One of my thesis advisors, asked me today if I was enrolled in the MFA program. This is the same program which I have attended for three years and will be graduating from this summer. That is insane.

I started writing this all to basic code. I hate it no functions, no classes, no strings as far as i can tell. You can't even have an if statement assign a value. it can only run a loop. At first I thought that it would make it easy. It just makes it way harder as I started out with functions and OOP. I don't think I ever want to use a basic stamp after this. maybe t's just beginner irritation.

Yes that is a Virgin Mary candle in on my computer desk. (e:matthew) just got it for me. I think it is helping my basic stamp.



The simple serial joystick code I wrote

' {$STAMP BS2}
DEBUG "code start", CR

INPUT 12
INPUT 13
INPUT 14
INPUT 15
up VAR Bit
down VAR Bit
left VAR Bit
right VAR Bit

upcount VAR Byte 'keep tabs on # of times up was pressed
downcount VAR Byte 'keep tabs on # of times down was pressed
leftcount VAR Byte 'keep tabs on # of times left was pressed
rightcount VAR Byte 'keep tabs on # of times right was pressed

Index VAR Nib ' Define normal nibble variable.

test:
'reset values for next test loop
up = 0
down = 0
left = 0
right = 0

uploop:
IF IN12 <> 1 THEN downloop
up = 1
upcount = upcount + 1

downloop:
IF IN13 <> 1 THEN leftloop
down = 1
downcount = downcount + 1

leftloop:
IF IN14 <> 1 THEN rightloop
left = 1
leftcount = leftcount + 1

rightloop:
IF IN15 <> 1 THEN printloop
right = 1
rightcount = rightcount + 1

printloop:

IF up + down + left + right = 0 THEN nothing_pressed 'don't print anything because nothing is being pressed
DEBUG "total ", ? upcount
DEBUG "total ", ? downcount
DEBUG "total ", ? leftcount
DEBUG "total ", ? rightcount
PAUSE 200 'pause before next pole
IF upcount > 15 THEN winloop 'if the user pressed up 15 times then go to the winning loop

GOTO test

nothing_pressed: 'nothing is pressed try again, don't bother pausing
GOTO test

winloop:
DEBUG "You won by pressing the up button 15 times"
END

END

All of this preparing to graduate is starting to be more work than the actual academic work. I finally got all of my syllabi togther. i decided to start cataloging everything online to keep it safe. I scanned everything I had from school tonight and uploaded. Now if I ever need copies of anything I can simply grab them off the web. I think everyone should start digitalizing their life. It is definately way more fireproof than paper.

(e:twisted) wrote this a while back. She has really been an inspiration into my continued work with online cmmunity development. Thanks for being there.

Jan 6, 1986
NASA seems to follow the saying, "if first you don't success try again, again,again, and again. So, Columbia will try again tomorrow. Let's hope!

President reagan has asked for economic sanctions against libya, and has told americans in Libya to come home soon as possible.

I collect laptops. I also used to collect woman. (e:hodown) was one of them. hahaha

Thanks bill for the serial cable. It works perfectly. My 3D class dissapointed me so much today. Their homework assignments were just too bad to look at. I hope that it changes as the semster goes on.

I finally created the eletric setup for a mini joystick. I am so excited to see it work. In reality, I hate the electric part. It reminds me of my body. It's demanding and has so many physical requirements.

I totally enjoy the programming, it is so much more my style. I wish the circuit board would stop demanding so much.

He makes such a good point here

The way you meet people in cyberspace puts a different spin on affiliation: in traditional kinds of communities, we are accustomed to meeting people, then getting to know them; in virtual communities, you can get to know people and then choose to meet them.

This is so funny, it is about a user addicted to the WELL, an early online community:

Years after he had kicked his cocaine habit, he claimed, somebody put a line of the substance next to Blair's computer while he was logged on. It dawned on him, several hours later, that the white crystals were still there, and he had known about them, but had not mustered the energy necessary to sniff them. It wasn't a moral decision but a battle of obsessions, Blair explained--he couldn't tear his hands from the keyboard and his eyes from the screen of his current, deeper addiction long enough to ingest the cocaine.

Wow, this video of the tsunami is insane. It is someone personal home video right at the site on like the thrid floor of a hotel.