http://www.packetdump.com A Place to Dump My Packets... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't written in my blog in over eight months, much has happened since then. I decided to take a break from school back in August. This week I registered for summer classes, returning to UCF after being away for two semesters. After struggling with Calculus I am probably going ... http://www.packetdump.com/2008/04/17/its-been-awhile/ Goal: Unclutter before moving out of my apartment at the end of the month and continue moving towards a more minimalist lifestyle once the month is over. Basically I want get rid of stuff by selling, giving away and throwing out before the whole moving process. Motivation:Less stress from just ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/07/03/july-challenge-unclutter-everything/ First Day of Training I just got back from the first day of my training for the mountain bike races in fall. I still don't have a solid schedule together but today I made some progress riding on road and sand (Blanchard Park, Gemini and the Arboretum Trails): Distance 12.25 Miles Time: 1 ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/05/22/i-love-biking/ I'm finally done with all my finals. Right now I'm spending the night listening Blink 182 - The Mark Tom And Travis Show: "Satan loves Unicorns.....pictures and poetry and long walks on the beach" Love Blink Now back to awesome cleaning adventures! Update: Maria and I scored 100% on our MiniSPIM project....we are ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/29/done-with-finals/ Yesterday I worked on my MiniSPIM (MIPS Simulator) project from 9:30am to 9:30pm....almost done! When we started out on this project both Miftik and I really thought it was going to take forever to get anywhere. Right now we just have one of the bigger functions to complete. The only ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/18/almost-done/ ~9am - 1pm - MiniSPIM project on campus, pickup 36 empty beer bottles from Maria 1:30pm to 3pm - awesomeness with Keith, gave him bottles for later brewing 3pm - 7:30pm GRANDMA PARTY at stardust! It was this really great Bazaar of all things crafty. I ended up meeting lots of new ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/15/party-like-a-grandma/ Me: So what do you want your password to be? Bananas? Miftik: Didn't you learn anything from last semester!?!?!?!?!?!(in reference to our computer security class) Miftik's new password: 84N4N42 http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/13/security-through-stupidity/ Saturday - Physics HW Chapter 10 Monday - Physics Exam on 9 & 10 Tuesday - Computer Organization HW All of the Computer Org. stuff looks really scary. In two weeks I have to write a thing called MiniSPIM in C, it's a MIPS Assembly simulator (Scary). I think I need to go mountain ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/06/fun-weekend/ I was walking to the shuttle just now to get back home and there was this big freshwater turtle in the middle of the concrete walkway...it looked half dead and kind dry. The bus driver was outside and was like "If no one puts him back in the water he's ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/06/i-could-have-lost-a-fingerbut-i-saved-a-turtle/ I have one month until I have to take the foundation exam on May 4th, I have to manage to pass and ace two finals all in that time. For the next month I'm going to do my best to remove distractions and to be as productive as possible with ... http://www.packetdump.com/2007/04/04/disconnected-for-a-month/