10 Years After

Long Cold Winter

I started working in the lab today. The department secretary was out so I didn't meet her. Instead the instructor gave me his keys to go open the lab (I ran them back down to return them to him). The lab was freezing cold, but I did manage to get a few things done.

First, I created a new blog (here) for my Intro to Linguistics class. I posted (with the new free postdate feature) my class notes from the first day. Nothing fancy. I use the pre tag to allow me to do ascii art and such, just as I wrote the stuff in my notebooks.

Second, I did the "mock-up" for my Web page project for CWL. I didn't have anything in mind until I was freezing in the lab. Going beyond what the assignment requires, I drew up a design that uses the classic 3-frame look. It's a page which students could use to discover what services each building has on campus. It'll utilize an image-map. The students click on the building in question (right frame) and the left frame will have a key which allows them to select the service for that building they wish to view.

Two things sparked this idea. First, I stumbled across an ice-cream vending machine (one of those neat vaccum ones) in Gilbreath Hall earlier in the week. The second thing was that students are always asking where the [insert gender]'s restrooms are in the English building. That is because the male restrooms are on the first and fourth floor. They do not alternate as one might expect.

We had to announce our topic for the Web page in class. Most people are doing fansites or studious topics. I think mine was the only straight out goofy idea. I mentioned a pda version for those with PDAs and the Instructor wipped out his PDA! He also suggested that I might want to, when it's completed, to present my Web page to the Student Government Association. I think it's too geeky to be of much general use. But it should be a fun project, so long as I find the time to finish it by next Friday. Working in the compute lab MWF should give me the access (and time management) that I need.