Gary

I just got the wordpress app for my iPod touch. So far it looks promising. I’ll try to use it while I’m on the go.

Well it appears that I received a free pro account from flickr. Amazing!. I took a look at what it was offered and all I can say is wow. I need to start taking pictures. Maybe now I use include some kind of gallery for the blog

About 2 weeks ago, I received my new toy. Its a portable scanner pen, the DocuPen. So far I have not used it as much. My plan is to use it next semester to try to reduce my paper consumption greatly. I also plan to take the winter break to scan books. This would mean no longer having to carry heavy books around.

Here is an image of it:

Man, I am starting to feel real old already. Twenty means I’ve been alive for 2 decades, but I means that I’m growing up, oh well. For my birthday I got the TI-Nspire, the newest calculator from Texas Instruments. My dad said he won’t give me my present until Saturday. I guess I’ll have to wait.

Well its barely like a month and week into the semester and I already took a test for most of my classes. I first took my political science test 3 weeks ago and another one today. I did well on the first one than my second, but they will average out pretty good. The calculus 3 test wasn’t that bad but I made 2 mistakes that cost me a perfect score. Physics, well I got the average of the class, which just happens to be half the possible points. I was mad for a while because the one question I got wrong was half the test and it was over something that I didn’t focus that much on. Luckily the grade is calculated based on class average and not out of possible points. Lastly, I have my test for numerical methods. I actually find the class to be fun. Some of the material was tough to comprehend at first but once I reread my notes and looked at the book, its easy. I find it impressive people were able to find these methods so long ago. Oh well, hopefully I do good on my test on Saturday.

Well, I haven’t blogged in months. I’m not sure why, I guess cause I’m not the type of guy that is generally open. I do however do have a lot on my mind, so I guess I should blog that.

The main thing on my mind recently is my printer, so here is my story.

About 3 weeks ago, my printer completely stopped printing. It made the noise but it was just giving blank sheets of paper. I was saddened because I didn’t want to replace my printer yet again. I read a few places and found out that my print head might be clogged so I bought this anti-clogging solution. On Thursday I tried it out but it didn’t seem to work. Later on I did some more research and found out that maybe a hose might be lose. Yesterday I decided to open my printer, my how fun was that!

I had a whole bunch of ink in my hands and everywhere else. I used the clogging solution on it and after an hour or so I put it back together. Near the end I test printed a page and it finally worked. Hurray for me!

The bad part, however, is that I know how to buy new blank ink. I guess that in the process it ran out. Oh well better than getting a new printer.

Anyways, I’m going to try to blog more now about whatever I’m thinking. By the way, Windows Live Writer is pretty amazing.

College brought many new things. It brought more independence that I did not previously had. It brought new people and friends. These friends, I hope will remain for the remaining college life for they are the best I have had.

While the classes are fun. I don’t yet feel that I have been challenged to my full potential. I was glad that I made the Dean’s List the first semester. I didn’t think that would happen the second semester with the way some people hyped up the hardness of classes such as Physics and Computers & Problem Solving. With very little surprise however, I managed to again (though not official yet since not all my grades are up but we all know I got an A) get in the Dean’s List. Hopefully this trend continues even when I finally start taking classes for my major.

Although I generally want summer to arrive during the school year, once it actually comes, I don’t know what to do. Now, it seems that will have to wait around 3 months before I start school and wish summer was here. How ironic.

Today my Vista Upgrade came. It was about time but I guess its better late than never. Tomorrow I get my new bluetooth mouse. I will post some pictures when I get it.

Update: Here is the mouse, works marvelously.

I haven’t posted in quite some time. I’m not sure why, I guess I’m to lazy to type something. I’ll try to do in a more regular basis.

Well what has happened to me:

• Updated to a better host (more space and bandwidth)
• Bought a palm pda (haven’t received yet)
• Anxiously waiting for a copy of Vista to arrive

Woot! I finished my first semester in college a few days ago; it went great. My grades are in and I only got A’s and A-’s.