MITx - 6.00x midterm exam

The first midterm exam of 6.00x was due today. I woke up at 5am so that I could have some peace and quiet before the kids get up. It took me two hours to go through the exercises, which were not particularly easy (but doable).

This T-shirt must be more than 15 years old. I found it on my wardrobe a few days ago and thought it was quite appropriate.

In case you are wondering, I scored 1011111 out of 1100100 :-)

Sombras del pasado

Esta película trata un tema que me era completamente desconocido, la creación durante el franquismo de pueblos con colonos que trabajaban las tierras en pago de los bienes recibidos (una casa, una yunta de vacas y una parcela de tierra). Los directores y productores, Lucía Palacios y Dietmar Post, han logrado una película que no te deja indiferente, un sólido retrato social de gran valor.

Al término de la proyección en el cine Babylon hubo una mesa redonda con Felipe González, Carlos Castresana y Emilio Silva, moderados por Harald Jung.

Por cierto, los productores de la película están buscando financiación a través de este programa de micromecenazgo y apoyo para proyectar la película en otros sitios en una gira que llaman cine ambulante. No entiendo que ninguna emisora de televisión se interese por esta cinta, quizás piensen que el tema es todavía demasiado controvertido?

HarvardX - CS50x - Scratch entry

For the first problem set of CS50x, the goal is to explore programming without actually writing lines of code, but instead using the Scratch environment. For me, the most difficult bit was thinking of an idea. Until I remembered a very simple game we had when I was around 12 or 13 (i.e. a long long time ago). In this game a cat was standing on the top of the screen and would try to catch mice, which were running in different levels below. This is a variation of that game, with fish instead of mice and a shark to give it a twist. Actually coding this was fun, and my children like it, so complete success!

To start the game, click on the green arrow and then press the down arrow key. Try to eat as many mice as possible in the given time.