It's a new semester!

And I have a full schedule of online courses!

I'm *very* excited about this one: I just found out that I was accepted for the NVDA twelve-week course being taught by the Tech Team at the New York Public Library.

Also, yesterday I bought a beautiful bodhran! I used the gift card Jesse the k gave me for my birthday, so it will feel twice as special, and I signed up for the bodhran for beginners course on Udemy (actually, it's called "Essential Bodhran," but I have an addiction to alliteration.)

For the past two weeks I've been working on a couple of other Udemy courses, "Hacking for Beginners" (which actually is a great intro to the computer network course) and "The Art of Doing: Learn the Linux Command Line." The latter includes transcripts and captions, so kudos to instructors who include accessibility in their courses. I wish there was a filter for courses that included those features.

I am in super-Hermione mode now, and ready to kick academic butt! (As if you couldn't tell, what with all the exclamation marks or, if you want to be old school, bangs.)

Cosmic rays: where do they come from, and how can they affect computers?

I am in love with this video, along with the idea that the universe itself introduces an element of chance into even a totally bug-free program.
However, I will say that, if you have any anxiety about flying, you may wish to skip it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZ_RSt0KP8