June 25, 2007
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 from MIT (David Huynh) give a talk on reusing data on the web - it was really very interesting.
I would encourage anybody interested in web 2.0 to t…
I would encourage anybody interested in web 2.0 to t…
June 21, 2007
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 for more overview of exactly what I'm doing, but basically we're developing a distributed test system to cut down on test turnaround. Given that we'…
See previous post for more overview of exactly what I'm doing, but basically we're developing a distributed test system to cut down on test turnaround. Given that we'…
June 08, 2007
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 (though I have picked up some other non-game projects)
I started my internship at Endeca Technologies about two weeks ago, and I think I've settled in enoug…
I started my internship at Endeca Technologies about two weeks ago, and I think I've settled in enoug…
April 26, 2007
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 any kind of introduction to the level. I did however start implementing some simple AI that I've dubbed "static shooters". Basically they are guns …
April 24, 2007
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 I did OK, the computational questions were easy, but I know my answers on the proof questions weren't entirely correct. I'm hoping for the best, I …
April 22, 2007
I haven't written an update in a little while, but really theres not much to comment on - well maybe there is:
School/Work
This next week is the last full week of classes, then theres a week before final exams. But damnitall I've got a linear algebra exam on Monday, so I'm spending most of my weeken…
School/Work
This next week is the last full week of classes, then theres a week before final exams. But damnitall I've got a linear algebra exam on Monday, so I'm spending most of my weeken…
April 13, 2007
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 hours to sort out some parts before I turn it in :(
Anyway I did get some overlays working, you can toggle on and off a border and health/shield indicator …
Anyway I did get some overlays working, you can toggle on and off a border and health/shield indicator …
April 11, 2007
I made some progress on the art, the tip about starting out tracing over another picture was helpful. I took a top-down schematic of a Raptor from Battlestar Galactica and went at it in Inkscape. What I came up with is in the screenshot below - it's not great, but for my first try I'll take it. …
April 09, 2007
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 now isn't mine (and hence I wouldn't feel comfortable letting people download a demo until thats resolved). Unfortunately computer art isn't my thi…
Sunday I did try and make some art for the game, since the art I'm using now isn't mine (and hence I wouldn't feel comfortable letting people download a demo until thats resolved). Unfortunately computer art isn't my thi…
April 04, 2007
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 player etc. I've also done a bunch of stuff with the FRB particle engine. The sprites are well designed so that you can attach emitters to them as child…
April 01, 2007
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 spent the last week or so surfing around and looking at various free graphics engines, (thanks gamedev for the nice list in the Alternative Libraries …
I spent the last week or so surfing around and looking at various free graphics engines, (thanks gamedev for the nice list in the Alternative Libraries …
March 26, 2007
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 on whats coming up) I'll put up my favorite pictures from spring break. I went backpacking down in Big Bend Texas for the week, definitely tiring but …
February 16, 2007
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 Hack Day. This being my first lengthy exposure to javascript and AJAX, it took a little bit to pick up (and the code isn't as clean as it co…
January 30, 2007
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, it's just not going to get any attention. That said, I'm going to revisit the idea when Ravuya comes out with PI 1.0 and the example 2D game, maybe it…
January 04, 2007
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 no B's in sight. Unfortunately the price for that was me having no memory whatsoever for about a week - thank god for winter break.
Anyhow after I pl…
Anyhow after I pl…
November 06, 2006
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 been served up to me so far:
- Internship offer at Endeca Technologies in Cambridge, MA. Sounds like a great opportunity, they work in high-powered sea…
- Internship offer at Endeca Technologies in Cambridge, MA. Sounds like a great opportunity, they work in high-powered sea…
October 03, 2006
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 went spectacular, and the second one was so-so.
First Guy
- Talked about previous projects, career/research interests
- Talked about Amazon, what I like abo…
Overall I think it went pretty well, the first 45 minute interview I thought went spectacular, and the second one was so-so.
First Guy
- Talked about previous projects, career/research interests
- Talked about Amazon, what I like abo…
September 29, 2006
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 strangely satisfying.
Right now I'm trying to read through some papers and come up with a good idea for my honors project, which this semester happens t…
Right now I'm trying to read through some papers and come up with a good idea for my honors project, which this semester happens t…
September 11, 2006
Right, so today was the Engineering EXPO, so I went in hopes a pawning off my resume on some unsuspecting recruiters to try and get a summer internship. For the most part, my encounters seemed pretty successful: Amazon, Boston Scientific, Expedia, Rockwell Collins all seem reasonably promising.
The…
The…
August 07, 2006
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 until middle school is reminiscent of most other bright young kids. I rarely did the same lessons the other kids did - I'd say I divided my time betwe…
My own story up until middle school is reminiscent of most other bright young kids. I rarely did the same lessons the other kids did - I'd say I divided my time betwe…
August 03, 2006
Ok so I'm trying to determine whether or not I should take my car with me out to Illinois (a little background - I live in Massachusetts and go to school at the Univ. of Illinois).
I've figured out that no matter what I have to pay $1300 for a year of insurance here so I'll have my car when I come h…
I've figured out that no matter what I have to pay $1300 for a year of insurance here so I'll have my car when I come h…
July 28, 2006
Once upon a time, merely years after I was born, and only very shortly after the first ANSI C standard - the following was apparently an acceptable and widely understood cast:
Not only is it bad enough that they widely declare void pointers instead of typing variables - but …
(uint32 *((*)()))&var
Not only is it bad enough that they widely declare void pointers instead of typing variables - but …
July 18, 2006
I was reading Slashdot yesterday when I noticed an ad for a purse rental service. Apparently the concept is that women get tired of their purses frequently so why not just rent one and get a new one in a month? Talk about wrong audience with that one.
I bought some new RAM for my notebook. It cam…
I bought some new RAM for my notebook. It cam…
July 17, 2006
So I'm sitting in a meeting today listening to how far behind we are, and I start thinking:
Work would be so much funnier if all my coworkers were look-alike puppets with higher pitched voices.
Work would be so much funnier if all my coworkers were look-alike puppets with higher pitched voices.
July 12, 2006
Believe it or not I really wish summer would be over. Like, seriously. I'm actually beginning to crave going to class and doing work - in fact, doing anything thats not my job.
I found that learning is difficult outside a classroom setting for me. For example - I really love mathematics, going to…
I found that learning is difficult outside a classroom setting for me. For example - I really love mathematics, going to…
June 13, 2006
Alright, so things have been getting progressively better at work.
Each project has an appointed person whose role is "delivery assurance" (doesn't that just reak of Dilbert or something?) - who does what the title implies. So I got my frustrations up through the grapevine and ended up convening …
Each project has an appointed person whose role is "delivery assurance" (doesn't that just reak of Dilbert or something?) - who does what the title implies. So I got my frustrations up through the grapevine and ended up convening …
June 12, 2006
I've accepted the fact that I work with idiots, and I'm trying to have a sense of humor about it:
June 07, 2006
I'm pretty angry at my job right now. I went to a status meeting only to find out that the project manager decided to change things so most of the tests would be executed directly on the target hardware instead of remotely using the application I've been working on.
Honestly, this reeks of poor p…
Honestly, this reeks of poor p…
June 05, 2006
I've been rolling around in my head the idea of doing a 2D 4x game set in space, and I think I've come up with some potentially interesting ideas. At this point, I'm not so much concerned with the plotline as much as at least getting down the design choices that will effect how I program the game…
June 02, 2006
Agh, the HTTP 500 errors drive me INSANE. I've been trying to get to the page to write this for like 20 minutes. I thought this was over?
Anyway, I think this is an opportune time to write about some discussions I've had with people at my workplace who have been in the industry a while concerning …
Anyway, I think this is an opportune time to write about some discussions I've had with people at my workplace who have been in the industry a while concerning …
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