This is not my last post, I’m just super backed up. Two more posts in the works. I’m writing this on the plane back to the USA.

Projects

• I skipped a bunch of classes to make the France trip work
• came back to many big projects to complete
• locked myself in my room for a few days to catch up on everything

Graphics

We had to create a “realistic” render using Blender. I took a picture of a corner of my desk and tried to recreate the scene.

Left: reference image, Right: my 3D recreation

I was happy with the result and I got a lot of compliments when I presented it in class.

Artificial intelligence

We had to implement a search problem that could help a pizza delivery guy pick the shortest route to pick up and deliver pizzas.

Example search scenario

Operating systems

We had to implement components of a stock market taking into account multiple brokers trying to access the market at the same time. Yawn.

Finals

• went fairly smoothly despite my last minute studying
• each was ~2hrs long
• most exams consisted of a few multiple choice and a couple long answers
• didn’t have to take my graphics final since my grade was already high

Goodbye UC3M hallways

Fiesta de San Isidro

• honestly not sure what this holiday is about
• various events going on in Madrid
• I went to see a harp player in the evening at Temple of Debod

“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.”

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., A Man Without a Country

Friends

• some highschool friends came to visit Madrid on Fri (May 17th)
• gave them suggestions on things to see
• had some meals together (kebab, Spanish food, montaditos)
• picked up one more friend (Herrick) at the airport on Sun
• we spent the day together while the other friends visited Toledo

They headed off to Rome for a few days while I finished another final.

Perizoso

But things soon took a turn for the better. Stay tuned.