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photo class

i've finally gotten some of the prints for my photo class scanned and uploaded to flickr. the upside to developing and printing film is that it serves as a pretty high filter. if the photo isn't very good you won't put the time in to print it, let alone scan and upload it. i've got a few more that i turned in last week that i really like. i'll get them scanned and uploaded when i get them back.

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c++ unit testing

[most regular readers will be best served by ignoring this post completely. i've read enough positive things about the test driven methodology of extreme programming that it's got me looking to setup a unit testing harness for use with my cs projects. i put this list of links together for future reference and a resource for anyone searching through google.]

the first thing i came across was perl's test::simple library and it looked great but unfortunately i didn't see any easy way to hook it to a c++ program.

after a bit of googling i came across CppUnit which looked promising but the syntax didn't appeal to me half as much as perl-test so i kept going. the next hit, CxxTest, had syntax much more to my liking but lacked the power of perl's regular expressions.

a bit more poking around got me a very attractive option, using the perl test and expect libraries. i'd perl REs but the would be that all the tests would have to be done through the standard input and output.

i'm going to have to mess with both CxxText and Expect/Test to see what works best. right now i'm envisioning using CxxTest for testing the underlying data structures and Expect/Test to test the user interfaces.

finals are done

well finished my chem final just a few minutes ago. i kind of wish i'd spread the time i spent studying for it last night out over the whole quarter, i probably would have done better. it's kind of been a lesson, hopefully i'll remember it next time i'm in a class i don't like. just put in the time and it'll be okay.

one final down, one to go

finished my math final this morning. i think it'll be alright. i did a little figuring and if i can get a b in the math class and an a in honors, i can skate by with a c in chem and still get that scholarship. here's to hoping eh?

finished my paper

i got the paper for my honors class all finished and turned in this afternoon. it's on steven shapin's book a social history of truth. i'm pretty proud of it, if you're interested, you can read it here.

now that that's done i get to spend the next few days madly studying for finals. worrying about a grade point isn't something i'm used to.