I have been learning how to cook eggs, recently. A week or so ago a boiled some eggs, and they came out perfectly. This morning, however, I attempted to fry a couple eggs, and they ended up scrambled, instead. I think the pan I used was too small. But they tasted fine.
It has taken a decidedly chilly turn here, now that fall has arrived. Some of the trees have already lost all their leaves, and some are also turning red or yellow right now, although most of them are still green.
My classes are all going well so far. I have had to turn in homework in for all of them, and I was able to understand it all and complete the assignment in a reasonable amount of time.
After taking a couple weeks' break from working on my game, I am back at it. I added realistic roll and pitch control today. This required a lot of analytical thinking, geometry, and trigonometry. Here is an example of some of the code I wrote:
speedx += ACCELERATION*cos((angle+90.+pitch*sin(roll*pi/180))*pi/180)*cos(pitch*pi/180)*sys->FACTOR;
speedz += ACCELERATION*sin((angle+90.+pitch*sin(roll*pi/180))*pi/180)*cos(pitch*pi/180)*sys->FACTOR;
speedy += ACCELERATION*sin(pitch*pi/180*cos(roll*pi/180))*sys->FACTOR;
I'm not quite sure it's fully accurate, but it's good enough for a game.
I have now finished my first week of classes. The two aerospace classes, Gas Dynamics and Flight Dynamics, look like they will be the hardest. They involve a lot of differential equations and linear algebra, which I haven't used in quite a while.
I have been doing a fair amount of biking around. Some of the hills around here are tiring just to walk up, and very difficult to bike up. However, when I drop down into a nice low gear it's just barely manageable, although sometimes I barely make it to the top. However, by the end of the year I will probably be in much better shape for biking and be able to do it much more easily.
I moved into my new apartment on Saturday. It's pretty nice, although it gets somewhat hot. It's further from the cafeteria, so I'm planning to eat more meals in my apartment, and maybe learn to do some cooking.
Here is a picture of the view from my window the first morning. It was extremely foggy.
