michael.p.goetz

Complete MIT 6-3 Computer Science Course Mapping

Michael — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:38 +0000

I took some time today to see if I could find all of the courses required for the undergraduate CS degree from MIT through their OpenCourseware site. Only one class does not exist in some fashion through OCW and several have barebones materials, but you can get through the meat of the degree plan pretty easily. The full map on Gliffy is below.

MIT 6-3 CS Degree Plan on OCW

Advise Of A Father To His Son

Michael — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:39:55 +0000

Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen (Reichskanzler of Germany, 1871 - 1890), after his resignation in 1890.

The National Park Service released some early Edison phonograph recordings that capture the earliest words of Imperial Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck in 1889.

Do everything in moderation and morality, namely work, but then also eating, and apart from that especially drinking. Advice of a father to his son.
– Otto von Bismarck on Oct. 7, 1889

The best part of this recording to me is the last few lines where Bismarck imparts some words of wisdom to his son, Herbert von Bismarck. Interestingly enough, a fallout between Otto and Herbert in 1881 over the son’s desire to marry an older Catholic divorcee drove Herbert to alcoholism, possibly the target of the last few words from Otto.

What Do Staples, Skanska and Scotts Miracle-Gro Have In Common?

Michael — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:30:34 +0000

They are 3 of the top 10 intranets of 2012 according to the Nielsen Norman Group.

10 Best Intranets of 2012 (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

Setting up

Michael — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:41:01 +0000

Working to set up my personal site. I have a few things left to do, but here’s what implemented so far:

Facebook Connect integration
Twitter Connect integration