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October 16, 2004
I500 Project 1
Here's what I turned in for my first project in I500, in case you care. I think I managed to make it as copy proof as possible. If you would like to run this program, let me know and I'll send you a copy you can execute. The unix entry syntax is as follows:
$ perl proj1.pl test.txt writefile.txt
Where 'perl' is the name of the programming language, proj1.pl is the program, test.txt is the input file, and writefile.txt is the output file.
Pretty nifty, eh? ;-)
Posted by jevnin at 10:19 PM | Comments (0)
Autumn in Indiana
Went for a drive out to Brown County State Park this morning. I must say, it was rather breathtaking. Mid-October is the peak of the "changing of the colors" season. I can't think of a more descriptive term for that. Basically, all the trees have changed from green to yellow, red, orange, or some mix of these colors. It's really cool. I wonder how the trees decide which color to change to? Perhaps they randomly choose, or maybe they try to guess which will be the most popular color this season...maybe Cosmopolitan Magazine has a "for Trees" edition, to help them choose. However it happens, the trees end up in a random spattering of colors, and it is quite a treat to see. I'll work on getting all of my pictures up on the internet, but for now you'll have a few to choose from in this entry.
BTW, this photo has been edited.
I watched "Goodbye, Lenin" last night. It's a German flick about this guy who has to hide the fact that East Germany is completely changed after the fall of the Berlin Wall from his sick mother. I really liked it.
The best part came during the special features on the DVD. I found out that there were all sorts of special effects throughout the movie which I never even noticed! I think it is great when they are able to do that. We sometimes call it the magic of TV. Others would call it Film Imagination.
The place I rented the movie from was pretty cool. $3 for all movies. The downside is that they don't take a credit card, but when I was short by $4, the guy said I could just pay him back later. Then the guy was having trouble putting my info in the computer, so he just told me that he trusted me, so I could just bring the movies back whenever. I realize that living in a smaller town is pretty cool when situations like this occur.
Got my car fixed yesterday...one of the windshield wipers was not wiping. A bolt was loose, so it was like a 2 minute fix for the guy at Hyundai. Wipers are mandatory when it rains every day...which has been the case, except for today.
I found the *best* new place in town to eat. It's a Cajun restaurant called Yats. The menu changes every day and all of the food is $5 for a huge portion of awesome eating. I've been there 3 times in the last 5 days. Meal 1: Etoufee, Meal 2: Gumbo, Meal 3: Jambalaya...mmmm Good.
Time to work on my next program. Hope everyone's having a nice weekend!
Posted by jevnin at 05:33 PM | Comments (1)