What did you do this past week?

It’s been a crazy week, in both positive and negative way. I had my third Chemistry Exam on Wednesday. It was terrible. The class average was so bad that the professor decided to make each question count as one point less than it should have been. I ended up scoring 10 points above the class average, but it wasn’t fun. On Thursday, I attempted to fly out to San Francisco for AfroTech. I had a connecting flight. My first flight got delayed to the point that I would have missed my connecting flight. I managed to get switched on a flight to Houston minutes before it took off. From Houston, I flew to San Francisco. I reached my hotel at 3 AM CST. The front desk informed me that the CS department booked my hotel room but forgot to pay for it. The hotel let me pay for an incidental fee to keep my reservation while the department figures out the payment issue. By the time that I arrived in California, the northern California fires had been raging on for quite some time. The air quality in San Francisco was terrible. Many residents were wearing a gas mask while walking around outside. Afrotech made it all worth it though. I had the opportunity to meet so many amazing people while there. I attend talks given by individuals ranging from Common to Daymond John.

What’s in your way?

I’ve missed three days of class due to me attending Afrotech. Catching up on all the work that I missed is going to be miserable.

What will you do next week?

Next week, I will finish up this phase of the SWE project. I also have to do a present in my UX class.

What was your experience in learning SQL? (this question will vary, week to week)

Prior to this class, I had already taken Data Management. I’m familiar with SQL, but I have still learned a lot. We did not cover subjects like “like” and “in” in my data management class.

What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

My pick-of-the-week for this week is this interesting article about whether or not you should use www of not for your website (oesmyrepworkfor.me). The state that excluding www is prettier, but it results in cooking being shared to all subdomains, which negatively impacts performance. The author proclaims that using www. Is better in terms of security and performance.