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For X-Mas my parents gave me some upgrades for my computer. I had selected these items, of course. There was, however, something I didn't take into consideration. Something I'd never have thought to check. Something, in fact, that I didn't realize until after I had spent roughly an hour swapping equipment in and out of my computer case.
The new motherboard only supports up to two IDE devices.
I guess for most people this might not be a problem. However, counting my hard drives and my optical drives I have four IDE devices. I've never seen a motherboard that only had one IDE port, so I never would have thought to check. I haven't really figured out how to connect the primary hard drive and one of my optical drives at the same time, since they're so far apart in the case. So, while everything technically works, I can't install drivers for, say, the onboard sound and network hardware. I was actually pretty impressed that Windows booted at all, considering I replaced the motherboard and processor.
Looks like I'll be going to Best Buy tomorrow to buy a SATA hard drive.
Posted at: 16:50
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I finally got my grades this morning. I would estimate that I have checked for them roughly fifty times over the past week. I remember my first few years of college, before KU managed to get any kind of web-based applications running, I had to wait for grades to come by mail. Of course, in those days I didn't really want to know what my grades were, and my only real concern was intercepting them before my parents checked the mail.
I got an A in my biology class and a B in my chemistry and calculus classes. I'm sort of disappointed with the B in chemistry, but I'm really proud of the A in bio and the B in calculus. I was pretty worried that I'd end up with a C in calc given my lackluster performance on the final. I guess everyone must have performed pretty poorly on the final. The midterm was curved by 25%, I wish I knew how much they curved the final.
I am frustrated with the chemistry grade, especially because I skipped roughly 1/4 of the lectures and I know I could have done better. But really, I skipped those lectures because I was up all night doing homework...and something has to give at some point. This was pretty much the first semester of my academic career for which I had to apply myself in any real fashion. I sort of had to bootstrap good study habits, since I've never really needed them before.
Could I have done better? Probably. But for now I'm just looking forward to applying everything I've accomplished so far to future semesters.
Mom's response to my grades: "Are those grades good enough to get into medical school?" Thanks for the support.
Posted at: 08:35
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In two hours I'll be done with classes for this semester. Of course, I'll still be insanely busy studying for finals this weekend, but I am definitely feeling some premature catharsis.
Posted at: 11:07
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