Archive for September 2nd, 2009
Another year of classes
Posted by charles in college life on September 2, 2009
We had our first classes today, and I was pretty happy with my schedule. I’m still not sure whether I want to take 5 classes; I might end up dropping one in a week or two.
The activities fair was in the afternoon, and I was one of the people manning the ping pong table. We shared a physical table with the chess club, but the lighthearted banter between our clubs soon turned into a fierce competition over which club had the most girls sign up.
Technically, I also attend chess club, but whatever.
The lead changed several times, and it was never too clear who would win. However, after two exhausting hours of softly-spoken persuasive words as well as violent yelling (different demographics require different tactics for recruitment), I left our station early with a satisfying lead of 3.
First day o’ classes, yo
Posted by tom in college life, computers on September 2, 2009
Today was the first day of classes and I sat through 6 hours of classes continuously from 10 til 4. I decided that I won’t take five classes, since my life sort of sucked last semester when I tried that. This means that I’m dropping Chinese, which is not a decision I take lightly — I really enjoyed studying a language last year, and philosophically I feel that it’s really important to learn languages. As it is, learning Chinese right now is neither terribly important for my future goals nor a way to make my life happier and more satisfying at the present, so I let it go. Also, it’s an awful choice for a fifth class, since it’s probably more workload-intensive than all of my other courses (except maybe CS).
As for right now:
Danny and Charles are taking apart Danny’s Toshiba laptop which is decently old and was making funny noises. I think nobody has done laptop deconstruction before (although Charles is a pro at building desktop computers) so it was a revealing experience for all.
Charles and Danny take the laptop apart
The screen's been disconnected and the motherboard is visible.
It's a Toshiba M35X and the fan was making loud noises, causing stuff to slow down.
In other news, it turns out that almost anything you can say when taking a computer apart is prime bait for “That’s what she said!”. Example: “Let’s pry it open to make the entry point bigger”.
Play him off
Posted by duncan in college life, videos on September 2, 2009
Today was the first day of classes, and we are all pretty wiped out. On a happier note, I am working hard to make “Keyboard Cat” an official tuba cheer, preferably to be played when the referees skate out during hockey games. Hooray for the HUB.
Keep in mind that I have no idea what kind of posts I’m meant to put on this website. Usually they’re a stream-of-consciousness type of thing that few people want to read, so I’ll do my best to avoid that.
“I hate the people that love me and they hate me.”