Finals, Day 1

Took Software 220 exam early, thought it went pretty well. Probably got some of the more abstract bigO stuff wrong but whatever.

Took Western Civ exam, think i need a new right hand.

i don't pay for iPhone apps. I have yet to find a 100% quality app for it besides:

• Remote


• Facebook


• TwitterFon


• Mint.com


• The Weather Channel


• ICanHazCheezburger

so yeah

Standard Deviation of the Mean, v 1.0

A week ago, I was writing a physics lab and had to calculate Standard Deviation of the Mean for like 5 different sets of 7 data points, so I was feeling lazy. So i probably took more time in doing it, but I coded up a standardDeviation.py file to do it for me. here's version 1 right now ----

# Standard Deviation of the Mean calculator
# Created 5.17.2009, by Douglas W. Selby (selby.douglas@gmail.com)
# Version 1.0

from math import *
def main():
n = input("How many entries? ")
i = 1
average = 0
entryList = []
while(i<=n):
entry = input("entry? ")
entryList.append(entry)
print entryList
average = average + entry
i = i+1

average = average/n
i=0
sum = 0
while(i<=n-1):
sum = sum + (entryList[i]-average)**2
i = i+1

deviation = sqrt(sum/(n-1))
print "Standard Deviation of the Mean = ", deviation

main()

Better Days Ahead

Finals coming up next week. This is my last week to spend with Mees, which makes me sad. It also throws into sharp relief my lack of exercising or quality time with the hall, and my big lack of close close friends whom I can depend on (save a few, gf included). I'll have to make it count.

I have also run out of water and all manner of beverages. :(

Went camping last night. Steak, eggs for breakfast (i'm not that good at it yet), boat rides out on the water (got better at paddling), laser shows at night, losing baseballs in the lake, fireside jokes.
First time I've been camping. was very very fun.

Um......going home in...6 days.. wow.
Work starts on Monday after. yay (hahaha)

Been playing more TeamFortress2 lately, having an okay time. I kinda like the way they've been working in getting the items. Since i'm not an achievement hog, I think this is good.

Rose-Hulman Flickr group has been kinda cool. I was the first major contributor, but my pics are not nearly as good as some of the others.

Prob should be studying.
i think i'll go do that now.

A long while

Sitting in math class, not very interested. My teacher, I do not like.
I did find a good deal for a hard drive for my gf (here), and we're planning on ordering it soon. I'm planning on chipping in as a bday present.

I have plans to build a computer, and did some research on what parts to buy or at least what process I should go through. But recently, after typing a good chunk of my Western Civ paper (Iron Men: A Comparison of the Composition of a Superior Military Force in the Hellenic and Roman World) on a Mac, I was thinking that i would be able to get a quality/speedy system which a good storage solution with a Mac desktop. But then I would miss out on a killer hard-drive with a good graphics card, plus the experience and pleasure of completing the project myself. I would probably install the Windows 7 Release Client on my build, so there's the inevitable debate over which operating system (Apple or Microsoft) I would rather have on my desktop comp.

I've been on slow internet for a week. I am checking my internet data usage twice daily and recording it in a spreadsheet.

My sister called me today (while I was in the middle of an intense Diff.Eq. hw to be turned in within an hour) and was upset cuz she was fighting with my dad and she kinda yelled at me for a couple seconds before I hung up. Nice to know everything is okay at home.
I feel bad. Kinda.

Other than that....it's 8th week, so I only have a little more time here for freshman year. I am trying to finalize my rooming solution. Tony is an awesome guy, but apparently we're going to have to share a 2-rooom suite with 100% biggest creep in the world and whomever he chose to live with. Wonderful. I think I'm going to have to lock the door every minute of every day.