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On interesting web 2.0 research

On interesting web 2.0 research

We have a fairly strong research team at Endeca, and as part of that we occasionally have speakers on various topics. Last week we had a PhD student...

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Ahh VMWare

Ahh VMWare

I'm working on a fairly interesting problem at work right now, so I thought I would share. Your input is, as always, quite welcome!See previous post...

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On being an intern

On being an intern

I haven't posted in a while, and I can pretty much say that Libertas is staying inactive for the moment - I haven't the time or the inclination...

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Pirates!

Pirates!

OK so I succeeded in making something of a demo level. It's not that full featured because you have no way to know where anything is, nor do you get...

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Behold, a crappy HUD

Behold, a crappy HUD

This morning I woke up, skipped both my morning classes and just studied hardcore in the library for my linear algebra test in the afternoon. I think...

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Pickles

Pickles

I haven't written an update in a little while, but really theres not much to comment on - well maybe there is:School/WorkThis next week is the last...

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Status indicators!

Status indicators!

I didn't have as much time to work on the project today as I put off my theory of comp. homework until today, and I've still got to go to office...

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Art is hard, and other roadblocks

Art is hard, and other roadblocks

This past weekend was my birthday, so I did a lot more drinking than coding. Sunday I did try and make some art for the game, since the art I'm using...

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Particles are fun

Particles are fun

Did some more work over the past couple days. Mostly I've been coding the storage classes that hold information about ships, weapons, maps, the...

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And they're off...

And they're off...

I started today on my space shooter project, which is immediately in dire need of a good name so I can stop calling it "the space shooter project".I...

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Back from spring break

Back from spring break

People seem to read journals with pictures in them, so in lieu of screenshots of a cool project (since I have none - though scroll down for details...

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Web 2.0 Goodness

Web 2.0 Goodness

Last week Kent Brewster of Yahoo came to my programming studio class and challenged us to develop a web application in the spirit of the annual Yahoo...

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New Semester

New Semester

OK so I pretty much sacked that little space game, I just can't get into it and now I've got so much stuff to do that unless I was in love with it,...

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Yay Vacation

Yay Vacation

Vacation is going beautifully. My finals week back in December really, really mentally killed me - good news is I ended the semester with a 3.74 and...

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Picking internships is difficult

Picking internships is difficult

I realize there is only so much complaining I can do about having to pick the best of a number of good options, but it is still hard. Here's whats...

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Amazon Interview

Amazon Interview

I had my interview with Amazon today, at the ungodly hour of 8:30am. Overall I think it went pretty well, the first 45 minute interview I thought...

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Stress makes me twistedly happy

Stress makes me twistedly happy

This semester is insanely busy, but yet somehow the fact that I'm managing to juggle about 5000 tasks (and none of that day planner shit either) is...

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Yet another treatise on education

Yet another treatise on education

Everybody has been putting in their two cents on education lately, so now I probably a good time to air out some of my own opinions.My own story up...

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