My exam is over! Yay! That means I'm done with all the coursework and tests for my degree. Three more days of work placement and then all I've got is my dissertation!
The exam was scary hard, actually. I didn't quite finish it, which is unusual for me. I think the last time I didn't finish a test was maybe in 6th grade on one of those speed multiplication ones. There were a surprising amount of computer coding ones, which is too bad since we didn't have computers! I was trying to remember the syntax and stuff so I could write it out on paper. I had to skip one or two that I definitely knew just because I didn't have time to do them. There were some nicer questions that just took a little longer to write about like "Describe iterative and Markovian approaches to algorithmic composition." The last page was all very theoretical, like "design your own system to support lead sheet notation and discuss drawbacks, etc etc" which was great except that there just wasn't enough time!
Oh well. I have counted up the minimum amount of points that I probably got and it looks like I probably passed! I felt like I was taking the ACT or something. No cell phones allowed in the room, all purses, etc, went in a back area, only pens, ID, etc on the desk, lots of proctors...blargh. I prefer just showing up with my greenbook and going to town in a familiar environment instead of in a massive auditorium with assigned seats. But now I'm done, yay!
Brad finally posted some photos of the Coldplay concert, so here they are! The first one he found on their website or twitter feed or something (I would be happy to take it down if Coldplay or the photographer requests) from the stage looking out at the crowd. In that photo, we would be on the very far left in the stands.
The exam was scary hard, actually. I didn't quite finish it, which is unusual for me. I think the last time I didn't finish a test was maybe in 6th grade on one of those speed multiplication ones. There were a surprising amount of computer coding ones, which is too bad since we didn't have computers! I was trying to remember the syntax and stuff so I could write it out on paper. I had to skip one or two that I definitely knew just because I didn't have time to do them. There were some nicer questions that just took a little longer to write about like "Describe iterative and Markovian approaches to algorithmic composition." The last page was all very theoretical, like "design your own system to support lead sheet notation and discuss drawbacks, etc etc" which was great except that there just wasn't enough time!
Oh well. I have counted up the minimum amount of points that I probably got and it looks like I probably passed! I felt like I was taking the ACT or something. No cell phones allowed in the room, all purses, etc, went in a back area, only pens, ID, etc on the desk, lots of proctors...blargh. I prefer just showing up with my greenbook and going to town in a familiar environment instead of in a massive auditorium with assigned seats. But now I'm done, yay!
Brad finally posted some photos of the Coldplay concert, so here they are! The first one he found on their website or twitter feed or something (I would be happy to take it down if Coldplay or the photographer requests) from the stage looking out at the crowd. In that photo, we would be on the very far left in the stands.
Here are some photos that Brad took on his little iPod. Before the concert (I'm talking like, four hours before, haha):
Looking at the stage and the big screens they had set up!
The wristbands in action! This is not a very good example of how powerful they were. There are a lot of videos on youtube though, if you are curious!
It was a pretty fun concert, and a good "farewell" to Europe for Brad, I think. He moves back in three days!
Speaking of videos, I'm not sure I ever posted the video that our group had to make for the databases class! Here's the link to youtube, if you are interested. It's not that much fun unless if you really like databases and their front end, but since it was our very first foray into the scary world of database design, management, and interface design, we are pretty proud of it. Poodle!
My favorite part of the assignment was populating the database. Myself and one member of the group were very creative, so there are a lot of Butch Cassidy / Sundance Kid types in there, Harry Potter characters, Wizard of Oz, Disney princesses, and other colorful characters enrolled in classes like Pottery as taught by Han Solo, or Advanced Lightsaber Techniques and Spectrograph Analysis taught by Obi Wan Kenobi. If they were very unlucky, students would end up going by the name of Blah1, Blah2, Blah3, etc and would find themselves taking a course taught by Blah4 called Consumer Informatics.
The project I'm helping with at the National Theatre Archives soft launched this week, meaning that the website is now up and running online, but is not currently open to the wider public because it is still being tested, corrected, etc. Hopefully in the next couple weeks I can put up the URL and then you can see what wonderful and beautiful graphs I have created, haha. Thanks google charts!
Yesterday was my birthday, and instead of studying (ahhh how I regret NOT studying now, having seen the test) I found myself a willing participant in many birthday celebrations on my behalf. Ice cream, stuffed animals, rainbow cake, and free Chipotle, plus a fun walk back from Baker Street with a gaggle of friends. Sanjiv even made me a birthday card written in Galactic Basic Standard (from Star Wars). Haha awesome.
Well, talk to you later! I have lots of things to do with my free afternoon, like sitting around and doing nothing! Bye!
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