A blog by Erty Seidohl

  • Reflecting on my English Major

    I wrote this paper as part of my English Capstone Experience, which I enjoyed immensely. If you’re attending Lawrence and thinking about an English Major, you might find it interesting. I’m proud of the voice and style. It’s also something I want to reference in my next post, so I figured I’d put it online…

  • Theme Change

    Someone attempted to hack my blog, apparently via my theme? So I installed a new one. Please alert me if you notice any strange goings-on while reading this! From the 2170 to Boston, –Erty

  • Brooklyn Hipster

    This is a pretty self-centered post, so if you’re not interested in my life stories, you might want to check out my more technical posts. Trying to sleep more this morning was like trying to blow air into an overinflated balloon. I’d really messed up my sleep schedule over the last week – On Monday…

  • HS Day n, n+1: Craziness

    I’d fallen out of my blogging habit, sadly, but that was kind of silly and I really should get back on that, especially since things are coming to a close here and I should write all this down so that I can remember it. It’s five in the morning right now, and not the good…

  • HS Day 69: Party at Wall Street

    Wednesday night I wandered around after Hacker School looking for somewhere to eat. I found myself in Little Italy, and promptly seated myself at a restaurant that seemed the proper balance of cheap and classy. $12 for a bowl of pasta and a glass of wine? Yes please; it was delicious. I think I ordered…

  • HS Day 67: Getting back on track

    It’s been a week since my last blog post, which is the first time I’ve missed posting here since day 3. I’d been feeling somewhat out of it since last week, though, and I’ve been having a hard time fighting off distraction and sleepiness – signs that I’m feeling a bit depressed.  With only two…

  • HS Day 52 .. 56: Greta’s Visit

    HS Day 52: Empire State Building Greta and I took the subway to Hacker School together. There’s a strict no-guests policy, so she spent the day wandering around Manhattan while I programmed. I’ve started in to the Project Euler problems.  I’m (as of day 55) on problem number 24, at a rate of two or…

  • What are Javascript, AJAX, jQuery, AngularJS, and Node.js?

    This post is addressed toward people who have little to no experience with JavaScript, Node.js, or their associated libraries, but are interested in learning what they are and aren’t. Another student at Hacker School asked me to explain the difference between Javascript, AJAX, jQuery, AngularJS, and Node.js. Let’s start with the basics: JavaScript JavaScript is…

  • HS Day [57 .. 60]

    Some short posts, since I’m behind on blogging. Also because I’ve found there’s less to blog about on weekends. Maybe I should move to a weekday schedule? HS Day 57: Dad Visit, Day One Pretty much did nothing interesting on Saturday during the day – kind of a day off, feeling lonely after Greta left.…

  • HS Day 51: Greta

    Everyone in the apartment – Ian, Levi, Nathaniel, and I – was wide awake and wandering the house around 4am this  morning. Ian had a flight to catch around 6am, so he and Levi apparently decided to just stay up and catch the flight after no sleep. I was up because I ate a sandwich…