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$827.76 Cash Back

So it will actually probably be a check, but the fact still remains: I get oodles of money from Mines!

Here’s the breakdown on how this works:

  • Tuition: $19,240
  • Fees: $746
  • Room and Board and Food: $3,610
  • Books and Supplies: $1,300
  • Miscellaneous Expenses: $1,800
  • Total: $26,696/year or $13,348/semester

I get $14,759.52 in loans every semester. Because I didn’t use all my money last semester, I get money back…probably to use on books or something mundane like that. But still, it’s money!

And So It Goes

Today begins the first day of classes for the second semester. I woke up this morning, took my shower, and headed out the door when I saw that it was snowing. Yes folks, it was snowing in Colorado on the first day of class for the ‘Spring’ semester. So I went back inside and grabbed my other coat, gloves, and hat and then biked down to school…in shorts. What could be better?

Start Spreadin’ the News; I’m Leaving Today; I Want to be a Part of It: Morgan Hall, Morgan Hall…

So some good news! I put a request in at the end of last semester to be transfered to the Traditionals (which are a lot closer to everything school related then RH@MP are) and it went through! I’m now in Morgan Hall with Dan LeCocq (that would be lay-coke, not something else) who I met here at Mines last semester. He’s a pretty cool dude. Anyways, you can send all your mail to my new address:

Andrew Ferguson
Morgan Hall, 226
Golden, CO
80401

What $10 Can Get You

So I flew back to Colorado today. I didn’t get to sleep until about 4am PST this morning. That gave me a whole 3 hours of sleep. I digress: I wasn’t anywhere near being done packing when I woke up. Needless to say, I was just a little late getting to the airport. To my horror, the checkin line was long and not moving very fast. I had a little more then an hour until wheels up. There was no way I was going to get through this line and secondary screening (I was flying standby) before the plane took off. So Dad talked with a SkyCap and somehow convinced him to help us out. He did. He loaded up my bags and we headed inside. He talked with some people and then got my ticket. Total time, maybe 5 minutes. Sweet.

Open Source Version of AFdN

First, I am back from Spokane. Second, I am leaving on Tuesday morning. So if there’s anything critical that someone needs to see me about, you better let me know quickly or wait until I’m back (maybe Spring Break, maybe May-ish, maybe middle or end of summer; who knows).

Now, I had this great idea: convert my website engine into an Open Source project on SourceForge.net. I haven’t had any requests for my source, but I’m going to be changing some things to make the AFdN engine a lot better. For starters, I’ve already changed the code so that it can use Movable Type CSS Stylesheets. I am also going to work on some code so that it can use MT Pluggins as well, hopefully. In short, I hope that I can make it sort of a PHP version of MT, but only for one person and only for one blog, but with other non-blog content.

Spokane

Well, we (Quinn and myself) made it to Whitworth. Thus far, I have been very impressed with the campus. The food is actually pretty good and people (at least the ones I’ve met so far) are also nice. We watched Saved last night. It actually is a pretty funny movie. Definatly worth renting.

Quinn and I are now watching the Seahawks vs Rams game on TV. Hopefully they’ll win!