I have my first test of graduate school today: I500. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to recite all my knowledge about topics such as the history of computing, computer architecture, how computers do math, Boolean operations, the Perl programming language, UNIX, and a bunch of other stuff. I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve studied by building a pretty good cheat sheet, if I do say so myself. <\/p>\n
I watched Fahrenheit 9\/11 last night with the HCI crew. It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen it, but it was much better than the first time. The point that was really driven home this time was that the poorest people in our country are the ones who actually defend the system that manages to screw them. That just seems strange to me. Sometimes I think that maybe I should join the military. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure my formal academic training could apply in some way. I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if I have the pride to do such a thing, however. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ashamed of a lot of the things we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done recently as a country, and would not want to be viewed as a piece of the system that implements such embarrassing actions. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6much love to those who are serving, you have more conviction than I. <\/p>\n
On a completely different note, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m listening to Radiohead\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Amnesiac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d album for the first time. Actually, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever listened to a Radiohead album at all. I like it, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not really something you can dance or sing to, more something to just bob my head to. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a time and a place for that kind of music. <\/p>\n
I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m having a string of boring blogs\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try to get out of this funk over the weekend, but no promises. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think anyone is reading anyway!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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