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January 12th, 2012 No comments

I’ve been a little busy lately. 

Last week I returned to my “usual” contract in Hillsboro.  This week, I started Calc I and another CS class, a review (for me) of C++.  The Calculus class is going to take real and sustained effort.  The C++ should be a easy.   

At the end of last year, I started spinning up a new company to build motorcycle parts.  Tax Ids, bank account, ordering checks, setting up web servers and acquiring DNSes…  There’s more than a little work to get We got our first round of prototype parts cut last Friday.  A good portion of Saturday was spent fitting the parts an working the bugs out.  We’ll need to update the drawings and get another set of prototypes cut before we get parts cut with the correct materials.  We’ve got about 15 parts in the pipeline.  The idea is to go live at the end of Q1.  We’ll just have to wait and see how things go.  It might work.  It might not. 

To add to the excitement, I’ve been watching Dakar coverage at night.  Watching the bikes blitz across the rocky plains is a sight to behold.  I guess attending a Dakar is working it’s way on to my bucket list.  I have no desire to ride in one.  Those fuckers are truly crazy.  But watching one might be an interesting trip. 

At some point, I should probably sleep…

Programming != Computer Science

September 13th, 2011 No comments

I saw this article today which lead to this.  All of this got me thinking…

What I haven’t mentioned is that I’m poking around the edges, looking at getting a Master in Computer Science from Portland State University.  Thinking…  Contemplating…  Wondering if I honestly care enough to jump through all of those hoops and get the fucking letters.  (Argh) 

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Horrible Human Being or Gallows Humor?

November 6th, 2009 No comments

The woman asked what I knew about the shootings in Texas. My reply was basically, “Just another whacko that couldn’t handle what they asked for. If you join the Army, odds are you are going to war. When you’re a lifer, it should be a given. He didn’t want to be deployed, couldn’t get out of it, freaked out and lost it. Simple. Disappointing. Let him rot.”

So she started looking it up online. I looked over her shoulder and saw a BIG ad for hotels at Fort Hood. 75% off room rates. Being me I had to comment.

“Hey look at that! Boy look at that deal. I’m sure they are hurting for customers, now that the population has dropped.”

“You know, you are a truly horrible person sometimes…”

“I thought I was a retched human being?”

“That too”

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