Robert inquired about a possible PennMUSH package. Went to Engineer’s Bookstore in the morning to purchase nearly fifty dollars worth of overpriced electronics for Microelectronic Circuit Lab. Started off the day with VLSI and Advanced Digital Design (ECE3060), followed by Electromagnetics (ECE3025), and finally, Project Engineering and Professional Practice (ECE4000). I found a nice LaTeX IEEE style template for ECE4000. Should be an interesting, though difficult, term. Adam, Nicky, and I had dinner at the Lonestar Steakhouse.

Rearranged my room. Installed the SCSI hard drive as device 8. Except for initially reading the jumper diagram upside down, everything went smoothly. Downloaded FreeBSD, and installed it on the new hard drive. Bought a plant from Home Depot. Concluded watching the Chobits anime series. School starts tomorrow. Life should quickly get busy again.

Adam has returned! Downloaded the Tiger compiler source modules. Moved the cable modem and new router to the living room, and cleaned my bedroom. Purchased a Quantum Atlas 10k III SCSI hard drive from Adam, which I intend to install tomorrow, along with FreeBSD, hardware and time permitting.

Installed and configured the tetrinet-x TetriNet server on the Linux box. Upgraded Java to 1.4.2. Bought ATYT at 12.98. Got a head start and went to the library and checked out quite a few books that I need for class before the other students could grab them. Installed sml/nj.

Subscribed to the CERT security mailing list. Learned the basics of using the CGI perl module. The VB-601 motherboard arrived in the mail by UPS, and I shortly after installed it onto the family room computer along with the wireless ethernet card. Everything went smoothly except for the fact that the processor retention clip was missing; I went ahead and set up the machine anyway. It also seems that Windows ME does not have native support for WEP encryption. I also networked the family room printer.

Changed the air filter on the Pontiac. Learned about magic squares. A Diophantine equation is an equation in which only integer solutions are allowed. Subscribed to the SecurityFocus mailing list and helped remove the W32.Blaster.Worm with the help of Symantec. Read about the composition of ciphers and product ciphers. Finally, added some books on Electrical Engineering to The Assayer database.

I got hired as Teaching Assistant in the Fall again, but I’m not entirely sure I’ll accept the offer. Paid my tuition for next term. Cancelled Earthlink internet service. Friendly people, but long hold times. Woke up in the early morning to take my car to Chris Myers to fix an engine problem that Pontiac had earlier released a recall notice for. Went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned. Had lunch at Pho 88, an interesting Vietnamese restaurant on Azalea.

The Barik Automation web site now uses php-cgiwrap to lock out other users from viewing the PHP source code. Configured the Barik Automation web site to process credit card transactions using Verotel Billing Solutions. Also made some modifications to the site layout. Added database support and an online message feature on the school web site.

Configured mySQL on the Barik Automation website. Added some code to the barikjr release script, which can generate nightly builds. Also made quite a bit of progress on the installer for barikjr. Though the installer is still extremely buggy, the install script will now prompt the user for configuration information and create the necessary tables for the SQL database.

Finished reading Harry Potter. The MediaCom cable modem technician came by and I helped him set up our connection. I then reconfigured the router and cloned the MAC address of the original PC. Also enabled WEP encryption, and upgraded the firmware on the router. Installed the Windows version of gaim. Added Ethan to the daily page.

Upgraded my Pair account status to Advanced for Barik Automation, which provides me with SSH shell access, as well as a mySQL database and custom CGI.