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I’ve been to each of my casses for the new quarter. Some are just as exciting as I was thinking, others are way below the level I was expecting. I still feel that I will learn a great deal this quarter. My databases course turned out to be a big disappointment. It’s a very simplistic intro to what databases are and what they do. Luckily this should make this course relatively easy. I might be able to leverage the ease of the course to create something that I want, perhaps for some home automation stuff. We’ll have to wait and see. My Log Design course should be great for learning a bit more about circuits and the interfacing of software with hardware. This hopefully will help me understand more about drivers. The computer vision project course is exactly what I was told it would be, we will be constructing a program to convert multiple photos into 3D models. The networks course is unfortunately outdated, the concepts are still the same for the most part, but we’re using hubs and “Y2K” compliant KVM switches. Artificial Intelligence is looking very promising in terms of what I can learn on the subject. I’m thinking this workload will be managable. I’m trying to get ahead early on so that I don’t end up stressed and behind in a matter of just a week or so.

On another note, I installed Ubuntu on my eeePC last night and I can safely say that I should have done this a long time ago. Its much snappier than ever before. Having only used it for a day I can’t say for certain that everything is perfect, but it’s been running very well. ‘Tis time for bed, long day tomorrow. I’m sure I had more to write about, but that will have to be for later.