There is a Tablet PC for everyone.
April 13th, 2009
Zune falls, Zune cracks. :-(
February 24th, 2009Today something tragic happened. I was walking down the hall, and as I took my Zune out of my pocket, I fumbled the device, and it fell flat on it’s face (screen) onto the hard floor. The poor thing’s front glass cracked, and now it’s sad. 
A thought about skipping Vista
January 25th, 2009I read Gizmodo on a regular basis, and I just came across this article noting how “Add/Remove Programs” has disappeared form the control panel. In 7 the item is in the programs section, and the user can get to the list of programs to uninstall by clicking “Uninstall a program” in the main control panel window. More over, he obviously has been using Windows XP for the three years that the release version Windows Vista has been available to consumers. (To be fair that time range should start when Vista went out into public beta since Windows 7 isn’t even released yet, but I’ll underestimate.)
Let us compare:
Windows XP Control Panel: 
Obligatory update to my Tech schedule problem
January 20th, 2009Last night I posted an entry, venting my frustrations about a problem that arose when I lost access to my class schedule. To be fair, I should post an update.
That night my mom used the website to pay the remaining balance of the bill, and within an hour the hold was removed from my record, granting me access to my schedule. All things considered, today went fine. Also, it turns out that I did get a notification email the day the hold was put on my record, but it on Thursday, the day the bill was created, so that brings me to two points: First, a hold shouldn’t have been put on my record, period. Such aggressive action was unnecessary, considering that the bill was created the same day, as well as because the reason the class wasn’t added before the regular billing cycle was the fault of the college of Engineering. Second, even if the hold was justified, under no circumstances should they block my ability to view my schedule. I keep a copy of my schedule in OneNote, but the timing was just horrible for hold put on my record, because I hadn’t done that yet.
I’m just glad that everything worked out and hoping that these kinds of close calls won’t be common!
Virginia Tech, may I see my schedule for tomorrow, please?
January 19th, 2009Classes at Tech start tomorrow, so an hour ago I thought it would be wise to check my schedule to see where tomorrow’s classes are. Virginia Tech has a pretty good set of online tools that allow students to accomplish a variety of tasks related to their relationship with Tech. my.vt.edu, is the hub of most of the tools. From there a student can check his tech email, register for classes, view his schedule, and more.
The task at hand was to check my schedule. For example, I know I have a class at 9:30 tomorrow, but was that English or multivar? What building and room is it in? The answer to these questions haven’t been important until now. Wanting answers, I made my way to my.vt.edu and signed in. I clicked on the “Courses” tab to be greeted with this message: “There appear to be holds on your account.” The use of the passive voice didn’t help make the statement less accusatory. 