omg school again

So school has begun once again. Well, last week.
But I didn't get around to blogging until just now.

Web development class seems interesting and the prof seems pretty cool.
Windows programming with C# feels like an insult to my intelligence so far. After years of coding apps in C++, the fact that Visual Studio writes most of my code is an insult. But leaves me more time to focus on my other classes so that's good in a way. I'm always gonna be a C++ coder though, I definitely like it better.
But I'm picking up C# really easily which is nice.
I have the same prof for micro 2 and DMAC and he is really good. I feel a lot better about DMAC now than I did when I dropped it last year. The prof makes a huge difference.
Industrial programming also seems pretty good so far. The only obstacle in that course will be that the trilogy software is kinda shitty. Well... the interface is really shitty. Like, if you're naming IO lines, you can't just tab to the next field or click the next field. You HAVE to hit enter after every entry. And then when adding relays, (switches and stuff) to make certain things (like two in parallel followed by one in series) the order you add things makes a huge difference and often you have to re enter entire circuits because the software sucks. ...you'd have to use it to understand. Anyway, by the end of the course we'll be programming a PLD to control a chemical plant.
The best class is micro 2. Since there are only 2 students other than me. One of them rarely shows up and the other sometimes doesn't, so sometimes it's just me and the prof. And he's teaching it more like a seminar. I'm really enjoying it and it's giving me a much better understanding of the base hardware design (micro 2 is short for micro computer design 2), and coding directly for the hardware. It makes me feel really smart. Yesterday I mounted the stuff for the DAC and I still have to finish wirewrapping it but I've already begun writing the code to use the DAC with the HC11's SPI.

Other than that, I'm fighting off a cold (runny nose, stuffed up sinuses, headaches, cough, etc). But I feel pretty healthy otherwise. Work is taking up my weekends.
But I'm doing ok so far.