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In general, computer science majors arn’t the most social creatures.  There’s no particular hang out that you would go to to hang out with other computer science majors (In person at least).  This got me thinking about how other people meet other people.  In general you meet other people through parties, classes, events or other […]

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I’ve spent the past two weeks in Europe doing a lot of firsts: first time flying, first time out of the country, and first time traveling alone. During my adventures in the various airports I’ve learned a lot of new things about traveling that you don’t read about, so I thought I’d share.

Make sure […]

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School for the semester is finally done! What a huge sigh of relief that is for me. With last semester now behind me I can now actually concentrate on learning something! Lately I’ve been obsessed with trying to be productive with my time off. For example, while I’m watching a movie, playing […]

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I have started the third week of school and already I feel like I need to do homework every day to catch up. Taking Calculus and Physics at Cuesta and two online classes at Cal State Channel Islands has taken its toll on my available free time.  There are some things I’ve given up during […]

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Last Monday (12/18/2006) was spent driving down the opposite direction of the 101. I went down to Camarillo to meet with Dr. Bill Wolfe, head of computer science at CSU Channel Islands. He asked me some questions to get a feel of my background and my direction. I indicated I am planning […]

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So I’m pretty sure I’m done with my transition from godaddy to Bluehost. I just need to wait for the DNS changes for nickpeters.net to propagate across the internets. Anyways, GoDaddy was slow, didn’t allow SSH access, and just not cutting it for me in terms of features, thus the switch.
So here’s a […]

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I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing quite yet. Today I received more information regarding the ongoing turbulence that is applying for Cal State Channel Islands. Apparently a lot of the classes that I need to take for the BS in Information Technology are online classes. This means I […]

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December 5th 7pm,
9:30pm 2006 —
Taxi Driver— at
Fremont Theater
The Robert DeNiro classic “Taxi Driver” plays at the big Fremont theater. Let me know if you are interested in going.
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I got accepted….again!

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Here is a list of 7 new bands/songs that I’ve been into recently. They are not necessarily new in regards to their release date, but rather they are new to me (mostly thanks to my co-worker Kyle). This list is in no particular order (well, except maybe the first three). Enjoy!
1. Coheed […]

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