donnie demuth

Donnie Demuth
South Park, San Diego manager programmer developer dreamer instructor shepherd
  1. CSCI E-131b Week 4 Update

    We are already in week four of the semester, yikes! And I am sorry that I have not been able to blog as often as I liked.

    Instead of a detail summary of the material that I am going over, I will…
  2. CSCI E-207 Week 4 Update

    I am going to need a LOT of luck.

    Harvard Extension
    CSCI E-207: Introduction to Computational Theory
    The first homework was very difficult. The second homework is just as hard, though starting…
  3. CSCI E-168 Week 4 Update

    So far the R&R class has been pretty easy for me. Note: I was a little familiar with the language about four-five years ago so I have a bit of a leg up in early in the semester. I am learning a whole…
  4. CSCI E-207 Introduction to Formal Systems and Computation [Intro and CH. 1]

    Theory scares me. It is probably because I have tried to avoid it my entire life. Maybe it is because I consider myself a practical person, not a theoretical person. But to be honest that is not a…
  5. CSCI E-168 Building Web-Based Software with Ruby and Ruby on Rails [Lecture 1]

    Lecture Observations

    • We’ll learn Ruby fundamentals, meta-programming, Rails fundamentals, Rails plugins, and Rails deployment.
    • We will not learn File I/O, Threading, Rails Internals.
    • Minaswan…
  6. CSCI E-168 Building Web-Based Software with Ruby and Ruby on Rails [Intro and CH 1, 2, 6, 7, 4]

    Introduction

    I decided to take the Ruby and Rails course because it’s been one of those things that I haven’t gotten around to. I feel like I’m so used to Python that picking up Ruby would make…
  7. CSCI E-131b Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures [Lecture 1]

    Lecture Observations

    • To understand the internet architecture, you must understand the foundation.
    • The course is not a course on specific products (Cisco, etc).
    • It’s also not a programming course.
  8. CSCI E-131b Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures [Math Stuff]

    Conversions and Numbers
    1 Byte = 8 bits

    Mbps is Mega-bits-per-second
    MB is Mega-bytes

    Kilo = 10^3
    Mega (Mbps) = 10^6
    Giga = 10^9

    Speed of Light is 2.3 * 10^8 on a wire

    100ms is a good…
  9. Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures [intro]

    For Fall ‘09, Harvard Extension is offering a Communication Protocols & Internet Architectures with Len Evenchik. The meetings are Mondays from 5:30-7:30 PM.

    I decided to take the class because…
  10. from harvard import education

    I recently decided to start taking some Computer-Science classes at Harvard University’s Extension College. During the next three months I plan on sharing my education (as legally possible).

    If you…