So I suspect that a number of you that know me might be curious as to what I've been doing with myself since leaving San Jose State. I graduated in May and left my full-time SJSU post at the College of Engineering in late June. Since then, however, I've been relatively silent on the job front. This, unfortunately, has been somewhat intentional--my employer does not want me to blog about them. So I won't.

I think, however, that I'm free to talk about the sort of work I've been doing in general.

As of this past Saturday (2008-05-24), I now have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from SJSU. Pictures are here for the graduation ceremony and here for the CS award.

You can read about my award, the 2008 Outstanding Graduating CS Senior of the Year (quoted from the CS Department Website) by clicking "Read More" below:

Now I get to add "2008 SJSU CompSci Outstanding Graduating Senior" to my resume.

Many thanks to the people that have been so patient with me over the years. :-)

Update: There was a lunch for the various award recipients. Pictures here.

As I peer through my to-do list for the next couple of months, graduation looms nigh. It's about damn time, but I find it interesting all the stuff the folks at the SJSU bookstore have made available to throw money at:

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Checking MySJSU yesterday, it appears that my Credit by Examination (CbE, a.k.a. "Challenging a Course") grade is in and is the expected "CR" grade. This is the second course I've successfully challenged (see here for information on the first one). Click "read more" for the rest...

Click "read more" for my thoughts on the matter...

Grades are in. Bit lacksadasical (for me, anyway)...

So my T'ai Chi class requires that every student write a paper (!) that relates to TC somehow. The paper below is what happens when you mix a vague requirement with someone who is rather verbose and is one semester from graduating with a CS degree.

Oddly enough, I think I do a passable job relating Chi with the flow effect. Click "read more" to continue...

Update: Issue has been Resolved!

This post has been a long time in coming--since I work for SJSU, I had to clear it with the Powers That Be that I'm OK to write such a thing. That said, here's a disclaimer: These are my experiences and opinions, SJSU can't have them :-). This article will be edited and reposted whenever new information becomes available.

For the last two years, seven months, and 25 days (and counting), I've been trying to get San Jose State University to grant me credit for all lower division general education requirements. This is the story of how I got here, why I'm still waiting, and what this might mean for the community at large. Many thanks to the folks at Mission College and the Ombudsman's office at SJSU for their continued help--with any luck, this will be fixed and someday I'll be able to graduate. Click "Read More" to continue.

Well, it's yet another semester in the can, and here's the results:

They were both morning classes, so I guess I shouldn't complain about the A- in my 7:30. My instructor and I didn't see eye-to-eye all that much, so I'll just count my blessings and move on.