I was able to leave the house today, so I did. I went to school and downgraded my new laptop to Windows XP so I can have it ready for the Fall Semester. I wasn't alone. Aaron, a guy that I'll be graduating with, was on campus today reformatting his computer and setting it up for the Fall as well. So far, I have Windows XP Pro, SQL Server 2000, Visual Studio 2003, Dreamweaver 8, Paint Shop Pro X, and Editpad installed for school related stuff installed on this computer. I was also able to install a few entertainment items and the appropriate drives for my hardware on this computer.

My problem is the Blue Screen of Death. It occurs everytime I need server access via IIS for developing an ASP.Net application. I even tried a simple page load on Internet Explorer and got the BSD! I have no clue why that's happening. I finally figured it was IIS when IE crashed.

I did make sure I socialized a bit on campus. I spoke to Lindsey, my advisor, and Joey. I can't be on campus and not see her. She told me they're moving my lab to the small room in the IT lounge. The new School of Computing dean wants our lab for something else. Gamble Hall is also getting new desks.

My advisor said I can do my project in PHP, so long as I code in ASP.Net well, That's what I was going to do. The project doesn't have to be in ASP.Net, but he just wants me to get the hang of it. That takes a load of my shoulders.

I spoke to Joey to get some ACM stuff we've worked on from him again. He works in the Writing Center. I'm the only other person in the IT department at the moment that has worked there, so we've got that in common. As I walked in, he was helping these middle schoolers set up an appointment. They then asked him some basic questions about the Writing Center. Since I know the place, and I was at the front desk, I reached over and pulled out the informational flyer with the hours on it and handed it to Joey to hand the kids. I miss the Writing Center, but I don't. Later, I helped Joey with getting a couple of database tables into third normal form. One of his group partners was placing redundant data into a table and was also having trouble figuring out how to get the table into third normal form. After looking it over, I saw how to solve the redunancy problem. I am glad that I can get a table into third normal form.

When I took database, Bobby did all the work designing the database, so I didn't have a chance to do it myself. He also did it in Client/Server. In some ways, having the supersmart person in a group is harmful, but at the same time, I can go over the work he did for our group projects and learn from viewing the code and other paperwork. Plus, he's helped my grades.

After I got home, I spoke to Aric for a bit online about computing. He's wanting me to try VMWare on my Linux box. I guess tomorrow I can try that. I'm trying to have some skills with Linux to go along with my Windows skills.

Well, enough of my day, it's Thursday Threesome time:

Onesome: The-- Food Channel: Yummy Goodness or Food Pr0N? Who do you like to watch (or love to hate <g> )? I'm not into cooking shows. However, this is a good chance to talk about something that's been bothering me about Paula Deen. She's doing ads for Smithfield Foods, instead of Roger Wood Foods, which is local. I just wonder how much Smithfield is paying to be a spokesperson.

Twosome: Food-- in the Summer? Cooking in the kitchen? Any tips to beat the heat for those in the gang literally baking in the heat? Cook in the evening! My mother had a rule that she would not cook fried chicken in the summer. However, her last summer, she did surprise me when I got home from school. She had fried me some chicken. Oh do I miss her! Last night, I had a panic attack about death at 4 AM when I was thinking about her and holding her Graysie.

Threesome: Channel-- some coolness our way: what is your favorite Summertime beverage (yes, mixed drinks work too...). A nice, ice cold water. And occasionally, a nice cold Coke! The water, however, is better.

[♪ Listening to: "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" - Roxette]

Posted by Shawn at July 12, 2007 9:50 PM in Geek, Savannah, Schooling.