{"id":19,"date":"2024-08-29T01:48:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T01:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/iancooper\/?p=19"},"modified":"2024-08-29T02:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T02:03:14","slug":"ian-has-a-blog-i-dont-even-know-who-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/iancooper\/2024\/08\/29\/ian-has-a-blog-i-dont-even-know-who-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian has a blog? I don&#8217;t even know who that is!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>      Well now you do! Ian is the name and blogging is the game, so let me quickly answer some hypothetical FAQs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who is Ian Cooper?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a Computer Science and Mathematics major here at UW-Whitewater. I have been known to dabble in other areas such as music and 3d art from time to time. I am incredibly passionate when it comes to learning about subjects that I think give me the best advantages when thinking about, discovering, and creating cool things. Computers are magic and math is the language that the spells are written in. I want to wield this wizardry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Why make a blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to go through my academic journey keeping a clear and concise record of what I have learned, explained in a way that anyone can understand. Explaining hard concepts in a digestible form is a key element of achieving true understanding of a concept, and reinforces its contents. Also, it&#8217;s kind of cool having a little soap box I can stand on and yell about whatever creative obsessions I currently have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> What do you think of the song &#8220;Hey, Soul Sister&#8221; by Train?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Your lipstick stains, on the front lobe of my left side brain.&#8221; Are you kidding me? This song has made more people cry in human history than sliced onions; with its poor insertion of &#8220;tonight&#8221; at the end of the chorus (huge lyrical copout in any song), cheesy ukulele I-V-VI-IV chord progression, and who can forgot the obnoxious &#8220;heyeys.&#8221; I could go on; objectively, the worst song of all time. Seriously, if you disagree just read the lyrics. <em>&#8220;Oh! But you must admit, it is just so catchy!&#8221;<\/em> Yeah? So is the gummy bear song but you guys aren&#8217;t defending that one now are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you were abducted by rats and they take you to their rat king and the rat king says to you, &#8220;If you kill thirty of my mightiest rats (which you know 100% you would beat, no doubt at all), and you will become rat king; or walk out right now, no questions asked, and the rats will never bother you again.&#8221; would you fight the thirty mighty rats or, eternally abandon the incredible opportunity of becoming the rat king?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     Wow, miscellaneous reader, that is an extremely powerful question you just asked pertaining to moral philosophy. Should I take the power of the rat kingdom for personal gain at the expense of other conscious agents, or should I forfeit the power and spare the thirty rats? Perhaps I will investigate this later on in my blogging career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well now you do! Ian is the name and blogging is the game, so let me quickly answer some hypothetical FAQs. Who is Ian Cooper? I am a Computer Science and Mathematics major here at UW-Whitewater. I have been known to dabble in other areas such as music and 3d art from time to time. 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