A Resurrection

The last time I blogged, I was in 8th grade. I've changed so much since then, it's hard for me to believe I wrote half of this stuff. Still, I remember sitting in front of my computer on dark mornings, playing League of Legends and dreading school the next day.

Doesn't sound much like current Arnav, does it?

I could dwell on that stuff forever, but I want to blog about other things. Firstly, I want to address why I'm blogging again. It's fairly simple, really - I've just been influenced by MIT Admissions Blogs. I've been reading them for a while, and I thought it would be a fun thing to do. However, that's what got me started with blogging in the 8th grade, and that wasn't such a huge success - I didn't really follow through with it.

What makes this time different?

This time, I plan on blogging for myself. Previously, I had blogged in a more social manner - everything written on my blog was written for other people's eyes, and I spent far too long making sure the site was visually appealing. Since then, I've come to realize that I'd like to blog for the reason I think most people might blog: it's like keeping a journal. I'll be writing more for myself than for others, and should therefore enjoy writing more. This will lead to blogging being less of an obligation, resulting in more blogiation. I made that word up because I saw the letters in obligation. Heh.

Suits

Best TV show ever, definitely up there with Sherlock and Season 1 of Lie To Me. Kinda makes me wanna minor in law when I get to college...

Today I practiced my suit-wearing skills for an hour. Sounds pathetic, but it was fun. Perfected my half-windsor, gelled my hair, wore glasses, got a briefcase, walked around house like a professional awesomeist.

Project Euler

Gonna try this out. Looks like a fun challenge. It's a ton of math problems that you can solve in any language, but require some sort of computing power to solve.

Debian

This marks the first day I spend a full day on Linux! I've got it running on a virtual machine (it's obviously not the best solution, but it's definitely the easiest one) and it's not bad. I need to apt-get some new browser, though. Shoutout to r/teenagers IRC for getting me on Debian in the first place. I've done some python on it, but 2.6.2 doesn't support import antigravity, which makes me sad. :(

 

LORD OF THE FLIES, PYTHON AND XKCD

OH GOD I WILL NEVER FINISH THIS SUMMER READING BEFORE SEPTEMBER 6TH

in other news, I finally got on GitHub! Check me out at https://github.com/arnavIsABoss. I only have PyEgg on there right now (which you can also find on the code page on here).
Also, I've started using import antigravity as my username for a lot of things because xkcd is awesome!

Lord of the Flies, Python, and xkcd.

I've got ~140 pages to read (and ~20 pages to write) about Lord of the Flies in the next month. Should be pretty easy, I'm not too worried about it.

What I am worried about is the DAHS website. I was working on it, and realized it still looks pretty amateur (BAD). It also has a lot of pages I haven't finished yet. I've been thinking about working on the website, but not rushing myself too much. I'm gonna release it a little later. (Although I'm still going to the web design teacher about their use of frames... it hurts to look at).

I've been doing some more Python, and I can't love it enough. It's hilariously fun, and I hope I can get a job in it one day, because being paid to code things in Python sounds like heaven.

Also, I've taken a recent interest in xkcd. I've always loved the webcomic, but for some reason, I decided to go through a TON of their comics and read all of them + their alt texts, and I love them.

I can't wait for high school to start, but I hope I can still fit in all my Python/DAHS website binges where I just kinda sit at my computer all day and either work on something in Python, or work on the website.

Business

warning: excessive html/css in this post, if you don't like it, don't read

jk, shouldn't be too much. ANYWAYS

I was working on the website for DAHS again, and got to the business page. Apparently, they decided a description of EVERY business class would be appropriate. Now, their site uses frames, so it's pretty damn easy for them. Since I don't want to use frames, I'm thinking of either making the Business page one LONG page, or putting all the classes/descriptions on their own separate page. Dude I swear separate is the ONLY word I ever spell wrong without realizing right away, it looks like it should be seperate. :(