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This is the Midifighter. It is an awesome controller available on the web at midifighter.com . I'm asking for one for my birthday. There are many videos on youtube of awesome individuals using the Midifighter to control several songs at the same time. One of my favorite mixes is a mix of "Renegade Master" by Fat Boy Slim and Boy 8-Bit. It is an awesome mix, and I suggest looking it up if you have some free time. Until next time, my birthday is next week!

Frank

Reflection 1/16

This week we worked on Arrays. I did very poorly on the array quiz. I understand the basic concept of arrays, that they store information at locations. This kind of reminded me of my biology class, where we learn about the locus of genes of chromosome. In a joking way:

int[] chromosome = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0};

Say the gene for blue eyes is the number 2. This number is stored at location 1 on the chromosome (array).

out.print(chromosome[1]); //expresses the gene

So then it would print:

2(expressing blue eyes)

That's all for this week.

-Frank

Reflection winter break :: SHARE

Over winter break, I went to Israel with my dad's side of the family. It was a blast, and an experience I will never forget. We first went to Tel Aviv, the most modern part of the country. It felt like I was in the middle of New York. Next we bussed our way up to Haifa, to the beautiful gardens there. A whole mountain was made into an amazing landscape by the Bajai, one of the many religions with a holy place in Israel. Then we went to The northern tip of the country. We stood at a point where Lebanon was visible, and it looked beautiful. There are many border issues between those countries, so we made sure to keep our distance from the fence. After that, we went to Jerusalem. The old city was so well kept, it was amazing. The huge castles and fortresses we saw (built by Herod, a famous and crazy King) were astounding, and it was awesome to look out at the newer parts of town from there.

Blog Entry January 9: Reflection on Class

This week, we worked on GridWorld. GridWorld is really not hard for me. I managed to get the "Z-bug" after many tried attempts containing many, many lines of unnecessary code. The first thing I tried was just having one integer that would determine how the bug would move next. It worked, but was about 70 lines longer than it needed to be. It ended up needing an integer to tell it what side it was on. I finally got it to work, and my success made me very happy. One of the reasons i like programming are that when I achieve success after a lot of work, it makes me really proud. Although GridWorld doesn't make me think quite as hard as some of the labs have in the past, it's still interesting to challenge myself to get a desired outcome from a code.