The Matt Faus Blog

Well, I’m sitting here on the hammock in the perfect weather on a wonderful September evening with my laptop. I’m procrastinating doing some homework due in the morning, so I thought I’d take a chance to talk about how awesome it is doing what I do. As you might have noticed by now, I am incredibly comfortable (hammocks rank in the top 3 for relaxation), and yet I am still relatively productive. As a matter of fact, as of late I have logged several hours for Qdabra out here on this lovely hammock. Therefore, I’m getting PAID to lay on a hammock (well, and write code but that’s almost as enjoyable).

Anyway, just though I’d share some awesomeness with everyone. I’ll post about Ubuntu sometime. I’m still in trial phase.

Caffiene has given me supernatural powers of awakeness that are slowly turning into a curse, and here I am.

Astronauts are currently orbiting the Earth installing some major upgrades to the International Space Station. The name of the shuttle that took them up there was called Atlantis - I thought this was a nifty name for a space shuttle. The human race has accomplish so much in the past few generations, it will be amazing to see what we come up with next. 10 years ago the Internet was just spreading it’s wings, now we’re downloading videos and creating entire subcultures through it. What will we be doing in 2016?

Classes are going pretty good. I’ve got a nice mix of textbook and actual programming classes to make it interesting. Probability and Computer Architecture allow me to stretch my Math Muscles while Software Architecture gets me into coding some more Java. My Music class has been pretty interesting, I never knew music was some complex and beautiful. I have been able to draw a lot of parallels between writing software and writing music. The key difference is that software solves problems, while music simply exists to be enjoyed.

I’m sure I’m rambling - I’ll post about my laptop’s new operating system (Ubuntu Linux) in a few days (hopefully).

Well, as some of you are bound to understand, after a summer of riding the buses around Seattle I was quite ready to get back to Dallas and the freedom of driving myself around. As a matter of fact, I wasn’t even satisfied with driving the “cage” around, so I went out and bought a motorcycle. Of course, I took all the necessary precautions such as going through a motorcycle safety course to get my license. I had been looking at bikes on Ebay for a while and I found a really good deal the same weekend that I graduated from the MSF course. So, a few hours after graduating I was driving to Abilene with Ashley to go pick up my new bike. Now, it wasn’t the smartest thing, but I actually drove it 185 miles back to Dallas as my first ride! It was pretty crazy and we took it slow, but we made it just fine.

Since then, I’ve been riding almost every day - I really love it! I think it’s a pretty good bike for me, not bleeding edge fast, but enough to rattle my nerves for a while. The main reason I got this particular bike was the deal that I got on it. It only had 3000 miles and it was only 3 years old and about half the manufacturer’s price. If I had bought the same bike from a dealer it probably would have cost $1k more. Anyway, it is an incredibly satisfying and enjoyable hobby - I highly recommend it to anyone that has ever given it thought.

Here she is!