- ARC: CISW 350 Imaging for the Web (Adobe Photoshop CS4) ... seems way too easy: http://dcs.losrios.edu/dcsclasslisting.aspx?career=ARC&term=1096&sub=CISW&type=onl
- ARC: CISN 110 Networking Technologies - Preparation for N+ Certification ... wondering if too easy... http://dcs.losrios.edu/dcsclasslisting.aspx?career=ARC&term=1096&sub=CISN&type=onl
- CRC: CISW 410 Middleware Web Scripting ... sounds interesting...but not after looking at the example site :P http://dcs.losrios.edu/dcsclasslisting.aspx?career=CRC&term=1096&sub=CISW&type=onl
- CRC: CISS 300 Introduction to Information Systems Security ... sounds interesting! http://dcs.losrios.edu/dcsclasslisting.aspx?career=CRC&term=1096&sub=CISS&type=onl
- CRC: CISS 301 Ethical Hacking ... sounds really interesting! Advisory: CISC 323 (Linux), 356 (Intro to LANs); and CISS 300 (Intro to Security); http://dcs.losrios.edu/dcsclasslisting.aspx?career=CRC&term=1096&sub=CISS&type=onl
- SCC: CISN 336 Wireless Technologies ... sounds really interesting! Prereq: CISN 141 or 341, http://dcs.losrios.edu/dcsclasslisting.aspx?career=SCC&term=1096&sub=CISN&type=onl
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Summer 2009 Class
Hmm...looking at online classes this summer through the Los Rios Community College system:
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Family Visit 2009 Itinerary
:)
My mother, my brother, and his girlfriend are coming to visit from May 27-June 2.
Wed, May 27:
My mother, my brother, and his girlfriend are coming to visit from May 27-June 2.
Wed, May 27:
- Pick up Ford Hybrid Escape from Enterprise @ 2:30 p.m.
- Guests arrive on UA flight #367 @ 3:30 p.m.
- Drive to Yosemite straight-away. Arrive Yosemite ~7:30 p.m.
- Yosemite View Lodge Hotel (~$40/person/night, including tax)
- Yosemite Guide: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/guide.htm
- Typically Yosemite Village area events
- Yosemite Guide: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/guide.htm
- Typically Yosemite Village area events
- Checkout of hotel in the morning.
- Yosemite Guide: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/guide.htm
- Typically Wawona area events (Mariposa Grove)
- Back to Sacramento
- Rest day
- Ideas: Old Sacramento, state capitol grounds, food
- San Francisco day trip:
- Leave Sacramento ~6:30 a.m.
- Muir Woods ~8:30-9:30 a.m., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muir_Woods
- Lombard Street, the "Crookedest Street in the World", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_(San_Francisco)
- Arrive Ghirardelli Square ~10:30 a.m., http://www.ghirardellisq.com
- Brunch + dessert at Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Shop
- Cable Car ride to Union Square, arrive ~11:30 a.m.
- Chinatown 11:45-12:30 p.m.
- Cable Cars to Fisherman's Wharf
- Alcatraz Tour 2:20-5:00 p.m.
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Homeward bound....
- Wedding (civil ceremony)
- Lake Tahoe
- ~6:00 a.m. flight home for our guests
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Bus #31 Verbal Violence
2:15 p.m., Wednesday afternoon, riding the #31 Regional Transit bus to California State University-Sacramento for CSC-137 lab.
Behind me and to my right, toward the rear of the bus, a woman sits with earbuds playing music loud enough I can hear it. I am tired, squinting at printed assignments.
The driver hears her headphones too. At a stop near J and Alhambra, he turns around and motions with his hands to her to turn down the volume. He repeats his demand verbally. She turns down the volume and he resumes driving. Meanwhile, she has not reacted well to the demand. She lets out an angry tsk and says to no one in particular, "You have got to be *explitive* kidding me." Tension.
Two stops go by. The driver turns around again and tells her to turn off her headphones. Gasoline, meet flame.
The driver tells her he can still hear the music and demands she turn off her music. The woman refuses to back down, seems to react defensively by arguing she has the right to play her music. She interlaces her argument with expletives, refusing to turn off her music player.
The driver demands she stop using explitives. Repeats his demand a second time. Three times. It is not working. She continues arguing with raised voice. He attempts to make the argument she is holding up her fellow passengers. She is having none of it. She tells him to do his job and drive the bus instead of waiting. Stop being the music police. It seems the bus driver realizes he has lost control of the situation and digs in. He tells her she can leave the coach or stay and be cited. She chooses the latter. He calls it in. We wait.
Ten minutes go by. Tension. The woman waits, apologizes, seeks support from the five or six other passengers. I say nothing. I am stunned by the violent rhetoric and too drained to give either of them any empathy. The passengers are largely in her favor. The driver says nothing. He has done this before. The woman has not. She calls her parole officer and leaves a message detailing the incident.
A fellow passenger who seems sympathetic to the woman's plight chooses to leave the bus. As he does, he passive aggressively suggests the bus driver try sex to change his attitude.
A Regional Transit security officer arrives, greeting the driver at the door. Outside the bus, he is putting on black gloves. He is moderately overweight, with a white moustache and a hard look. He boards the bus and immediately demands the woman exit the coach. She does, he follows. Through the now closed mid-section door, I can see and hear her arguing with him. We wait for 30 seconds. The security officer pauses, walks to the door of the bus, and informs the driver he is good to go. We pull away, leaving them behind.
At the next stop, the passenger who left the bus reboards and joins the other passengers behind me. He admits he feels like a "stupid *explitive*" for getting back on the same bus. A few people express frustration that they were not able to help her tell her side of the story.
Ten minutes later we arrive at the University.
I do not think either one of those people got what they wanted through their actions. I cannot imagine the bus driver, the woman, or the security officer enjoyed the encounter. To think if it all could have been avoided by simply (easier said then done, in reality) not using demands and not getting defensive.
Behind me and to my right, toward the rear of the bus, a woman sits with earbuds playing music loud enough I can hear it. I am tired, squinting at printed assignments.
The driver hears her headphones too. At a stop near J and Alhambra, he turns around and motions with his hands to her to turn down the volume. He repeats his demand verbally. She turns down the volume and he resumes driving. Meanwhile, she has not reacted well to the demand. She lets out an angry tsk and says to no one in particular, "You have got to be *explitive* kidding me." Tension.
Two stops go by. The driver turns around again and tells her to turn off her headphones. Gasoline, meet flame.
The driver tells her he can still hear the music and demands she turn off her music. The woman refuses to back down, seems to react defensively by arguing she has the right to play her music. She interlaces her argument with expletives, refusing to turn off her music player.
The driver demands she stop using explitives. Repeats his demand a second time. Three times. It is not working. She continues arguing with raised voice. He attempts to make the argument she is holding up her fellow passengers. She is having none of it. She tells him to do his job and drive the bus instead of waiting. Stop being the music police. It seems the bus driver realizes he has lost control of the situation and digs in. He tells her she can leave the coach or stay and be cited. She chooses the latter. He calls it in. We wait.
Ten minutes go by. Tension. The woman waits, apologizes, seeks support from the five or six other passengers. I say nothing. I am stunned by the violent rhetoric and too drained to give either of them any empathy. The passengers are largely in her favor. The driver says nothing. He has done this before. The woman has not. She calls her parole officer and leaves a message detailing the incident.
A fellow passenger who seems sympathetic to the woman's plight chooses to leave the bus. As he does, he passive aggressively suggests the bus driver try sex to change his attitude.
A Regional Transit security officer arrives, greeting the driver at the door. Outside the bus, he is putting on black gloves. He is moderately overweight, with a white moustache and a hard look. He boards the bus and immediately demands the woman exit the coach. She does, he follows. Through the now closed mid-section door, I can see and hear her arguing with him. We wait for 30 seconds. The security officer pauses, walks to the door of the bus, and informs the driver he is good to go. We pull away, leaving them behind.
At the next stop, the passenger who left the bus reboards and joins the other passengers behind me. He admits he feels like a "stupid *explitive*" for getting back on the same bus. A few people express frustration that they were not able to help her tell her side of the story.
Ten minutes later we arrive at the University.
I do not think either one of those people got what they wanted through their actions. I cannot imagine the bus driver, the woman, or the security officer enjoyed the encounter. To think if it all could have been avoided by simply (easier said then done, in reality) not using demands and not getting defensive.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sacramento in Late March 2009
Perfect weather:
- 21 C (70 F)
- Sun is shining
- Everything is green
- Birds singing
- Blossoming trees and plants
CSC 130 Has a Night Class
This is good news on my way to a graduate degree: CSC 130 has a section that meets M, W from 5:30-6:45 p.m.
This semester, I have to take time off from work to attend a M, W 9:00-10:15 a.m. class.
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This semester, I have to take time off from work to attend a M, W 9:00-10:15 a.m. class.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Radio Songs
Heard on KDVS 90.3 out of Davis, CA on Friday:
Liverpool, UK-based LadyTron's "He Took Her to a Movie" from their 2001 album "604" on the Emperor Norton label. Video.
Liverpool, UK-based LadyTron's "He Took Her to a Movie" from their 2001 album "604" on the Emperor Norton label. Video.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
MIT Switches Away from Scheme
But you can still take the course for free:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-001Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-001Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Surnames
Schultz 83 99 104 117 108 116 122
+ Hustig 72 117 115 116 105 103
83 171 221 232 224 221 225
= S « Ý è à Ý á
SCHULTZ 83 67 72 85 76 84 90
+ HUSTIG 72 85 83 84 73 71
83 139 157 168 160 157 161
= S ‹ � ¨ � ¡
:P
Four Variable Karnaugh Map
Failing to find a four-variable Karnaugh Map that looks like the version in Mano and Kine's Fourth Edition "Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals", I created my own version:
I am releasing this image as a public domain work. Hope it helps.
Source Inkscape SVG file available here: http://kevinschultz.com/four-variable-karnaugh-map.svg.
I am releasing this image as a public domain work. Hope it helps.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
VHS Cassette Repair
Spent 30 pleasant minutes today learning how to take apart and put back together a VHS cassette:
http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2008/01/23/how-to-repair-a-vhs-tape/
http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2008/01/23/how-to-repair-a-vhs-tape/
Thursday, March 19, 2009
SxSW 2009 Songs
Going through the torrent of music from the South by Southwest festival 2009.
Songs I like:
Baltimore, Maryland-based Adventure's "Battle Cat" 
Alaska in Winter's "Berlin"
Alela Diane's "White As Diamonds"
Alex Smoke's "A Moment to Myself"
All Tiny Creatures' "To All Tiny Creatures"
Allison's "Algo Que Decir"
Ana Silvera's "Gardenias and Cigarettes"
Anchorsong's "Set the Bears Free"
A-Trak's "Say Whoa"
Baddies' "Battleships"
Bang! Bang! Eche!'s "4 to the Floor"
Beausoleil's "I Spent All My Money Loving You"
Belladonna's "Black Swan"
Big Sam's Funky Nation's "Up in Here"
Black Cherry's "Radio"
Blackstrap's "Rough Parade"
Bleeders' "No Hope Left"
...
and it goes to the L's ;) So it will take a while.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Engaged
Heart-shaped, natural purple sapphire, 2.175 carats, on a white gold band. The deep purple color comes from trace elements of vanadium.
I proposed to Dawn on Saturday, March 7 at the Muir Woods National Monument, an old-growth stand of coastal redwood trees in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The sun was shining, a lone unseen songbird greeted us, and Redwood Creek rushed to our left. At Cathedral Grove I kneeled and proposed, and Dawn said "yes."
We spent the remainder of the day visiting Ghirardelli Square for chocolate desserts, riding cable cars, visiting Japantown and Chinatown, and eating an incredible dinner at Chez Panisse in Berkeley.
Dawn requested I include a link to the wine we had that night, the 2007 Bandol Rosé, Domaine Tempier. The waiter explained that the woman who makes it served as a mentor to Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters. Highly recommended by our waiter, deservedly so.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Verilog + IKEA Instruction People
Dawn suggested that the Verilog manual should include pictures of the IKEA people if/when it gets stuck in an infinite loop:
vimrc
se nohlsearch
se ic
if (&term == 'xterm' || &term =~? '^screen') && hostname() == 'my-machine'
" On my machine, I use an old Konsole with 256 color support
set t_Co=256
let g:CSApprox_konsole = 1
endif
se nu
se tabstop=2
se shiftwidth=2
se sw=2
se expandtab
se nosol
se showmode
se autoindent
se wrapscan
se wrap
se nobackup
se smartindent
se title
se ruler
se scrolloff=2
se shortmess=at
se showcmd
se showmatch
se paste
syntax on
highlight cComment ctermfg=2
highlight cCppOut ctermfg=7
highlight Comment ctermfg=2
highlight Directory ctermfg=2
highlight NonText ctermfg=White
highlight Preproc ctermfg=7
highlight String ctermfg=6
highlight Number ctermfg=3
highlight Character ctermfg=6
highlight tclComment ctermfg=2
highlight tclLineContinue ctermfg=2
highlight makeComment ctermfg=2
highlight vimComment ctermfg=6
highlight shComment ctermfg=2
highlight idlComment ctermfg=2
colorscheme koehler
map 0i/* $A */
inoremap # X^H#
UPDATE 2013-02-24: added term color wrapper (via)
se ic
if (&term == 'xterm' || &term =~? '^screen') && hostname() == 'my-machine'
" On my machine, I use an old Konsole with 256 color support
set t_Co=256
let g:CSApprox_konsole = 1
endif
se nu
se tabstop=2
se shiftwidth=2
se sw=2
se expandtab
se nosol
se showmode
se autoindent
se wrapscan
se wrap
se nobackup
se smartindent
se title
se ruler
se scrolloff=2
se shortmess=at
se showcmd
se showmatch
se paste
highlight cComment ctermfg=2
highlight cCppOut ctermfg=7
highlight Comment ctermfg=2
highlight Directory ctermfg=2
highlight NonText ctermfg=White
highlight Preproc ctermfg=7
highlight String ctermfg=6
highlight Number ctermfg=3
highlight Character ctermfg=6
highlight tclComment ctermfg=2
highlight tclLineContinue ctermfg=2
highlight makeComment ctermfg=2
highlight vimComment ctermfg=6
highlight shComment ctermfg=2
highlight idlComment ctermfg=2
colorscheme koehler
map
inoremap # X^H#
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
CSUS Commuter Pass Savings
I pay $35.00/month for unlimited use of public transportation through discounts available to civil servants. This saves $140 (March-June). Open University registration did not start until February, so I had to buy my February pass at work.
The normal cost of a monthly regional transit pass adds up to $100. So that amounts to a $500 savings (Feb-June) for most CSUS students.
CSUS Open University tuition this spring cost $640 for four credits ($160/credit).
So far, I have been able to reduce that by $150 (tuition reimbursement at work) + $140 = $290 (~45%). This does not include purchase of required books, which equals ~$150. So overall, ~37% in savings. Every little bit helps.
The normal cost of a monthly regional transit pass adds up to $100. So that amounts to a $500 savings (Feb-June) for most CSUS students.
CSUS Open University tuition this spring cost $640 for four credits ($160/credit).
So far, I have been able to reduce that by $150 (tuition reimbursement at work) + $140 = $290 (~45%). This does not include purchase of required books, which equals ~$150. So overall, ~37% in savings. Every little bit helps.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Feliz día de San Valentín
To Dawn. This year, I got her a Domo kun plush. We celebrated with a home-made Spanish-themed dinner:
- Sweet corn cake
- Spanish rice (with modifications: brown rice cooked in veggie bouillon; spices: crushed red pepper, parsley, cayenne pepper, ginger powder; corn, diced tomatoes)
- Whole-wheat tacos with salsa, refried beans, Smart ground, and cheese
Friday, February 06, 2009
Current Desktop Wallpaper
Lots of wallpapers at: http://socwall.com/browse/index.php?wpFilter=1
The one above is from: http://www.socksoff.co.uk/walls01.html
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Chi Chi's Sweet Corn Cake Recipe
Dawn mentioned how she missed the sweet corn cake from the restaurant chain Chi Chi's tonight. Here is the recipe (other versions seem to substitute heavy cream and masa harina):
Chi Chi's Sweet Corn Cake
Chi Chi's Sweet Corn Cake
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup corn flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup sour cream (can use non-fat)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
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