TA meeting in the early afternoon. Spent the day in the VLSI lab working on the multiplier. That’s about it really.

Today was a particularly busy day. I went to the Office of Human Resources to straighten out my hiring paperwork. After office hours, I walked to the GCATT building to meet and discuss some recent developments with Professor Yucel Altunbasak. I spent some time in lab in the evening working on VLSI; the second phase of our final project is quickly approaching. Adam and I had a quick dinner at Little Dino’s before heading back to the apartment. I talked to Sarah on the phone for over an hour tonight. She’s really changed a lot since high school, in a good way. I think all of us have. Enqueue.

Though I am not a brilliant student, I constantly strive to be the best in everything that I do. I have always been honest with myself and with others. I try to be patient, tolerant, modest, and understanding. I believe that people can change. I believe that one day, you too will change. But I will never, ever, compromise my values, even for someone as wonderful as you.

Tomorrow, I will be a better person than I am today. I will find the courage within myself to face you. And you will hate me for what I am about to do. I have made my decision.

Love may come and go, but reputation is forever. You’ve cheated all your life, but today will be your last. One day, I hope you will understand.

Graded Homework 8 and Lab 2 for Computing for Engineers. It looks like PBS has made available online their NOVA three hour mini-series, The Elegant Universe in QuickTime and RealVideo format. I’m going to find time in my schedule to watch this today. Finally finished Problem Set 7 for Microelectronic Circuits Lab, though there are still a few errors in the solutions.

Finished up Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm, using TreeSet and Hashtable classes to optimize algorithmic cost. But why?

Exam in VLSI, followed shortly after by a lecture in Microelectronic Circuits. Added a picture of me to the website, which involved learning how to use the various paintbrush and eraser components in Adobe Photoshop. I’m happy with the results.

TA meeting in the early afternoon. Spent the day studying for VLSI in the library. The students demoed their projects during recitation, and I reviewed for the exam next week. The topics include recursion, basic java syntax, polymorphism, and graphics. Fun.

The night was spent working on the instruction selection phase of the compiler. Worked on Microelectronic Circuits Lab homework, but didn’t get much accomplished. The new debit card arrived in the mail so I can finally withdraw funds again.

We have an extra two days to work on our instruction selection phase in Compilers. Finished the Tektronix 370B measurements for Experiment 7 during Microelectronic Circuits Lab, and turned in the writing assignment. Reviewed Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm. Wikipedia has a clever implementation if it.

Office hours in the afternoon. Met with Robert to look over the writing report for Microelectronic Circuits Lab. Spent a few hours after classs reviewing the VLSI homework. Turned in the VLSI homework, and finished the second writing report late at night.

It’s been a busy weekend. I spent the evening at Georgia Tech working on VLSI with Chris. The remainder of the night was spent finishing up the preliminary draft to take to Robert in the morning. I also wrote several assembly instructions for the instruction selection phase of the compiler.