I haven’t posted anything in a while, so I thought it was time to post a quick update.
I’ll be taking two classes again this fall in the continuing pursuit of my PhD in Computer Science at Ole Miss. I’ll also be teaching CSci259/390 (C++) on Monday and Wednesday nights.
Sometime in late September or early October I’ll be taking my comprehensive exams, the first of three major milestones in the PhD process. There are four exams, covering Systems, Algorithms, Programming Languages, and Software Engineering. I’m not worried about them, but I’ll be glad when they’re over. Right now I feel guilty if I do anything other than study for “comps.”
I’ve recently finished my Small Wonder Labs SW-40+, a small Morse code radio for the 40m ham band. I’ll be posting about it soon. There are also several other ham radio and electronics projects I need to post about. Back in the spring I presented a tutorial on microcontrollers at the ACM Southeast conference.
James and I have another backpacking trip tentatively planned for September, which I’m really looking forward to. We had intended to go in the spring but got busy and never planned anything.
Of course, I need to post an update about Luke and Liam, which I will try to do soon.
Obviously, I plan on posting to my blog a little more frequently. I’ll continue to post shorter stuff over on Twitter.