
2.) The second attempt was to read, understand, and map the IDL program that I used
to make the movies for my study. The intention of this was that I understand the process more completely, and learn something about the IDL
programming language, even though I didn't do any programming. However, I soon
realized that with all the subroutines, there were 4353
lines of code, and that project would not be completed either.
3.) Probably my greatest side project accomplishment was my greatly increased knowledge of the UNIX and Linux operating systems. While nowhere near
guru status, I certainly am
much more knowledgable and comfortable with using these systems.
4.) Another area of unexpected knowledge gain was in writing HTML. I designed and maintain a "fun" webpage for the 2001 MSU REU Physics
Group.
