The Road Not Taken (Yet)

I’ve decided to be a better geek. This means I need to focus my energies one at at time.

This month I will be doing coding.

Next month I will work on a Mag Stripe reader.

Etc. Etc.

I am teaching myself python. I’ve gone too long without knowing a proper language (QBASIC doesn’t count), so I am learning python. Thanks to all the free documentation out there, and, here is my first program that does something:

# filename : area.py
def areasq(l, h):
global sqarea
sqarea = l * h
def areatri(l, h):
global triarea
triarea = .5 * l * h
while True:
shape = raw_input(‘Hello, what shape you do want to know the dimensions for?’)
if shape == ‘triangle’:
print ‘Oh, that’s nice’
l = int(raw_input(‘What is the length?’))
h = int(raw_input(‘What is the height?’))
areatri(l, h)
print triarea
elif shape == ’square’:
print ‘Oh, that’s nice’
l = int(raw_input(‘What is the length?’))
h = int(raw_input(‘What is the height?’))
areasq(l, h)
print sqarea
print ‘I am sorry, that is not a shape that I am familar with.’
else:
break

I was trying to use a while, if, break, and def statements, and I think I did alright. I’m sure the code could be cleaner, maybe by putting the input section into a function, but it works! I’ll keep the internet updated, if anyone wants to follow the process of a geek learning code

We all make promises we can’t keep. New Years Resolutions in vain, and Lenten pledges that we break on Sunday, Tuesday evenings, and whenever most convenient. I said I would update twice a week, and then life got busy. Once you miss one update, it gets worse from there. I haven’t been entirely dead, I have a few drafts that I started but didn’t feel that they warranted a full post. Regardless, I apologize…

Winter Quarter is better than Fall Quarter. I gave an overview of classes already. Music History is officially insane, but still cool. Math is going well, and Bio isn’t half bad. Grade-wise I feel even better about my classes, and next quarter I will finally be able to remove Philosophy and Math 130 from my evil schedule, hopefully. THEN, I will be nearly done with University core, and move onto Business core. Yay, right?!

Valentine’s Day came and went as it usually did. Nothing spectacular. I put something that (I thought) was cute together. I suppose she liked it, so that’s good. Other than that, it was just a day. I spent it aloneish wandering around, hanging with various people between their dinners, and grabbing some coffee. I will avoid the standard women rant, this time around.

This weekend, 3 days of awesome, was the weekend of OSUMUN. SUMUN attended, so be default, so did I. I represented Libya in the Security Council, and was the ‘Voice of Africa’. We eventually moved on to a topic of insane proportions, as I put in one of my speeches, the world was blowing on the embers of World War III. I wanted a war, and I got one . Libya also took the most Pro-Western stance it has ever taken. I didn’t win any awards this time ’round, but those who did deserved it, and frankly, it was the most fun I’ve had on SC. I think my AU experience may have been better, but it is close.

I will draw this to a close. My social life, minus women, is going well, academics are fine, and my car still works. Nothing to complian about! XOXO World!