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Archive for October, 2007

Blog Action Day 2007

Posted by Peter on October 15th, 2007

When I was choosing what programs to apply to for university (and thus the rest of my life), I had to decide between computers and biology. I ultimately chose computers, but I still really like biology and science. That is why I’m writing this post.

Bloggers Unite - Blog Action Day

Today is the first annual Blog Action Day. Thousands of bloggers around the word are writing posts related to the environment and global warming. The environment is something I’ve always liked and I don’t want to see it destroyed. Most people think that it shouldn’t be up to us to save the environment, and that our governments and political leaders should lead the charge. They certainly should do something, but simply relying on them won’t get us anywhere. The government often sets timetables and priorities that will take years to be met and by then, it may be too late.

We may never be able reverse the damage we have done, but we can at least stop more damage from being done. Simple things such as driving hybrids or cutting back on the driving, changing light bulbs to compact fluoresents, and cutting back on the garbage you produce can all help. Every little bit is important and can help our planet and our society get better and deal with the issue at hand.

Now go make Al Gore proud and save the environment!

Update on school, life, etc…

Posted by Peter on October 2nd, 2007

I know I haven’t posted in over a month. I’ve just been busy with school and other things. I keep saying, I should post, but I never do. School has been going good so far. Most classes are good. A couple I could do without though. A brief summary is below.

Cisco: This class is Intro to network security. And when I say intro I mean intro. Its very basic, we haven’t actually learned much and the professor leaves a lot to be desired.

Cybercrime: So far this class hasn’t been too special. The prof is the former head of the child exploitation unit of the toronto police. Starting next week they’re going to be bringing in a bunch of guest speakers talking about security stuff so this could be good.

Computer architecture: I like this class. The prof is great and we’re actually learning about stuff I’m interested in. So far we’ve talked about some different processor architectures and we’re going to be doing some assembly programing.

Object Oriented Programming: In this course we’re learned object oriented programming with c++. The prof is great too and this should be a good course.

Marketing for the IT Sector: This course focuses on marketing in the IT sector. The material, while it sounds interesting, is a little dry (at least how we are learning it) and the prof is decent, but not great.

In other news, our dog Sally had puppies 2 weeks ago today. There are some pictures here and here.