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semester updates

A collection of 10 issues

On My First 100% on a Java Program

Got a 100/100 on my first Intermediate Java Program. I have been working really hard at being consistent in my life: consistent bedtimes, consistent night time medication times, consistent hygiene times (you’d be surprised at how weird my hygiene patterns were when I had that breakdown this time

Breaking Things

This semester, this whole year even, has seen a dramatic increase in productivity and a conscious effort for self-care– making necessary doctors appointments, going to bed around 9 or 10 and getting up at 8 or 9 am. Taking care of myself helps me think clearer, helps me get more

First Day of the Spring Semester 2017

You’ll have to forgive my cover photo indulgence. I gave my mom my iPad Air 2 and bought her some things like a keyboard, a case, styli (she has long fingernails and needs those), a 6 ft charging cable. She was so thrilled that I was thrilled. I wanted

Working on the E-commerce Site for Class

I am going to be making a mock ecommerce site for my Web Development class final project. It consists of two parts: 1. The foundation with HTML and CSS, CSS animations, Bootstrap, etc., and 2. The final project, with some meatier stuff, like JavaScript and jQuery. I started a mockup

First Week of Class, Pitt 2016

First week of class has started. I have a pretty easy way of it this semester. There’s a CS class which is all web dev, and an InfoSci class that is design, basics, and some programming. In our web dev class, Matt is a strange and weirdly funny guy.

Fear and Loathing and Anxiety in Pittsburgh

I seriously am not doing well right now. It’s all mental. It is all fear and anxiety. I already know this. Crises of confidence, I know. I am not really eating well, if at all, I am never feeling well and rarely go to class. I emailed my mentor

Confidence Through Self-Talk

Confidence Through Self-Talk This first assignment was a bear. All during my time working on it, I began to feel small and worthless as a programmer. But let’s back up a bit. I had three weeks to do it. The pressure to produce this fantastically awesome running program was

Thrown Into the Fire, or, The Blank IDE in CS 0401

First let me say, the class with Licence to Bill [https://twitter.com/billlaboon], my professor, kills it every class. Seriously. If you’re a Pitt student and haven’t taken him, do it. Like now. And get yourself an IDE. More on that later. We are moving along quickly

Upping My Game with Books On Algorithms

Books I Am Reading Now on Algorithms, etc. So I was doing some editing on my Book Collectorz database and came across an ebook I didn’t even remember buying: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript. I went searching for it at Amazon to get the physical copy but the

New Semester Excitement

So I am starting a new semester with a new, funny, quirky, prof in Bill Laboon [https://twitter.com/BillLaboon] who showed us the absolute power of Emacs– like a pixelated fire. No seriously. I prefer VS Code myself but I don’t need to start an editor flamewar. His