So I’ve downloaded and installed Eclipse 3.1.2 and JDK (1.)5.0. I’m learning the basics: threads, collections, exceptions, and i/o from the Sun tutorials. What I need is a small project that uses all the above concepts as well as XML (FpML), both reading and writing.
Maybe a RSS reader? (YES, again…) I’m not sure. Let me know if you have some ideas of small project(s) to work on to learn Java/Eclipse.
I’ll also need to learn to use some magic (but have no resources for), like: Hibernate and Swing.
On another note, I just bought a bus pass and I’ll be riding the METRO everyday. Here is some math:
| METRO | $ per trip | $ per day | $ per week | $ per year | $ per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 3.00 | 6.00 | 30.00 | 1,560.00 | 130.00 |
| Discount* | 2.43 | 4.86 | 24.32 | 1,264.86 | 105.40 |
*$75 worth $92.50
| MPG | 25 | 30 | 35 |
|---|---|---|---|
| miles/trip | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.6 |
| miles/day | 43.2 | 43.2 | 43.2 |
| gallons/day | 1.72 | 1.44 | 1.23 |
| $ per gallon | 2.18 | 2.18 | 2.18 |
| $ per day | 3.76 | 3.13 | 2.69 |
Bottom line: I’ll be saving ~$1.27 per day plus all that time NOT driving well spent on book.
P.S. Shawshank Redemption is awesome. “I hope” you find it as good as I do.
I have a sweet idea.
Congratulations and welcome to Super Secret Club of Houston Commuters. You will find that we are peaceful people. Ya I did that same calc and realzied it makes sense to let someone else do the driving.
So have any homeless people tried to hug your or anything yet?