Picking out a class schedule is hard. If you’re nerdy like me, you have to whittle down to the classes you really want to take. Chances are you want only the best teachers for the best classes. As a recent college grad, I had many a semester like this – find all the classes I’d… Continue reading The 5 Classes You Need to Take While In College
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If you can learn to code, maybe you can get a job
Like the more than 330,000 who’ve signed up as of this writing, I registered for Code Year to brush up on and refine old programming techniques, as well as to learn new ones. I don’t plan to be a programmer. Ever. I don’t have the patience for it, and I’ve realized that there is a… Continue reading If you can learn to code, maybe you can get a job
Peoria-area doesn’t lean toward favoring SOPA
When a movie studio such as Paramount finds its copyrighted content being distributed illegally online through a peer-to-peer network such as BitTorrent, the studio sends a notice to the Internet service provider to inform them about nefarious activity on their network. Jerry Wolfe, a systems administrator at Metamora Telephone Company, said the ISP receives two… Continue reading Peoria-area doesn’t lean toward favoring SOPA
New articles in Bradley Hilltopics, Winter 2012 edition
I wrote a few weeks ago about the Pi Phi video I posted about a few weeks ago. The winter 2012 edition of Bradley Hilltopics is finally out, so I can share the companion piece to that video which talks more about the groundbreaking. Bradley Hilltopics: New kids on the block I’m excited that as… Continue reading New articles in Bradley Hilltopics, Winter 2012 edition
Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) on SOPA
I’m working on an article for class on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R. 3261. The article will be available on my blog within the next week or so, I hope, which will also link to many other articles discussing the bill. Until then, I wanted to provide information for anybody… Continue reading Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) on SOPA