School has wrapped up for the semester, at least for me. (Yes, I’m aware it is mid-October. Yes, I’m aware normal people are dealing with mid-terms. What can I say; that’s the way the St. Ed’s New College schedule worked out this time around.)<\/p>\n
Now that I’ve got some free time, I can engage in some useful projects, like more Project e work (I’ve got a long multi-part post in the works that I hope to finish soon), updating the SDC pages, and perhaps some outside study.<\/p>\n
I’ve written here before<\/a> about the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative<\/a>, and I decided this would be as good a time as any to start working through 6.00, “Introduction to Computer Science and Programming<\/a>“. As I was reviewing the various readings, a thought came to me.<\/p>\n “Hey,” I said to myself, “wouldn’t it be nifty to blog this as you’re taking it?”<\/p>\n “That’s a definition of ‘nifty’ I was previously unaware of,” I responded.<\/p>\n “It’d give you some motivation,” I said.<\/p>\n “Why am I talking to myself?” I responded.<\/p>\n “I don’t know,” I said. “Have you considered medication?”<\/p>\n Anyway, my need for psychotropic medications aside, this seems like a good idea, if only to give my loyal readers something to laugh at. So…<\/p>\n Lecture 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n Course readings<\/a>.<\/p>\n Getting Started: Python and IDLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n