MassCUE and switching projects

Last week was MassCUE. Ari, Bryce, Will, and I had a lot of fun at MassCUE. We got a lot of free swag, and we got to see a ton of cool vendors. Ari's post on it really described what we did, check it out if you are curious about the details.

In other news, I decided to completely scrap the RPN project. I was really unmotivated and I didn't get anything done since my last post. I decided to work on an overall improvement of my website, my website . I made a giant to do list of things to work on for the site, so I won't be bored with this project. For some reason, the site doesn't work on non-Blink browsers. It could be a problem with how I'm using the polyfill. I also want to make a version of my stocks experiment using core-ajax because I will be presenting how to use core-ajax at a conference.

Adam Yee Blog Entry #4

It's that time again.  About a week ago I came down with severe food poisoning and was out for about half a week.  Thus, I'll be merging the previous week's blog post with this one.
Unfortunately, due to my illness, I wasn't able to go onto the field trip to Foxborough.  I spent that day doing makeup work.  However, I am still slightly behind in the progression of my project.  The fact that I still haven't found a student-friendly statistics software doesn't help my case either.  However, the NBA has started so next week I will present the NFL ultimate team.  Due to the fact that I still don't have software, I won't be able to analyze the stats for the Fantasy Football season.  I am currently learning how to use one but it's very complicated and may take time to get the hang of.  Hopefully I will be able show some screenshots soon.
A little shorter of a blog post this week, but I haven't been able to do much because of missing several classes.  Pictures will be up next blog post.

Operation iPads

Bryce Corbitt

For the past few weeks in innovation lab, I've had sole job to complete; updating the school iPads. What seems like an easy task, is much harder than one might think. 30 iPads in one cart need to be updated with the latest apps for the History department. When the iPads are plugged into the cart, all of them can be plugged into the computer from one cable from the cart. Between loose cables connecting to the iPads, and the iTunes in need of updating for certain ones to connect, updating them has not been easy to do. When the iPads are plugged into the cart, all of them can be plugged into the computer from one cable coming from the cart. The iPad cables are very loose, but after multiple checks to make assure that they are all plugged in, they've been secured.  Luckily, lights on the back allow me to see which individual iPads are connected. To make the situation more challenging,  only about half of the iPads would actually load on the computer due to an outdated iTunes on the computer. About a week later, the MacBook used to update the iPads has come back to the Innovation Lab  and is ready for updating. On top of it all, however, the iTunes account password used to update the iPads was lost! Countless password guessing went into retrieving the password, but after many attempts, the iPads are ready to be updated. As of now, we have one backup of a fully updated iPad that we can use to update the other iPads to the second they plug into the cart. As soon as the iPads are available for updating again next week, the innovation lab will finish the job!

The rock paper scissors shows promise

     Since my last post, I have worked on finishing the functions section of my codecademy project. I have successfully completed this course, and honestly i fell tht it has benefited me very much in the sense that it has taught me how to perfect my syntax and to not repeat large amounts of code. I feel this will help when it comes to programming with Android Studio because i think tat there will be many strings of code that i have to repeat, and by using functions it will considerably lessen my workload. As a result it will free me up to have more innovative ideas for a project. Overall I really liked this section as it was very easy to learn and it was very comprehensive. I think that the creator of codecademy was really helpful with his hints in scenarios that were a little more confusing to figure out.

     As a final test of this course, it made me create a rock paper scissors game using my previous knowledge and functions. Basically the trick was to make one big function and include many little if else statements. As a result you make several scenarios with several outcomes, and based on the outcome the computer chooses the winner. When i finished the project I felt really happy, and this felling will help me in the future. As I finished the course i felt a sense of accomplishment and this is what will help drive me into further accomplishment. Overall i fell like i am making good progress on this project and i am enjoying

it very much.

Ari's Experience at MassCUE: #freeswag

Last week the help desk took a trip to Gillete Stadium to attend MassCUE. Andrei wimped out of coming because he was worried about class work, and Adam didn't come for reasons unknown to me, so it was just me, Eli, Will, and Bryce. The bus ride to Gillete was long, but we had a lot of fun chatting during it, and we took a picture to send Andrei to show him what he was missing.



When we got there, we first had to find Mr. Downs, who had gotten lost. After we found him we were set up at two seperate tables, two students a table. I was paired with Will. Our job was to help people who came by with tech problems, though we were mostly asked for directions.

After our scheduled desk-manning time was up, we grouped back up and then went off to the buffet. They had free Hagan-dazz ice cream bars! Bryce had 3, plus a fruit popsicle. Next we went off to check out the booths, and picked up some free swag. We also played with some smart-table thing that made musical noises when you tapped the virtual instruments.

On the way back to Andover High, we played with our cool new mini sudoku machines. Hard mode was impossible without guessing, but easy mode was fine. Bryce couldn't even do easy mode, though. All in all, I had a lot of fun on my first field trip at Andover High, and I hope there are more trips to come.