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Bye bye fall quarter...

Yep, one more quarter is gone and with it almost all of my brain energy haha. I studied very very hard during the last couple of months and it seems as if I have gotten my reward... I got my final grades(Finally! I checked like twice a day for almost a week (the grades are posted on RIT's infocenter web))...

Course No	Course Title	Grade	Type	Att	Ern	Instructor
0511-211-90	PRIN OF MICROECONOMICS	A		4	4	TISDALE
1011-208-02	COLLEGE CHEMISTRY	A		4	4	COLLISON
1017-313-07	UNIV. PHYSICS III	A		4	4	KERN
4003-263-01	COMP SCI FOR TRANSFERS	A		5	5	ZANIBBI
4003-263-43	LABORATORY		NG	0	0	VINCENT

I got 4.0 !!! I am so happy and satisfied! I feel that this has been the quarter where I have learned the most... and thanks to God I am officially over with any math/calc/physics courses! now, I only have to enjoy the geeky courses I have left and of course get a CO-OP ASAP!


On another note, I have been working on a new project here... Build my own PVR/DVR (kind of a tivo) so I have used ubuntu and mythtv and it is working like a charm, I can watch TV from any computer in the house, schedule recordings , check the weather (yeah, here it is very important to know how cold it will be!), and watch those recordings on the Xbox (softmoded xbox with xbox media center) etc. Eventually, when I get some money I will buy some small factor computers and use them as frontends and connect them to the tv and to the backend which is hosted in the basement between the 1000 of computers we have down there hahaha, I will probably post some pictures of this later this week once I get everything working perfect. Next project : Mame arcade, a life size arcade machine in which I plan to put all of the greatest and oldest games. I am looking forward to this project, I used to enjoy so much playing on those machines when I was like ~12, I remember my partner in crime (tekulin) and I spending every last penny on those arcade games! haha

So, now I will be "resting" for two weeks and then I will get back to the routine of the poor student... haha

PS: The da vinci code is soooooooo good a must see! rent it out ! it is on blockbuster!

Claudio.

Movies

OMG! Yesterday we watched Nacho Libre and It was so funny!!!!!! I laugh through the whole movie! hhahaha You can see the strong influence of "Napoleon Dynamite" in this movie but It end up being funny anyways!
I think that watching 'Nacho Libre' spoken in english makes it even more funny because one can recognize our characteristic spanglish accent that makes me laugh wherever I hear it... and that also makes me think 'Oh My God, I talk like that too!' hahhaha

I can't left out a movie that we watched a couple of weeks ago, 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang' , it was veeeeeeeeeeeery good. It is kind of Thriller/Comedy movie that has you thinking until the very end, I really recomend it!

Also, 'The Matador' is very good, I enjoyed it very much...


'For REALSSS!' / 'NaaaachooOOOoooOOOoooOOooo' ahhahaha


that's it for now,

Clau.

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I am back from the dead!

Yeah, I know I have not been around lately... Well, School has been been harder than before (I guess it is supposed to be...) So, I spend most of my afternoon (and many late nights) working on homework and studying for my tests... And even sometimes... preparing for the next class!! (yes, here you usually have to prepare the next class material in advance, something unthinkable for the common USACH student!)

I have been doing pretty good in school. This quarter I took: Physics III (lots of calculus... I SUFFER!), Microeconomics, University Chemistry, and Computer Science for Transfer Students... YES!!! Finally I got a Computer related Class! and I am enjoying it... I have finally learned JAVA! (I did get past the page 40 of the book!)...

I am still deciding if I go through with my master degree right after my bachelor.. After a little math, I have about one year left of courses plus a year of COOP (You have to go to work somewhere.. get paid and get experience) which is required to get my degree...

I usually find stuff here from Chile like fruits or wine but today Jarlene found a newspaper article which I include here...


Like is usual, we never make press for having won the Hockey World Cup, or the Tennis World Cup, etc... I always find articles about conflicts in Chile... Since I left , I can see nothing has changed... We still have the unresponsive government or perhaps the overdemanding citizens...

That's all for now, I will try take the time to post more often...

Take care,
Clau

OZZFEST2006

We went to Ozzfest and it was just great...
We arrived at about 4 pm just on time to hear some of Ozzy's music and to enjoy the main event at the main stage duh!
I liked them all but I specially enjoyed the last band :D System of a Down.

Main stage:

DRAGONFORCE 4:55 PM 5:20 PM 25MINUTES

LACUNA COIL 5:25 PM 6:00 PM 35MINUTES

HATEBREED 6:05 PM 6:50 PM 45MINUTES

AVENGED SEVENFOLD 7:00 PM 7:40 PM 40MINUTES

DISTURBED 7:55 PM 9:05 PM 70MINUTES

SYSTEM OF A DOWN 9:20 PM 10:50 PM 90MINUTES

PICS OF OZZFEST2006 @ BUFFALO, NY

Ozzfest - 2006

Aug 5, 2006 - 26 Photos

Wifi

After following up on a link I found on www.digg.com, I found this website made by a guy in New Zeland who is like the master of the "Poor Man's WiFi" (A.K.A. Howto steal other guys' wifi without a US200 antenna haha)
After reading a while it seems as if this design works the best for the less money.
I have not tried yet but it looks like it should work pretty well...
Interested? go to http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ to check out all the different designs

(This remember me of many friends and family who could use this to get in better shape "their" *cough* wifi connections )
I really liked this design made with a Chinese parabolic Cookware (Math geeks out there brush up those parabolic equations !)

http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/usbscoop.jpg

Finally I am out of school... for a while.

I passed all of my classes and got my deserved summer vacations...
Yay...

Course Title	Grade
WRITING	A
AMERICAN POLITICS	B
UNIV PHYSICS II	A
BOWLING/OFF-CAMPUS	S

I have not posted very often because of school and stuff, anyways I have not done much during school time...

I am thinking about changing my program at RIT to Bachelor/Master in Computer Science.
I am required to have minimum GPA of 3.5 or so and I could get my Master degree faster by taking graduate level courses right now... It would be cool.

I have been teaching myself carpentry, and *trying* to build a big desk with folder and shelves, I have not painted yet but it looks decent...

That is for now,

Clau.

Friends

We were cleaning the house and we found this picture. It was at my high school graduation ceremony 6 years ago. We were (and I hope we still are) best friends. Now, everyone of us had taken different paths on life and we do not see nor talk to each other as much as we used to, but I am sure that someday our paths will cross again and we will enjoy a nice bbq and chat.
Hugs for them out there whereever they are!

From left to right (Top row):
Claudio V. aka devmod now studying Computer Science at RIT, New York, USA.
Cristian F. aka king of heart, Ctn now living somewhere in the north of Chile. Studying engineer (I believe so).
Carlos V. aka darkmake, konkekumake now living in Santiago, Chile, studying Network and Conectivity and Working.
(Bottom row):
Mario V. aka mcrow, albo100, etc. now living in Antofagasta, Chile. Now, working at an airport as Security and Rescue in the remote posibility that an airplane falls aka HERO.

Keith's Graduation

Congrats to our brother, Keith!!!!!!!!!!! Hoooooray!
Glückwünsche für Ihre Staffelung!!!
(I do not even know if it is right haha (copy & paste))

Keith graduated at Olathe Northwest High School with Germany honor and he was in the Olathe newspaper!!!!
Keith is coming to Rochester next month (June), and he is gonna take a look at RIT to see if he likes it or not.
We really enjoyed our stay in Kansas, and hopefully we will go again soon.

Here on the picture: (from smaller to tall) Jarlene, Claudio, Keith.

Sleepy heads! ;-)

When we arrived Kansas, Jaqqie and Clau fell sleep in the car!!!
Hahahaha
~Jarlene

On the road - Chicago

Yep, we are on our way to Kansas because we are going to Keith's
graduation (Jarlene's young brother). So, we are here eating breakfast
in Chicago while we are waiting for boarding on our plane :P

More pics to come...

CONGRATS TO KEITH!
~Jarlene & Devmod

Yayyy

====Quick News====

Finally, we got a 20" Imac, and it is just a piece of art!!
I am slowly learning... but I am learning haha, anyway I am sort of lost looking for the right software for basic stuff like AIM, MSN, Torrents, etc..
Any suggestions?

A little bit of everything...

Finally school ended (just for a while) and I have time to post the stuff I have been doing for the last couple of weeks...

Xbox Mod.

After like 3 or 4 days trying to Softmod my xbox (modding via some hack through a game), it worked!
I rented a game (Mechassault) and then I opened a joystick and soldered an usb connector to it. After that, I copied a save of Mechassault into an usb stick, and then I loaded it through the game. After loading it, I could boot linux! hahhaa After doing that, I installed some softwares into the Xbox.
Some of the stuff I can do now are: Listen to my mp3s, watch my videos, play emulator games such as MAME, SNES, NES, etc., read the news, browse the web , etc, etc... haha
Here are some pics of the result:





OSX in my PC (x86)

I used a dvd install and it worked pretty much out of the box, but the network did not work. I tried like 5 different fixes for it, but none of them worked plus it was kind of unstable, so I gave up with OSX... Until I got the real deal haha (this is OSX in an Apple computer...)

Movies

I watched City of God (Brasilian movie) and It was really good. It talks straight up about poverty and corruption in Brasil, and it gives a different perspective from that we all have with the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and people enjoying some cocktails in a coconut. It is definitely a strong movie, so be prepared!
I give the movie 8 out of 10 TUXES AHAHHAHAHA

Final Grades!

So, I am getting my final grades and I will be updating this table as soon as I get all of them :)

	Course Title	Grade	Type	Att	Ern	Instructor
0502-100-01	BASIC WRITING	A		4	0	EVERHART
0508-211-04	SCIENCE TECH VALUES	B		4	4	LARIZZA
1016-366-01	DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II	A		4	4	COPPENBARGER
1017-311-06	UNIV PHYSICS I	A		4	4	O'DEA
1111-009-01	BILLIARDS	S		0	0	FANALE

uff long time no post... NYC Part 1

I have been really busy with school and all, and I have like 10 posts in mind, but I dunno if it is possibe to post them all this weekend hhahaha.

First, a short commentary about my trip to New York City:
Ufff. NYC rulz haha I dunno where to start... ohh yes , I do know...
After about (don't remmy exactly) 4 hour of driving we heard (Cop Sound), so we pulled over. A guy like 6" tall (or maybe he looked taller because we were sitting in our car haha) told us "License and Registration please" and suddendly all the episodes of COPS that I have seen came to my mind (I thought I even heard the musical theme "Bad boys , Bad boys what u gonna do... haha"). So, he basically told us we were going to 84 mi/h (about 135 km/h) in a 60 mi/h area... And then he wrote us a ticket and we were on our way again just that now Jarlene drove like 20 mi/h ahhaha. After that little impasse we got to NYC, it is funny how you can tell when you are in New York City... Just look for traffic areas hhahaha. We got to the hotel (the Intercontinental hotel, we got it extremely cheap through www.savingsbarn.com), and It was just great a nice hotel and service... However, we did not spend much of our time there, we walked our feet off!

First Day:
After arriving, we went to see Rockefeller Center (Ice Skating Ring), and then at night, we went to the Time Square. The iceskating ring was completely full, there was a line of about 500 people waiting to get in and maybe other 500 just watching the inexperienced fall over and over again. Later at Times Square was just wonderful, I could not describe the experience. I felt literally like a Huaso in Santiago Centro (A cowboy in a Capital city). The lights were overwhelming I could say I have never seen so many bigscreens toghether at once haha (now you understand why the cowboy thing), and these lights generated by the publicity ads changed everything's color. It was a sunday night, and there was SO MUCH PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! (Chilean tip: It was like Paseo Ahumada at lunch time or a Saturday before christmas).












VIDEO TIME SQUARE

The video is on my P2-333 mhz server, so I hope it works fine haha.











Second Day (Monday):

We went to the Statue of liberty and bought the tickets, and then we realized there was other 1000 people waiting in line to get in, so we gave up and left planning to go the next day morning... Afterward, we walked our way to WTC on the road we saw many interesting places... Once we got there, it was really shocking because I did not realize first of all the size of that building, secondly I never realized how many people died there... It was a really sad place, I could see it in the face of the other visitors.

There was a homeless guy playing a sad melancolich melody with his flute, and this gave the atmosphere a weird feeling. Even though, I am not American, I felt really sad in that place.
Later on, we visited the Brooklyn Bridge, the oldest bridge in NYC. This bridge has a beautiful architecture and we caught the sunset just on time. I took many many pictures! Trying to get "the perfect one" haha, at this time I was totally worn out, but we had a long way to go! Afterward, we visited little Italy and Chinatown (To get in Chinatown you need passport! haha just kidding), which were nice places, and we stopped at a little cafe to eat some lunch.
Then we visited the Apple Store, where I dreamt a little about the trillion of things I wanted from there, which has a nice architecture based on clean lines and where, of course, predominated the glass and white tones.






It was still monday, but the night had fallen and my feet were probably broken, but we had one more location to visit: Central Park. It was a really nice place and it had a cool fair next to it (Chilean tip: It was like Santa Lucia Hill's fair). As I walked there, I recognized many movies' locations (Home Alone -Mi pobre angelito- , Kate and Leopold) which looked incredible small compared to what I remembered.


After our journey, we headed to the hotel, and on the sidewalk we stopped to buy some peanuts. Big was my surprise when I saw this little Chilean flag in the corner of the CARRITO, to make a long story short, the guy asked me "Are you from Chile?" I answered yes, and then he said " Weeeeena po weoooooon como tay po %$#^$". So at that very instant I said to myself, "Yes, he IS chilean!" haha, I think we both felt really excited to see another Chilean and he invited me to pose as a sellman next to him, while his Gringo friend stopped the transit on the sidewalk, so we can took a picture hahaha. Then we said goodbye and he gave me an extra bag of peanuts...
But this was not over... On our way to the hotel, I noticed three widescreen monitors with a familiar logo. As I approached, the blurry logo came to life and it read something like this:

"WATCH OUT Display software has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience... ...Please tell Microsoft about this problem..."

I bursted in a loud laugh, and then explained why it was so funny to Jarlene. I tried to press the "Send error report" button, but I could not find the keyboard haha... (I wonder how many people actually saw that error...).

So, we got back to our room and ate something, and we started planning our next day itinerary. At 11.00 pm, we saw on the news that there would be a strike on the bus and subway system the next day, worried about it and praying that all would be fine the next day we went to sleep.


Ufff.. this was a long post, I think I will leave the day 3 for the next post...
byez!

Full picture album at: http://jarlene.no-ip.org/gallery2/