2-27-09

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2-23-09

This afternoon I thought I'd take the time to let you all in on a little secret. Since last week was pre-registration at my school, I've been forced to think about the following question. How on earth am I going to pay for my textbooks?

Textbooks are expensive and rather inconvenient to purchase, especially if you are using Northwestern's bookstore as your textbook source. Along with being plain aggrevating, the campus bookstore is way overpriced, and can be quickly beat out online. BigWords is a search engine for finding textbooks (or anything for that matter). All you do is simply type in the desired book's ISBN number, and the search bot brings up all matching pages from across the internet. Generally the prices are way below retail pricing, wonderful! Not only do we save our money, if we purchase used books we are recycling and thus using less energy (and fewer trees) because we aren't buying new! Even if you aren't looking to buy used they usually have a large selection of new books.

Another idea for finding textbooks saves even more energy, and is so eco friendly I feel I must mention it. And while I am not one who tends to lean towards the most eco friendly ways, I am so excited about this idea I must share it with you. Northwestern's Assistant Dean of Business and Information Technology, Dr. Mathis, e-mailed the idea of purchasing eBooks as an alternative to paper textbooks.

eBook:

"An electronic book which saves paper and can be used on electronic devises such as a computer, iPod, or certain cell phones and compatable mp3 players."

Have a fantastic week, and enjoy all your academic, athletic, or work related activities within your roster!

~E~

2-20-09

Recently I changed my blog layout, from the light to the dark colors. I hope to create my own layout sometime, when I'm not so busy with school.

School wasn't so bad today, but I almost didn't go. I was extremely sick last night with the worst migraine I have ever had and a very high fever. I didn't wake up until 9:30 and didn't really get going until 9:50 this morning, thankfully fever and migraine free. I made it to class on time, and had even stopped to get something quick to eat and an iced coffee from McDonald's. During Math we spent our time going over last night's homework and didn't even go on to 10.4 and are now (once again) behind. Surprising? Not one bit. We are always behind in this class, but it's the most comfortable Math class I can imagine existing yet it makes me feel good that he gets onto the kids who consider his class talk and text time.

This afternoon I 'adopted' a 1 year old guinea pig from a family who's elementary aged kids decided they wanted to trade him out for a fish. I got the piggy, the cage, and the accessories for $20. The lady contacted me after getting my name and number from the pet store I had left it with. I've been looking for a male guinea pig for a while, and the currently named Coco, fit the bill. Regardless of the name he has the crazy Peruvian coat (a longer haired breed of guinea pig with cow licks). And although he is chocolate brown (with gray spots) I don't really like his name, so I am rethinking, and have potentially picked the name Charlie instead.

2-17-09

It's the seventh week of the winter quarter, and early registration. Everyone is busy, and the school is full of students going to and from classes.

I am so glad I registered yesterday and printed my schedule in the registrars office. Currently I am enrolled in Math 98, Design and Methodology, and Program Design and Development for the spring quarter. My new classes mean I will need to adjust my schedule to waking up at 6 a.m. but it eliminates night classes, thankfully!!! And it also means there won't be a big amount of time to sit around in the computer labs, although I'm sure I will dedicate some time to visiting the lab in building 600 to say hi to good old Phil once in a while.

But I have class at 1 and homework to finish before so I will leave with a question: is it possible for a cdr to be used like a flash drive on the Vista operating system?

~E

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