I can’t help but think the United States has become more class hungry than I can ever remember, or even look back in history to prove wrong. When watching the news tonight about the food bank, it struck me the way they used the term middle class. At what point did being middle class mean being poor? Shouldn’t the middle class be where you would expect it to be? You know…   in the middle?

This either tells me the middle class hasn’t changed in the amount of money it has relative to other classes and that it takes more money to get by, or that the definition of middle class needs to change. The later isn’t answer enough, I believe the former is only the tip of the iceburg. Whatever, more on this later I suppose, I am busy paying my bills I can’t afford.

• Did anybody ever find out why people are camping outside the apple store in NY? Flashmob? Improv? Fanboys? #

Engadget was showing pictures of a line that is forming at the apple store in new york. No apparent reason as there hasn’t been an announcement of anything new. On top of that, the only reason people would wait outside of the store is the new iphone. Not announced!

Use a python script to keep up with your Domino’s order. Use the script in linux. This could be very useful if you have a myth system connected to your TV.
Disclaimer: This is a very nerdy thing to do and could cause nerd joy and brain expansion

Go to the original page for the dominos.py file.
Domino’s Python Script

• Confessional booth is now up and running. I am waiting to see if anybody is going to record themselves. Brave people if they do. #
• @geekgiant: My guess is no, the blogosphere (I can’t believe I used that word) is self-centered and will only care about those that share. #

Last night was my last final of the semester. It was also an evening with quick, violent weather. I don’t want to write a long post as I am typing this on my phone because the power is still out at the house. The cloverdale and rosemont areas were hit the hardest, but everything is good at the Tracy house. Ok, time to finish my coffee and head to work.

This week, as the title might have led you on to, is finals week. Needless to say, it has been a very busy time for me, and I don’t really have the time to post an updated, but I figured it would get my mind off of things if for only a brief period of time.

Tomorrow, one of my more demanding tests is taking place. Operations Management. Many students at AUM have strikes of fear course through them when they hear that class, mostly because of a certain professor there, and if you have taken this course from AUM, you know exactly who I am talking about. I don’t know these fears because I lucked out this semester and ended up with a new instructor for the class. Sure, I am lucky I don’t have the fears other students do, but I still have to take that test!

It has been difficult this week also because one of the big projects at work is getting underway and we are reaching the last few moments before it launches. I am talking about the Southern Writers’ Project. So, what have I had to do for the SWP this year? I launched a new website for them which you can get to by clicking above. Sure the design isn’t bad, but don’t judge my code. The code is awful and I am not very proud of it.

In addtion to the website, I have been working on another computer to build a confessional booth. We are putting it in a little known telephone booth inside the patrons’ room at the end of the main lobby. I am trying to make the system activate once it detects motion. So the idea is that a person opens the door to the telephone booth, and sits down. Once they sit down the system starts recording until it no longer detects motion (when the person exits the room). The main problem I have been having with this is software. There isn’t a lot of software that will detect motion and start recording video, rather most of the motion capture software only snaps pictures once it is activated.  If you know of something that will definately take video once motion is detected, please let me know. If all else fails, I have a point and click solution to this.

I will have to post pictures of the confessional booth once it is complete. I think it is a really cool idea, but I doubt it will get much use during the week.

I am also putting a couple of computers together to serve as scrolling scripts. The idea is that the script is started with a couple of lines and will be finished line by line by different people. These are experiments obviously, but still nifty ideas none-the-less.

Alright, enough of my time has been spent updating, and I probably need to get back to my studies, so I will bid you goodnight. Until next time.

• Studying the Matsushita company #