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Ever since I was little I had a fascination with all things electrical and mechanical. I remember getting in trouble when my dad caught me putting our TV antenna receiver box back together after I had opened it up to fix a loose connection. He apologized to me after he put it back on the TV and the picture was almost clear. I got my first computer when I was 10 and figured out how to do most of the DOS commands by the time I was 12.
My pre-cal teacher in high school allowed us to use the programming feature on our calculators for help in solving complex equations on our tests, but he wouldn't show us how to use it. I remember making several functions on my TI-89 for different things, and eventually I refactored it all into one program with graphical menus and dialog boxes. I showed my teacher, who encouraged me to go to school to study computer science. His job before getting into teaching was a FORTRAN programmer, so I took the advice to heart. Now I write and support utility billing software for a living, with a little website development on the side.
I've always loved computers, electronics, and some video games. I am an occasional MTG player, but I never got into D&D, WoW or any role-playing game of that nature. I used to do online chat RPG with one of my friends from HS but I lost interest. My current non-computer hobby of the moment is sewing. I do like reading good science/fantasy fiction (Phillip Pullman is one of my faves).
I currently live in Austin, TX with my soon to be husband who is an electrical/audio geek, as evidenced by the 50's era amplifier and vacuum tube tester in pieces on his desk.
Great to meet everyone here! :)
My pre-cal teacher in high school allowed us to use the programming feature on our calculators for help in solving complex equations on our tests, but he wouldn't show us how to use it. I remember making several functions on my TI-89 for different things, and eventually I refactored it all into one program with graphical menus and dialog boxes. I showed my teacher, who encouraged me to go to school to study computer science. His job before getting into teaching was a FORTRAN programmer, so I took the advice to heart. Now I write and support utility billing software for a living, with a little website development on the side.
I've always loved computers, electronics, and some video games. I am an occasional MTG player, but I never got into D&D, WoW or any role-playing game of that nature. I used to do online chat RPG with one of my friends from HS but I lost interest. My current non-computer hobby of the moment is sewing. I do like reading good science/fantasy fiction (Phillip Pullman is one of my faves).
I currently live in Austin, TX with my soon to be husband who is an electrical/audio geek, as evidenced by the 50's era amplifier and vacuum tube tester in pieces on his desk.
Great to meet everyone here! :)
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Date: 2009-05-05 03:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 06:36 pm (UTC)You should try it again, the third book was my favorite out of the three, though I liked them all.
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Date: 2009-05-05 11:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 06:33 pm (UTC)My pre-cal teacher was quite strict, but his class was one of my favorite classes because he challenged us and actually made it enjoyable. He would also throw dry erase markers at students that would fall asleep, much to our amusement. :D
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Date: 2009-05-05 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 06:56 pm (UTC)My Physics teacher was notorious for throwing and breaking things (I'm not sure all of them were intentional, he was a 3rd degree black belt in...I forget what martial art, so he knew how to easly do damage to things without hurting himself). I think he went through two or three heavy, wooden teacher chairs, a couple podiums, and a chalkboard (one of those that are mounted to the wall). o.o
My Math teacher enjoyed pelting the sleepers with chalk, cracking jokes at those that didn't appear to be paying attention, or (more rarely) dropping a book on a table next to a sleeper.
They also both knew who needed to pay attention and who only looked like they weren't paying attention (but actually were), or those who had their heads down because they weren't feeling well, but weren't bad enough to see the nurse, so they weren't total jackasses about it.
Suffice it to say, though, there were only a few of us that were able to get away with not looking like we were paying attention.
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Date: 2009-05-06 03:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 07:02 pm (UTC)Mine was a football coach who had a short fuse that would let the football players get away with anything. I remember when he called out a student for not wearing a bra, although it wasn't readily apparent that she wasn't. He yelled at her for it in front of everyone and made her cry in embarrassment.
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Date: 2009-05-06 03:38 am (UTC)(My government teacher was actually really, really awesome, and went on to be an assistant principal at another district and probably whipped those youngsters into line. And the napping girl was someone the rest of us pretty much despised, so our sympathy threshold for that incident was low, and our amusement quota high.)
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Date: 2009-05-07 01:54 am (UTC)