Everybody hates Wednesdays
Thu Jan 29, 2009 19:47 (UTC -5)Well, maybe not everybody, but I do. Tuesdays and Thursdays aren’t so great either.
Why? Because I have digital logic lab Wednesday nights from 7:20-10:10 PM. Never mind that it’s a three-hour lab at night, but the pre-lab assignment takes much longer than that. Besides, I rarely have much of a clue how to do anything. It’s about building circuits and stuff, you see. I can connect things on a breadboard, but I feel like I missed a prerequisite for this class because some basic things about building circuits that I thought were really important were sort of glossed over.
So when none of the things I made worked quite right, I should have known that I was forgetting to do something. Last night, I spent much of my lab wondering why the thing we had to build, a 4:2 priority encoder, wasn’t doing what it was supposed to. I even rebuilt it just to make sure I didn’t mess anything up. As the lab period was ending, I was the one of the last two people left, and that’s when the TA got a good look and realized that I wasn’t connecting the input to a resistor after the switches. I totally did not know I had to do that. But I fixed it, and it worked. I was in a celebratory mood for the rest of the night. I was still in a celebratory mood when I woke up.
As much as digital logic is the Bane of My Existence for Spring ’09, the prospect of building things that work is kind of… ugh… cool.
Oh, and I actually sort of did miss the prerequisite for this class, but I have an equivalent credit. Plus, an advisor approved my schedule.
Guess which regular feature I only did nine times last year… It’s Ask Jordon!
Joohan Park: My teacher said you were in her classroom before but I don’t believe it.Her name is Mrs.Sgroe.Did you have classes with her when you were young?
Yes, Mrs. Sgroe was my teacher for 5th grade (1999-2000) and 8th grade (2002-2003) at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School in Pompano Beach, Florida.
This might be handy for some of you Americans who hate looking like tourists: via The Presurfer, it’s How to Avoid Looking Like an American Tourist.
This might be handy for some of you Americans who hate using nonsensical units of measure: from the hilarious webcomic xkcd, it’s a guide to converting to metric.
This might be handy for some of you Americans or non-Americans who hate not being able to take good photos at concerts: from Jenny of Cool Cherry Cream, it’s Concert Photography Tips and Tricks for Non-Professionals.
Now it’s time for me to eat dinner and then do hours and hours of digital logic homework worth 0.4% of my grade. I hate Thursdays too!
