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What to do on the train...

MRoss

MRoss

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Hi guys!

I've been taking the train to and from Baruch a lot lately and often find myself bored on the train. It is difficult for me to read math or programming books without applying what I am reading so I needed something more substantial. I can up with an interesting idea and it worked out pretty well today!

1) Download a compiler app. I downloaded sourceLair (Android) for free. It compiles: C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Pascal.

2) Purchase a small portable bluetooth keyboard from an eBay seller. (Ex. http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Portable-Bluetooth-Keyboard-PC-PS3-iPhone-C-/310252197494?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item483c78d676 )

3) Dropbox is a very useful companion to this. I keep my C++ programs from school in dropbox so I am now able to access, run, and/or edit them.

4) Program! :)

I ran a pretty substantial C++ program on my Droid Incredible this morning and it actually compiled and ran fater than my i7 PC!! :cool:

Enjoy!
 
just use your laptop to program lol! You have one of the smallest ones I've seen in a long time!
 
Lol. Yeah, but ever since my speech professor in undergrad "dozed off" with his $3,500 Sony I have been a bit scared to use expensive equipment on trains.
 
Leaves less in brain while reading programming books with no practicing on parallel. I usually read from my laptop and write recipes at the same time. Avoid reading while sitting in a moving object - train, bus, car, etc. Find listening devices for entertaining and killing time, it gives your eyes more power to read further long time once you get at the destination. ;)
 
Tsotne said:
Leaves less in brain while reading programming books with no practicing on parallel. I usually read from my laptop and write recipes at the same time. Avoid reading while sitting in a moving object - train, bus, car, etc. Find listening devices for entertaining and killing time, it gives your eyes more power to read further long time once you get at the destination. ;)
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Tried it today. Not for me! I was sooo bored. Tried music and then listened to a 45 min seminar on using c++ to code Android apps. Still was dying of boredom. Eventually back to coding...
 
I do mostly 3 things on the train: sleep, read or code.
 
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