Summer solstice

Today is the summer solstice so it's the day of the year with the most daylight.  I could actually use a few more hours; I don't need more or less daylight.  I'm writing a computer program for the Cloud class--I've (almost) learned Google App Engine, Python, and a little bit of Django and I've refreshed my understanding of HTML.  My application can add users, add items and list items.  I need it to also update and delete the items and be able to query the database, but I'm having trouble with those tasks.  This program is due at 10pm tomorrow night, regardless of the amount of daylight.

For reliability engineering, we've been given our take-home midterm that's due a week from tomorrow.  I need to get started on it since we can only ask questions in class on Thursday, then we're on our own.

For my research I am expanding on the DRLP Ant Colony problem I worked on in the adaptive optimization class last semester.    I've documented the model I'll be using and laid the groundwork for the experimental design.    By Monday afternoon I'll have the objective function module coded and tested.  The objective function is the equation that the project is minimizing.  In this case, it is the sum of the flow cost between machines along the double row layout multiplied by the distance between the machines.

My brain will be working overtime for the next week.