One person came to the booth. She was a teacher having problems with her Mac. The mail app was disabled, but at the same time it was blocking any attempt to log out or shut down. She had tried letting the power to run out to forcibly shut it down, but when she turned it back on, the proble, persisted. I could not solve the blocking, but I was able to get the mail app functional again by pressing command+0.
No one came to the Help Desk booth needing assistance.
No one came to the booth.
Nobody came needing help.
Today, two people came down needing help. One was a student with a school-owned iPad needing help with the catalog. We determined that the app he was searching for was not listed in the catalog. The other one was a student whose iPass account had deactivated. We directed him to Mrs. Venkataraman so that she could have it reset.
Today, I practiced using C++. I wrote a quine, then proceeded to write several sorting algorithms. The sorting algorithms were tricky, considering my use of pointers. Because I already know Java, arrays in better languages seem funky to me. C++ treats arrays and pointers too similarly, and I had difficulties figuring out the logic. But, after several minutes of thinking (and several references to stackoverflow.com) I was able to figure it all out.
For the past few years, 3D printing has been revolutionized. Evolving from the little plastic models to human organs, the technology is also advancing in other regions. The 3Doodler is a pen that takes ABS and hardens it almost instantly. this allows the user to effectively draw in the air.
This image was one of the many designs made with the pen. Unlike conventional printing, this process has an infinite space to work with. It is not bounded by the fixed dimensions of the printer’s tray. If he wished, the artist could have made a life-sized cathedral instead of a model, provided he had enough ABS.
Today, no one needed assistance.
Today, 2 people came needing assistance with downloading programs from the catalog. I could solve neither’s problems, so I directed them to the school’s IT department.
For my ILE, I have decided to learn C++, and if I have time afterwards, Objective-C. Today, I have recently learned the most basic syntax of the language. As I have already learned Java, the logic is trivial, with only minor adjustments. I have learned how to make basic print statements, simple Boolean algebra, and simple I/O statements. I then learned simple control statements, writing functions, namespaces and arrays. I then proceeded to write a program that merges two arrays into one sorted one.