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diff --git a/src/2023/February/1.tex b/src/2023/February/1.tex
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+\mytitle{My First Exam}{\gp}
+
+Today holds first exam! Additionally, todays due dates include quizzes \#1 and
+\#3, along with the second assignment.
+
+I completed quizzes \#1 and \#3 a while ago, a few times, actually. The quizzes
+had unlimited attempts, as a way for the teacher to allow us to maximize our
+points for the term. I'm not going to say the questions were easy, but if you
+pay attention in class, you won't miss them. I was able to get both of the
+quizzes up to 100\%, so that's a nice addition to my grade. There is also a quiz
+\#2, but it is extra credit, and I'll complete it within the week when I have
+time.
+
+The actual exam itself was also definitely doable. Being a fifty question exam,
+I thought I was surely going to miss more than just a handful, but I was
+pleasantly surprised with the contents. I should also mention that we were
+allowed a three by five, double-sided notecard on the exam; which caused more
+trouble that it should have. First, I should also add that I asked the teacher
+if I could print out my notecard, so I could type it up in Word and make the
+text really small and cram as much information as I can on both sides. I think
+spent over an hour messing with the sizing and trying to get the word to fit and
+not overflow or get caught in the margins, which are misleading compared to the
+printer preview!
+
+Anyways, the notecard actually proved to be rather useless as none of the, or
+what I thought to be, essential information was actually on the exam \ldots, so! As I
+mentioned, I was a little surprised of the exam questions being so tame and I
+even had enough time to go back and double-check myself around three times after
+completing the exam.
+
+The turnaround of grading was also quite fast and I had my score by the
+evening \ldots a twenty-one out of twenty-five; not bad! That score also includes a
+half-point of extra credit. Overall, it went well, especially considering that
+the class average was around 74\%.
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diff --git a/src/2023/February/10.tex b/src/2023/February/10.tex
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+\mytitle{Resume Follow-up: Cover Letters and Personal Statements}{\dd}
+
+The aim of this documentation development assignment was to write a cover letter
+and personal statement for myself which would be used in conjunction with my
+resume.
+
+The resume guidelines included consideration on a clear audience, use of topic
+sentences, and formatting.
+
+Writing the cover letter was a bit more difficult than I had anticipated.
+Keeping the tone in check was a bit of a challenge, but I think that I managed
+to do so quite well. I also had to make sure that I was not too relaxed in my
+writing and that I set a good platter for the resume that I had written.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/12.tex b/src/2023/February/12.tex
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+\mytitle{Registers and Memory}{\co}
+
+For the homework today, we began expanding on the concepts of simple memory and
+how it is implemented in a computer.
+
+The first two problems were examples of shift and parallel registers, which
+allowed us to understand the fundamentals of the different types of flip-flips
+that we were using the implement them. These were quite simple, so simple that I
+was able to just copy my drawing of the first solution, and increment them by
+one clock cycle to get the second, third, and fourth solutions.
+
+The next couple of problems included the understanding of complex memory
+structures such as read-only-memory and random-access-memory. These were a bit
+more complex, since they have a lot more variables and calculations that you
+need to keep track of, but since they follow the simple rules of 2-based
+arithmetic, they were fairly easy to solve.
+
+Finally, we had two problems which, once again, worked to ingrain the concepts
+of D flip-flops in our minds. The problems implemented simple circuits that made
+use of D flip-flops, and we were asked to draw the timing diagrams for the
+circuits.
+
+The quiz was a bit more packed than the homework, but it still followed the same
+guidelines that these circuits respect. The quiz included some more timing
+diagrams, shift and parallel registers, and memory calculations. Additionally,
+there was a section which included a pretty in-depth calculation of the inner
+representation of a memory chip, but looking past the complexity of the diagram,
+internally, it was still just a memory chip that could be represented with a
+series of calculations.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/13.tex b/src/2023/February/13.tex
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+\mytitle{The Fundamentals of Memory}{\gp}
+
+Within psychology today, we started expanding further on the concept of memory.
+Some of the learning examples included test on ourselves to access our memories,
+examples, and a video at the end.
+
+One of the tests which we completed was remembering words in a list to test our
+short-term memory. Fourteen words were shown for a brief moment, then we were
+instructed to wait around fifteen seconds to let our short-term memory clear,
+and finally we were instructed to write down as many words as we could.
+
+Additionally, we completed similar tests for sensory memory by flashing around
+fourteen letters on the screen for less than a second, and writing down as many
+as we could at that moment.
+
+Finally, we completed a test for our long-term memory where we had to memorize a
+set of numbers, -- which incremented in count -- wait fifteen seconds, and write
+down the exact set of numbers. First we started out with a single number, then a
+pair, a triad, and so on.
+
+Todays use of hands-on learning made it engaging and exciting to test ourselves,
+while soaking in the information using first-hand experiences.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/14.tex b/src/2023/February/14.tex
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+\mytitle{Finishing Touches}{\da}
+
+Today was a pretty quick day compared to the rest. I had my digital art class,
+where today was allotted to putting our finishing touches onto our sticker sets
+and printing if we were complete.
+
+I arrived to class close to 9:00 AM and I was out by 10:00 (AM). Since I had
+finished up my stickers last class, I just had to export and print. After
+informing the professor of my completion, they had assured me that they would
+print my twelve-ish sets of stickers by the end of the day; twelve because we
+will be trading sticker sets with classmates next class on Thursday.
+
+Today was quick, efficient, and I'm relieved that my sticker sets will be
+complete for critique and trading on Thursday.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/15.tex b/src/2023/February/15.tex
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+\mytitle{Memory; Continued}{\gp}
+
+Today, continued our studies on memory. Today's class wasn't an average note
+taking day, but rather another class where we got to participate by completing
+tests which accessed our memory.
+
+One of the tests which we completed today was quite a planned one; the professor
+had a image up on the projector in the beginning of the class which she quickly
+removed as soon as the class had commenced. After chugging through most of
+class, she had asked us at the very end what items we could remember from the
+image. Promptly, we, the class, named a few items which were there, but also a
+few items which were not in the image, for example, there were no books in the
+image. The professor then informed us that this was a test to access our bias/
+schema for settings which we observed, but had not paid full attention to. Of
+course, the topic of todays lecture was about bias and schemas in memory, so
+this really hammered in the nail for us.
+
+We were also asked to recall a "effect" which occurs when attempting to remember
+multiple items in a set. None of us could, which also set in stone the effect
+and how it applies to the real world. The serial-position effect along with
+recency and primacy effects were what we had been taught towards the middle of
+our lecture on Tuesday, and it was also the effect which we had all experienced
+today.
+
+Finally, we were all reminded about our assignments, exams, and quizzes which
+were due next week on Monday towards the very end of class.
+
+Overall, today was a fun, informative, and applicable day which gave real-life
+examples of the very subject we are learning presently.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/16.tex b/src/2023/February/16.tex
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+\mytitle{Class Cut Short}{\da}
+
+Today also happened to be amongst the shortest of my digital art classes. The
+goal of today's class was supposed to be a critique and trading session that
+spans most of the allotted class time, but due to unplanned circumstances with
+the professor's cat, that was scrapped.
+
+The critique portion of today's class has been moved online, I assume this is
+not only due to the class being cut in time, but also due to the low turnout
+today.
+
+Class was actually quite mellow today as after we had been informed of the
+change of plans, we were all instructed to grab one of each sticker set and cut
+them out, put them around the room or keep them.
+
+Similar to Tuesday, by the time class had struck 10:00 AM, we were out.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/17.tex b/src/2023/February/17.tex
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+\mytitle{Under Control}{\dd}
+
+Today the "Week 6. User Research Checkin" assignment was due which has been a
+treat to complete.
+
+With this assignment, I am happy that I was given control over the documentation
+to evaluate, as I can find creative ways to assess documentation which is near
+and dear to me.
+
+Being given the choice to include two to three of the examples sections, I chose
+to complete all of them as it will give me less to do at a later date; I also
+just got lost in the processes and had fun completing them one-by-one.
+
+I really await to see how my questions will be answered as I can't predict the
+answers of others.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/19.tex b/src/2023/February/19.tex
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+\mytitle{Finite State Machines and the Midterm}{\co}
+
+This week, we had a midterm, so our professor decided to give us homework \#5
+for free, kept kept the quiz for the follwing week. Additionally, we had a guest
+speaker who was possible going to be a new professor in the department, so we
+had it easy for the week.
+
+The midterm was jam packaged with questions. The first twenty lone consisted of
+various conversion and technical multiple-choice questions. Following them were
+a series of question about decoders, encoders, and multiplexers. These were
+lengthy to complete, but nothing I couldn't do.
+
+After about the halfway mark is where it got easier, just a couple
+floating-point conversions, memory calculations, and register problems which
+were all fast to do, as our assignments are all open-book.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/20.tex b/src/2023/February/20.tex
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+\mytitle{Midterm Recap}{\gp}
+
+Today was the midterm for psychology, along with some other due dates. Similar
+to the last psychology exam, and surprisingly, this exam also went smoothly.
+
+When I get to class today at the usual time, 10:00 AM, about half of the class
+was already down and sitting down and working on their exams, which give me a
+shock that I was late, but as I would soon learn, I was not. Turns out that if
+you came to class when the doors opened, around ten minutes before class begins,
+you would be able to start the test early. I was not aware of this as it had not
+been announced, but thankfully, I had not lost any time.
+
+Funnily, I woke up at 8:00 AM today, got ready, and was around halfway to the
+campus before I noticed that it was in-fact 9:00 AM, not 10:00 AM \ldots. I'm not
+sure what went wrong, but I was happy that I got to go back and get a bit more
+rest before class.
+
+Like the last exam, my printed note-card was absolutely no help \ldots. I'm not sure
+if I'm overthinking about what I put on there, but the information rather
+reassured knowledge that I already had ready to go rather than giving me the
+information directly \ldots, or maybe that's what their purpose is? Luckily, the exam
+was not too difficult and I was able to complete it in a timely manor and go
+over my answers a couple times.
+
+At this point in time we have not received our graded test sheets back yet, but
+my grade has already been applied to the online grade-book (I can't see the
+individual, exam's grade) and I'm happy to say that I \textit{think} I got
+around a 96\% on the exam.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/21.tex b/src/2023/February/21.tex
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+\mytitle{A Short Day}{\da}
+
+Today was another one of those digital art days which had me in confusion.
+
+Upon entering the class, I noticed that there was only one other student, and
+that we ahd a substitute teacher. In awe, I asked "Where's the rest of the
+class?" and they responded with something along the lines of "That's what I'm
+wondering.". Anyways, I sat down and started working on my project knowing that
+I hadn't much to do.
+
+Today was a introduction day to our work where we were specifically asked to
+brainstorm and come up with ideas for our projects. This is our third project of
+the term and it revolves around old artwork and using appropriation to
+accomplish a message.
+
+My project is based off of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and my goal is to
+transform it into a modern setting, specifically, an astronaut-esque, space-y
+setting: nebulas, stars, and not to forget the blinding white spacesuits and
+surroundings.
+
+By that time that I had finished my accumulation of ideas and sketches, class
+was unsurprisingly empty again so I said my goodbyes and left for home.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/22.tex b/src/2023/February/22.tex
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+\mytitle{Snow Day}{\gp}
+
+Today seemed to be a regular day of psychology, post-exam, but soon we would see
+some interesting things happen.
+
+On the drive to campus, and even outside of my home, I noticed a small sprinkle
+of snow falling from the sky. Some even stuck onto my hair, but it would melt as
+it hit the ground. I wasn't expecting much, but I was still excited to see some
+snow.
+
+After getting to class before 10:00 AM, we had a nice lecture on the different
+states of mind. Specifically, today, we talked about the sleep states in-depth.
+The information was actually really interesting, and we talked about all sorts
+of topics such as sleep paralysis, sleep walking, and even lucid dreaming.
+
+Around fifty minutes into lecture, my professor was making some talk about how
+her friends were wishing her a good drive home and such, but she couldn't the
+big worry. She quickly left the room and checked outside in the main hallway and
+came back with little to say other than that if we wanted to leave early because
+we were driving far, we could.
+
+We continued on class as normal for a few more minutes, but rather comically,
+a loud announcement was made over the intercom that the campus was closing due
+to severe weather. Like I said, it was just a sprinkle of snow and I had not
+seen anything since getting to class as we are in a recessed classroom which is
+not exposed to the interior hallway.
+
+After wrapping up and getting out, I'm pretty sure everyone was equally as
+surprised about the actual amount of snow that had fallen. There was such a
+clear contrast between the covered areas and snowy, open-sky parts that I was
+taken aback. Considering how much snow this actually is, and that the
+temperatures are within subzero (Celsius), I'll be waiting to see how the rest
+of the week goes in terms of closures.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/24.tex b/src/2023/February/24.tex
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+\mytitle{Testing and Testing}{\dd}
+
+Today, I was tasked with adding the finishing touches on my user research
+assignment, along with completing the actual testing portion.
+
+Since I made sure to complete as much as I could for the user research check-in
+assignment, I didn't have much to work on in terms of completing the document,
+but I still made some minor changes that didn't impact the message of the
+document, but rather some final wording and formatting changes which I felt
+would make the document look more professional.
+
+I also completed my testing portion which was a bit more difficult than I
+originally thought it would be. Following the instructions that I wrote for the
+testing procedure was simple, but wrangling my test subjects required a bit more
+work.
+
+After I had gathered a few test subjects which ranged the various skill levels
+that I was looking for, I began the testing process. After finishing the testing
+process and gathering the results, I was able to compile and analyze the
+results.
+
+The analyzing stage was particularly interesting, as I was able to see the data
+that I had gathered and visualize it in a way that delivered concrete results
+that I could use to make change suggestions to the documentation.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/26.tex b/src/2023/February/26.tex
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+\mytitle{More Finite State Machines}{\co}
+
+The quiz this week was one of the simplest the whole term. Luckily, this was
+another one of those assignments that closely related to the material that we
+covered in class and on the homeworks from previous weeks.
+
+Similar to the discussions that we had in class, we were given a single problem
+to solve which included describing the finite state machine of an up/
+down-counter, drawing out the transition diagram of the counter, and finally,
+implementing the transition table and Karnough map that we had completed many
+times in this and the previous computer science classes.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/27.tex b/src/2023/February/27.tex
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+\mytitle{An Oddly Small Class on a Normal Day}{\gp}
+
+Today as I entered my classroom, I noticed that the class was significantly
+smaller than usual. I didn't make a count, but I'd say there was less than
+twelve students in this massive lecture hall. The teacher herself was also
+visibly confused as to why there was such low turnout. My best guess is that
+students were playing it safe in case that we had another snow day, but by this
+point, most of the snow had melted and there was no real signs to believe that
+it would snow.
+
+Regardless, class was fun and we were able to learn quite a bit about the
+sensory organs and processes of the human body and how they play into
+psychology.
+
+Additionally, we finally received our grades back for the latest exam and I was
+happy to see that I had done well and had a prediction that was pretty in line
+with my prediction from the \nth{20}. I also received back my graded worksheet
+for the latest homework, and for that I had already known I got a 100\% since
+that did appear on Blackboard upon grading.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/28.tex b/src/2023/February/28.tex
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+\mytitle{More Art and More Substitutes}{\da}
+
+After arriving to class today, I was surprised to see another week of
+substitutes. Luckily, since I had already done my preparation the week earlier,
+I was able to get a lot of progress completed.
+
+Today was the first official work day of the appropriation project which we had
+begun. Since I had started working on the assignment and got a lot of progress
+completed last Friday. Consequently, all the work that I completed today was
+enough to push me just past the point of work that I would considered
+complete.
+
+I will be working on the project next Thursday anyway since I have to go in
+to class anyway, but hopefully I will be able to truly call it finished by the
+time that it's time for me to leave.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/3.tex b/src/2023/February/3.tex
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+\mytitle{Resumes!}{\dd}
+
+Within documentation development, I was tasked with writing a resume for myself
+that utilizes certain principles and techniques that I have learned throughout
+the course.
+
+For the details of this resume, I chose to move over some of the details that I
+had from resumes that I have used in the past, while respecting the aim and
+guidelines of this project. I was able to borrow information such as experience
+and projects, but I cut down on some of the details that I had previously
+included in previous resumes.
+
+During the finalization of this resume, I added focus to the design of the
+resume. I chose to use a simple, yet elegant, design that would be easy to read
+for OCR software, while also being visually appealing to the reader. I believe
+that the monospaced font which I used for the body of the resume, as well as the
+use of bold and italic text, helped to achieve this goal.
diff --git a/src/2023/February/5.tex b/src/2023/February/5.tex
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+\mytitle{Floating-point Arithmetic Only!}{\co}
+
+Finally, a short assignment! Today's computer organisation homework consisted of
+just four problems of converting to and from floating-point formats. There isn't
+much to say about this, since it was simple and straightforward.
+
+Similarly, the quiz was the exact same as the homework, and I had another one of
+those situations where I thought that I had downloaded the wrong document.
+Opposed to the last occurrence, this time, the only parts of the document which
+had been changed was the values of the problems and the title. Admittedly, this
+is quite a genius way to hand out assignments since a simple change of the
+values can drastically alter the difficulty of the problem and relevant
+conversions.