Monthly Archives: September 2005
Coding paper
Oddly, the paper from my last post received a perfect score while the class average was only 88%. Now if I could be that lucky in my calculus class…
Coding as art – persuasion paper
This is a paper I just finished for my technical communications class. I argue that software development should be considered as a creative art like other forms of writing. It’s not especially well written as it was one of those “write a paper by next week in your spare time between work and other classes†type assignments and I had to throw it together in a few hours, but the main point is still valid. Maybe another argument for coding being creative is the fact I’m better at it than I am writing papers. Continue reading
if (google != evil) {microsoft = evil ;}
Bill Gates puts his foot in his mouth in this one. We all know Google’s philosophy is “Don’t be evilâ€, so I guess Microsoft is adopting “be evilâ€. It’s always fun to take people’s words out of context. CNet: So … Continue reading
Startup Summer Camp? That’s just cool
One of the reasons I decided to return to school to finish my CS degree is that I’ve always thought it would be cool to be self employed as a software developer. When I was a kid I thought I … Continue reading
Thoughts on blogging
I’ve been playing around with WordPress for a couple weeks now, and I commented when I first installed it that blogging doesn’t really seem like anything new. Just old concepts with new names. I haven’t really changed my mind on … Continue reading
Fall trimester – week 1
It’s confirmed, I still hate math. Last week was the first of fall trimester, so I’ve now experienced a week of two of my classes. The third is only a 6 week class and don’t start for a few more … Continue reading
Computer Science degrees
It’s the first week of a new semester and I’ve been looking over the syllabus for my Applied Calculus class. I hate to say it this soon, but this is one of the few classes that will hurt my GPA. Continue reading
Non rectangular Windows Forms
I’ve been playing with c# and Windows Forms programming lately, and found a couple articles about making custom non-square windows easily by hiding the frame and making the part of the square you want to get rid of transparent. Super … Continue reading