The first application that I intend to write for Android will be a mobile version of my own ExIf 35 application. I have chosen to do this for several reasons. First, I need an application that has a clear purpose to write for my first application while I am learning. Second, at the current time […]
At this point in my graduate school career I should have narrowed down a thesis topic and be prepared to engage in a detailed literature review of that topic over the next several months. Unfortunately I have yet to isolate my thoughts that closely and feel like I am not ready to begin my literature review […]
The Spring 2013 semester has now ended. My academic papers for this semester have now been released. Thesis Proposal: The Effects of Stigma on Self-Disclosure in the BDSM Community Issues in Social Research (SOCY 6652) Gay Sadomasochism as Hyper-Masculine Performance Theoretical Approaches to Gender (WGST 6602) Complexity of Social Deviance Complex Adaptive Systems (ITIS 6500) […]
Mobile application development is becoming a big deal in computer programming lately. I am very late to this particular game. I have considered writing mobile software since the initial releases of ExIf35, when people asked for a version that would work on iPhone. Unfortunately, I have decided that I will never write for iOS as […]
For myself and many other students the invention of e-readers, specifically Amazon’s Kindle, has lifted a burden of carrying numerous physical volumes and has given us quick access to new resources that we may have otherwise not obtained had we been restricted to physical volumes. The problem is: citation styles do not keep up. I […]
I have entered my full course plan into GITI through next spring, and as such I can now view what my final degree arrangement for sociology might look like. Each course represented in the chart is 3 credit hours, except the thesis which is 6 and the second tutorial which is currently entered as 2. […]
As I prepare to close out another semester in two weeks I find myself considering my place in the academic structure, and eventually in the academic cannon. One thing I have become increasingly convinced of is that I do not belong in sociology, or at least not the version of sociology that is practiced at […]
Normally by this point in a semester I have all but posted abstracts for my papers that I will be completing. This semester things have felt more in flux and I have been lax at discussing my academic work. Also I have been less certain of my topics this semester. Even at this point there […]
As a component of the progression of my graduate degrees I registered for classes this morning. At this point I can consider my schedule tentative at best. My department really is not offering any courses that interest me, or that apply to me. There are only 2 actual classes (not thesis hours or tutorial) which […]
“Psychopathic personality disorder and sexual sadism share several common characteristics, such as emotional detachment from the suffering of others or the preparedness to inflict pain or injuries.” Mokros et al. 2011 Under most circumstances I am proud of the progression of work in the academy. The above quote from the abstract of a 2011 paper […]