Filling my Technological Void|Learning to Adapt to new Technology…… The Hard Way.

Well after a long wait and loss of lot of hair its finally here. The results for my MCA examinations are finally out. Anyone from SMU (Sikkim Manipal University) can find their results here at www.smude.edu.in. As you might have noticed that they have changed the website again. Just click  on the Student Login Icon and then enter your Student Registration Number and then the password and it should take you to the Interface which allows you to check various details of your course. One of the items in there are “Results / marks ” Click on it and select the Semester you are in and voila. You should now see your results.

Well with exams around the corner its becoming extremely hard to spend time on anything else. I find it rather amusing that Sikkim Manipal University haven’t even managed to get the hall tickets to their distance educations students after this much time. But then again there still is 2 weeks more for the exams to commence. So I’m not bothered that much. What does freak me out is the fact that I don’t know where my Exam Center is going to be. Last time it was in a College in Pambadi which is about 15 kms away from where I am. My learning center insists that they are going to change it this time. I just hope that its not any farther than the last one.

By any chance if any SMU official happens to read this. Stop slacking off and post details pertaining to the students at their Login Site you provide. Providing a very short message that says ” Contact your Learning Center for your Hall Ticket” is just lame.

Well with a New year it seems I’m definitely not being as up to date as I wish to be on my blog. To my defense may I first state that I seemed to have caught this nasty cold on New year’s eve. Haven’t resorted to taking any medicine yet but I might if it doesnt go away by tomorrow.

Furthermore I have exams at the end of this month. Not to mention that the subjects I have would put a cappuccino to sleep. Maybe it has to do with the content within the Sikkim Manipal University study guides. Anyway the subjects I have for this semester are.

• Communication Technology
  • Digital Telecom
  • Broadband Communication
• Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Advanced Software Engineering
• Software Project Management & Quality Assurance
  • Software Project Management
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Advanced Software Quality Assurance
• Oracle 9i & Distributed Database
• Client-Server Architecture & Networks

Hopefully I’ll be able finish revising all before the exam gets close. As for more stuff on Linux and Ubuntu I’ve been working on a small theming guide which I should have up soon.

Ever since I joined SMU for MCA through distance I’ve seen more people than I cared to count ask whether SMU is recognized or if it somehow dampens there chance of getting a job. “But the course isn’t recognized by the AICTE” . Let me clear something before I discuss anything more about this topic. I am talking about the distance education modules and not the regular classes conducted at the University or other Manipal University campuses.

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