Hope Springs Eternal

Greetings, everyone!  I'm sorry that it's been a few days since I've last written; this semester is going to be busy and it's been a shock to my system.

That, and I'm trying to get Mathematica to run on my computer (different system ;)).  Without success overall, though I did have a great break-through just now, when I put my flash drive on Hannah's computer and got this wonderful message:

When I move it to my computer, of course, it doesn't run, though I went through a few of the files and changed the path to match my machine rather than hers...

Basically, I have this incredible hope when it comes to computers; if someone tells me that something can't be done, I won't really give up the idea until I've tried it for myself.  At least I've got tenacity and optimism in me somewhere!

I may have actually hit the end of this one, though, especially since I can actually run Mathematica in the cloud.  I'll put it aside for now, if not forever, and focus on the graded things in my life (okay, and the html that we started playing with in Comp Sci today - after all my command-line work, manipulating colorful output is so exciting! Davey and Nathan, I should send you some).

Here's a picture from my late-night Calc session last night -- not very artistic, but it's a good illustration of my typical setup (and even more so, since I was on the bed and needed extra books for balance).  Think it's time for me to get a charger that stays in on its own?

One last thing: I got an e-mail today saying that I have to declare my major by the end of the month...!  Part of me says to wait until the last moment so that I can have as much Comp Sci experience as possible and be totally sure.  And while I probably will do that, another part of my looks at this post, at this weekend*, and suspects that working with computers may be the right thing for me. ;)

*Disclaimer: I didn't just sit at my computer all weekend; I did homework and even had a Sisterhood retreat on Saturday afternoon!  A refreshing time to hang out with the other girls. :)  I also cantored for the new Saturday evening Mass (a harrowing experience -- you have no idea how much easier it is to sing from behind a piano).  So, while I was, in the back of my mind, always brewing some potential way to get Mathematica to work, it wasn't my focus continually. :)

Goodnight!