Boredom

I know I really shouldn't be spending time writing a blog post, but I can't help it. I'm simply too bored right now. I don't want to write my 376 explanation piece. But if I don't put in the effort to work, I won't be able to meet my 3.67 GPA goal for this semester. I must work harder and strive for better things! I guess I should think about how to write this response. I need to keep it in my brain cache longer so I can write properly.

Time to work, ready go!

MSP430G2

I finally got around to unboxing my $2.30 MSP430G2 Launchpad from TI. What a fun toy! All I can do right now is flip the LEDs on and off so it isn't too useful yet. I'll learn as I go whenever I have free time! My goal is to build a controller which will raise and lower my blinds depending on the time of day.

Logically, it is very simple. All I need to do is 1) Get time, 2) run time through logic, 3) raise or lower blinds as necessary.

Of course, all this translates to kind of confusing code for me since I have no previous experience in programming Microcontrollers. My C is also rusty! This should turn out to be a good project for me to work on. :D

The Big Bang Theory, S04e13

Tonight's CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" was quite hilarious. Spoiler alerts to follow from hereon out!

Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Howard, Raj, Amy Farrah Fowler, Bernadette and Penny go on a road trip for a Science Conference. All the actors with college level education are speakers at this conference. Penny and Leonard attempt to engage in coitus but are interrupted by Raj's request to watch another chick flick. Howard and 'Bernie' attempt to take a 'nap'.

Random blog post is done now!

CMPT370

Where do I start my complaints about CMPT370? Maybe I'll just start in the middle.

The class is absolutely boring. There have been two three-hour long sessions so far and I've wanted to jump off SFU Surrey's top floor a few times already. Could you please give us some hands on work every single class? Your presentations are boring. Your jokes are lame. Please stop.

App Ideas and Others

Recently I've been thinking to build an application which is GPS-centric. It will be a game based around using a GPS, much like geo-caching. I'm not sure how I will develop it, nor what platform use for distribution. I do know that I want to build an application which will actually be useful though.

Lately I've been feeling a bit under the weather. Unlike the weeks in Europe when I could look forward to some amazing trip in yet another foreign country, I only have group activities to look forward to now. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, it's just the same old activities can wear out quickly. I should set aside one of these weeks in January to hike a trail (weather permitting) in Burnaby Mountain - it would emulate the amount of exercise I had whilst travelling!

CMPT376 Blogging, apparently

When I first walked into CMPT376 on Friday, I wasn't sure what to expect. To be quite honest, it will probably end up being a lot like CMPT320 except with more emphasis on writing ability and not critical thinking. I liked 320, so chances are I'll like 376! At the very least, I won't have to do much more programming. As much as I like computers and being geeky, I don't like programming for school. SFU just doesn't have enough Applied Programming. Most of it is to test your theoretical knowledge of concepts learn in class. What's the point of this? Why not throw problems at us instead, suggest some possible ways to solve it, and let us at it? Wikipedia is such a bountiful resource pool for knowledge that we won't really need textbooks in the future. Why do people in first year have to buy a silly $120 textbook which is next to useless compared to wiki? Textbooks are boring.