Projects...

One rather annoying thing about college is the existence of project papers. Whether you have to calculate something out of measurements performed at laboratory experiments or just bust your brains trying to make a Java simulation of the planetary motion, projects are just a dull and time consuming task. Not to mention the fact that always something must be wrong, no matter what.

So, how to write a paper. First off you need the initial data. Provided it comes from an experiment, hurray for you. In case you have to make a simulation -- you're pretty much f-ed. The results are next interpreted in Open Office Calc or Microsoft Excel, there's no actual need for Microcal Origin yet. Afterwards you migrate the results in Open Office Writer, write a couple of equations, do a bit of formatting, say your prayers, and watch a movie/drink a beer.

Also, you shoudn't leave everything for the very last minute, but who's to blame you (but the teacher) -- it's not exactly great fun you're having.

Maybe I should write a full tutorial about making such a project. But maybe later. When I'll actually do anything to get away from working on it.