interestingly named "Vow Of Silence".
Everybody into the pool!
Oh, and by the way- the more I see the name "The Crown Jewels", the less I like it. So I'll probably be changing it before too long. If you've got an idea, shoot it my way- remember, that's macprince at mac dot com.
And my friend Steve Kull has started a blog, rather interestingly named "Vow Of Silence".
Everybody into the pool!
Oh, and by the way- the more I see the name "The Crown Jewels", the less I like it. So I'll probably be changing it before too long. If you've got an idea, shoot it my way- remember, that's macprince at mac dot com.
Posted at 08:36 PM Read More
It begins...
So I've decided to start a weblog. I just renewed
.Mac (yes, I'm one of the suckers)
and iBlog was one of the "freebies", so I figured "hey, what the
hell?"
So, a little bit about me. I'm a guy, in case the screen name wasn't a tip-off. I'm 18, and therefore technically an adult (but in numbers only; I may get older, but I'll never "grow up"!). I live in Crystal Lake, IL (motto: "If it was interesting, it didn't happen here") and go to McHenry County College. I live with my mom, my grandma, my little brother Andy, and Newton, 100lbs+ of labrador retriever.
I'm a Mac geek. And I'm talking big time. My dream job would be to work for an Apple Store, if there was one nearby. I regularly attend two Mac user groups- The Northwest Of Us and Macadamia.
I'm also a strong atheist. Don't try to "save me", you'll just be wasting both of our time. I usually hang out at the Internet Infidels Discussion Board and listen to The Infidel Guy internet radio show.
On TV, I like to watch The Simpsons, Monster Garage, Monster House, and, yes, Dragon Tales. (Don't even start.)
I don't know what's really going to end up going here- it's mostly going to be me linking to stuff I come across, but there will probably be a fair amount of ranting going on here, too. But if you're reading this, and you like what you see (or even if you don't), drop me an email: macprince at mac dot com.
(Yeah, I know you want a mailto link, but I get enough spam as it is) Or, if you're feeling particularly generous, drop me some dough through PayPal at the same address.
So, a little bit about me. I'm a guy, in case the screen name wasn't a tip-off. I'm 18, and therefore technically an adult (but in numbers only; I may get older, but I'll never "grow up"!). I live in Crystal Lake, IL (motto: "If it was interesting, it didn't happen here") and go to McHenry County College. I live with my mom, my grandma, my little brother Andy, and Newton, 100lbs+ of labrador retriever.
I'm a Mac geek. And I'm talking big time. My dream job would be to work for an Apple Store, if there was one nearby. I regularly attend two Mac user groups- The Northwest Of Us and Macadamia.
I'm also a strong atheist. Don't try to "save me", you'll just be wasting both of our time. I usually hang out at the Internet Infidels Discussion Board and listen to The Infidel Guy internet radio show.
On TV, I like to watch The Simpsons, Monster Garage, Monster House, and, yes, Dragon Tales. (Don't even start.)
I don't know what's really going to end up going here- it's mostly going to be me linking to stuff I come across, but there will probably be a fair amount of ranting going on here, too. But if you're reading this, and you like what you see (or even if you don't), drop me an email: macprince at mac dot com.
(Yeah, I know you want a mailto link, but I get enough spam as it is) Or, if you're feeling particularly generous, drop me some dough through PayPal at the same address.
Posted at 12:52 AM Read More
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