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Fragmented OS

So, the Technical Account Manager for Android at Google came for the department’s seminar session. She’s basically in charge of Google’s relationship with manufacturers that use the Android OS. First off, Google is not the soul creator of Android. It’s actually a creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a group of handset manufacturers, software developers, [ READ MORE ]

Data Structures

I’m grading for the data structures course this semester. The prof has never taught the course and is reusing assignments from a previous professor’s version of the coursework. I spent Monday sick and grading. (I did not receive the assignments to grade until after the department grade-by due date and had to rush.) Grading is a very disheartening. The [ READ MORE ]

Brand Me

My first years at university, I was a journalism advertising major. So, the inevitable question is how does one go from that to computer science? As a journalism major, it became quickly obvious that journalism (at least in the United States) has fallen quite far on the integrity scale. Today, it has gotten even worse. While [ READ MORE ]

Missing Something

Upon graduation, I will become medically uninsured. And that scares the shit out of me. My medical record more or less indicates that the inside of my head is a mess of pain and disorganization. What if a new insurance will not cover my preventative medications? Do I pay out of pocket or do I succumb to constant [ READ MORE ]

JUnit

JUnit is a unit testing framework developed for Java programs. It’s not my favorite thing in the world. For starters, it only tests public methods. Which is a bit of a problem if from a development standpoint; many internal “heavy lifting” methods are not needed by outside classes and should be private. In addition, I [ READ MORE ]