First Week Back In Review
So comes to an end my first week back at Stellenbosch and it has been very relaxed and pleasant (mostly), but more about all that in just a bit.
I'm writing this post under openSUSE 10.2 which I finally managed to get hold of this week. It's been a bumpy introduction, but by the end I'm impressed enough by it to be a convert. It seems to have good hardware support, it has a nice graphical layout and, more importantly, came with just about everything I wanted (with the exception of Webmin, bochs, nasm et al). It is more “hand's on” where configuration scripts are concerned. For example, after I installed Apache, I still had to set it up and tweak the configuration scripts to my needs. The Mandriva team seems to have put more trouble into their scripts, but then, that might just be me.
But, anyway, this all means that I can now do proper work on the new site again. Classes are starting next week, however, so I don't know when I shall start this work again and once again any form schedule or deadline has gone out of the window. All this project needs is a budget, which would inevidably be too small, and then it would be a real programming exercise!
Now on to more important matters. I arrived on Monday evening and spent much of the following three days visiting and catching up with friends, which was really nice. On Wednesday we had our registration which was a tad less painful than usual. I am now registered for my honours in B.Sc. Computer Science. On Monday we shall be having an information session about the modules available and then choose six of them. At the moment I really want to take Graph Theory, which is offered by the Applied Mathematics department (we are allow to take up to two modules from a “relevant/related” department), but I still have some choices to make there and I might need to take a coin with me when I go choose my courses. I also today found out that the Computer Science department will not be offering the artificial intelligence course this year, which leaves me with another vacancy to fill – it might even lead to a nasty dilemma. Another thorny issue is choosing a main project for this year. I was glad to find out today that we probably don't have all the options concerning the available projects at this point in time. I saw a couple of options today that could be interesting (none of the others interest me), but, again, I have to weigh up a few options. I shouldn't take too long, however, because I wouldn't want my choices grabbed out from underneath me. You may also propose your own project, but I spend a long time this holiday racking my brain trying to think of one, but its difficult to propose an honours project, because everything I think of is either too easy or too hard or too impractical/irrelevant.
Last night was “Vensters”, which is an evening of shows up on by the first years of the residencies. It was nice (relatively) and my evening was only spoiled by a ... well, the girl was only trying to do her job, but I am surprised at how what that girl said took me aback. It spoiled the rest of my evening, but that's in the past now. The arrival of the first years was the same as usual and the town was abuzz this week with the little critters running around and people running after them trying to give them tours and information and indoctrination and who knows what else. In a few weeks things will be back to normal. I'll probably miss most of the commotion after classes start, however, because, like for the rest of the year, I'll be cooped up in the Engineering building. We'll, I probably won't, but my classes certainly won't be taking me anywhere else any more.
I'm going home tomorrow: I have to go pick up some things I need and had forgotten there and visit with some friends. I also think my mom has had a though week, so maybe me being there will help a little (due to the nature of the troubles).
Sparrows has found a new flat in the same complex as I am in, so we are going to be almost-neighbours. Funny how things turn out.
I'm writing this post under openSUSE 10.2 which I finally managed to get hold of this week. It's been a bumpy introduction, but by the end I'm impressed enough by it to be a convert. It seems to have good hardware support, it has a nice graphical layout and, more importantly, came with just about everything I wanted (with the exception of Webmin, bochs, nasm et al). It is more “hand's on” where configuration scripts are concerned. For example, after I installed Apache, I still had to set it up and tweak the configuration scripts to my needs. The Mandriva team seems to have put more trouble into their scripts, but then, that might just be me.
But, anyway, this all means that I can now do proper work on the new site again. Classes are starting next week, however, so I don't know when I shall start this work again and once again any form schedule or deadline has gone out of the window. All this project needs is a budget, which would inevidably be too small, and then it would be a real programming exercise!
Now on to more important matters. I arrived on Monday evening and spent much of the following three days visiting and catching up with friends, which was really nice. On Wednesday we had our registration which was a tad less painful than usual. I am now registered for my honours in B.Sc. Computer Science. On Monday we shall be having an information session about the modules available and then choose six of them. At the moment I really want to take Graph Theory, which is offered by the Applied Mathematics department (we are allow to take up to two modules from a “relevant/related” department), but I still have some choices to make there and I might need to take a coin with me when I go choose my courses. I also today found out that the Computer Science department will not be offering the artificial intelligence course this year, which leaves me with another vacancy to fill – it might even lead to a nasty dilemma. Another thorny issue is choosing a main project for this year. I was glad to find out today that we probably don't have all the options concerning the available projects at this point in time. I saw a couple of options today that could be interesting (none of the others interest me), but, again, I have to weigh up a few options. I shouldn't take too long, however, because I wouldn't want my choices grabbed out from underneath me. You may also propose your own project, but I spend a long time this holiday racking my brain trying to think of one, but its difficult to propose an honours project, because everything I think of is either too easy or too hard or too impractical/irrelevant.
Last night was “Vensters”, which is an evening of shows up on by the first years of the residencies. It was nice (relatively) and my evening was only spoiled by a ... well, the girl was only trying to do her job, but I am surprised at how what that girl said took me aback. It spoiled the rest of my evening, but that's in the past now. The arrival of the first years was the same as usual and the town was abuzz this week with the little critters running around and people running after them trying to give them tours and information and indoctrination and who knows what else. In a few weeks things will be back to normal. I'll probably miss most of the commotion after classes start, however, because, like for the rest of the year, I'll be cooped up in the Engineering building. We'll, I probably won't, but my classes certainly won't be taking me anywhere else any more.
I'm going home tomorrow: I have to go pick up some things I need and had forgotten there and visit with some friends. I also think my mom has had a though week, so maybe me being there will help a little (due to the nature of the troubles).
Sparrows has found a new flat in the same complex as I am in, so we are going to be almost-neighbours. Funny how things turn out.
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