Augusta, GA
Ranting, raving, and coding. All in the name of caffeine.
August 26, 2007
Well it's been quite a while since I posted on this thing and since I pay for the service I figure I might as well use it a bit.
So where to start? I'm beginning my last year in college working towards a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Physics focusing on Electronics. All I…
So where to start? I'm beginning my last year in college working towards a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Physics focusing on Electronics. All I…
April 07, 2007
here's a long overdue update
Well, disregard everything from my last entry. The girl I had been going out with got a boyfriend and got rid of me with a nice little text message. i'm over her, i think, but i'll most likely shoot her in the throat in the end of the year csci math paintball tournamen…
Well, disregard everything from my last entry. The girl I had been going out with got a boyfriend and got rid of me with a nice little text message. i'm over her, i think, but i'll most likely shoot her in the throat in the end of the year csci math paintball tournamen…
January 20, 2007
Well, this year seems to be starting off better than last. 20 days in and i've already been to a movie with a girl. This may not be groundbreaking to most, but it's a good start for me. We went to see Saw III and then to another friends house after that where, wonder of wonders, she played Gears…
January 10, 2007
The new semester started this week. We didn't get nearly enough time off :(.
I had signed up for a Piano class, but since i'm going to be pretty busy all semester i've dropped it already.
I have:
Applied Theory of Computing - I'm not entirely sure what this will include aside from language grammar…
I had signed up for a Piano class, but since i'm going to be pretty busy all semester i've dropped it already.
I have:
Applied Theory of Computing - I'm not entirely sure what this will include aside from language grammar…
November 28, 2006
Wow, been a long time since i've posted here.
School's nearly over for us this semester. Only 2 more weeks. I'm fairly happy with all of my classes. I should be getting A's and B's all around so that's good.
This semester has been mixed. It's been long, but fun overall. Most of the people I …
School's nearly over for us this semester. Only 2 more weeks. I'm fairly happy with all of my classes. I should be getting A's and B's all around so that's good.
This semester has been mixed. It's been long, but fun overall. Most of the people I …
September 29, 2006
As some of you may remember, I got in on the AirTran deal earlier this year-collect a bunch of cups, get a free ticket. Well, I got a free trip to San Francisco out of the deal ($10 out of pocket or so for various fees, still a great deal though). Anyway, as it happened, AirTran was upgrading the…
September 13, 2006
Well, we got our first project in Operating Systems, and that is to add a simple system call to our installation on Virtual PC.
First of all, installing to VPC is horrendous. From CD/DVD, it took some people ~4-5 hours to install the OS. I ripped my images to the HD and mounted them in a virtual C…
First of all, installing to VPC is horrendous. From CD/DVD, it took some people ~4-5 hours to install the OS. I ripped my images to the HD and mounted them in a virtual C…
September 08, 2006
I decided today to work on one of our first homework problems in Programming Languages. The idea isn't bad: given user input find out if the word is an isogram (which from my understanding means that each letter in the word is repeated the same number of times). You just display a message saying …
September 07, 2006
Last week my friend and I went to Best Buy between classes so he could show me what Guitar Hero was like. OMG. Best game ever. I don't have a PS2 yet(but this makes me want to get one) but I bought a second controller just to play at my friend's house for the time being.
I went to my friend's h…
I went to my friend's h…
September 02, 2006
As the title says, I have some rather nice pills! I got my 2 bottom wisdom teeth taken out yesterday. They were impacted and it took about 2.5 hours just to get the bottom teeth. It was no fun. Hopefully my pill supply will remain strong enough until I shouldn't really feel any pain.
On a differ…
On a differ…
August 23, 2006
For those loyal readers out there (haha, right), you are rewarded today. A friend pointed me in the direction of a free copy of Bryce 5 all completely legal (from the company themself no less). Normally ~$70, it's something not to be passed up. Even if you don't have an immediate or any use for …
August 18, 2006
Next week I go back to class [sad]. I rather enjoy sleeping in until late afternoon and staying up until the sun breaks, but I suppose i'll be doing a bit less of that now. My courses:
Electronics I
Programming Languages
Software Design
Operating Systems I
Electronics I goes towards my Physics minor h…
Electronics I
Programming Languages
Software Design
Operating Systems I
Electronics I goes towards my Physics minor h…
August 06, 2006
So a friend of mine had the idea that he wants to create a 3d engine, and with me hanging around the game development forums so much he decided that I should help. So I agreed. But this shall not be my project, I shall help on whatever is needed, he's the head dude. Anyway, last night we decided…
August 01, 2006
Well, I was messing around with Steam today as I was preloading Red Orchestra in preparation for the free trial coming tomorrow. Under the tools tab though was a new entry: Source SDK Base. I don't know what this does, but I downloaded it anyway. Once it was downloaded I ran it and the only thin…
July 12, 2006
now legally drink those awful drinks that inhibit your motor skills. Hooray for me!
On a non-stupid note and more of a game development related note, I think i've come up with a game idea that I want to pursue.
The idea builds on a simpler concept of a dodge the falling blocks game. Not only must…
On a non-stupid note and more of a game development related note, I think i've come up with a game idea that I want to pursue.
The idea builds on a simpler concept of a dodge the falling blocks game. Not only must…
July 11, 2006
Well I had a very retarded feeling today. I was trying to setup SDL to work with a new install of VS.NET 2003 (hd crashed a few weeks ago) and was following TANSTAAFL's SDL tutorial but for the life of me could not find the C/C++ tab under project properties. Well, as it turns out, I had created …
May 07, 2006
I've been taking a programming for business class at school where we focus on more realistic applications that you might face in a work environment. We are using VB.NET for the class, as I suppose that's the hot thing to be in at the moment.
I like the idea of VB.NET, but from my experiences it s…
I like the idea of VB.NET, but from my experiences it s…
May 01, 2006
In an effort to take my mind off of the topic of my last entry, tonight I tore into my Targus Cool Pad which, despite the name, has yet to make me cool.
Anyway, either the cable or the connector on the pad was going/is bad, so I snipped them off. I robbed a 9v battery connector from some old burg…
Anyway, either the cable or the connector on the pad was going/is bad, so I snipped them off. I robbed a 9v battery connector from some old burg…
April 28, 2006
Well, I was going to post in the Pretty Girl thread in the lounge, but I felt my story would be more appropriate for my journal.
I went to a movie with a great looking girl today. I wasn't sure what she thought of our time out, a date or just going to see a movie together, but she called it a dat…
I went to a movie with a great looking girl today. I wasn't sure what she thought of our time out, a date or just going to see a movie together, but she called it a dat…
April 13, 2006
Well, my professor is still checking on what exactly we can do with our game, so nothing of that yet.
On a different note, however, I got a new (to me) video card and power supply. I got a GeForce 6800GT 256MB, and a 420 watt PSU off of a friend at school, grand total $150. I didn't figure that …
On a different note, however, I got a new (to me) video card and power supply. I got a GeForce 6800GT 256MB, and a 420 watt PSU off of a friend at school, grand total $150. I didn't figure that …
April 07, 2006
Well, I haven't gotten around to making an installer for our school project, but i'll wait until next week and get a definitive answer from my teacher on what we can and can't do with it (this week is Spring Break for us since the Masters crowd is in town). I don't want to get busted for showing o…
March 31, 2006
Title screen (the penguin looks like he's moonwalking back and forth as Alien Ant Farm plays "Smooth Criminal" in the background) :
Dissolve effect going to actual gameplay:
More of the map, unfortunately we didn't have time to animate the water:
Our music selection (one of the guys actually made the …
Dissolve effect going to actual gameplay:
More of the map, unfortunately we didn't have time to animate the water:
Our music selection (one of the guys actually made the …
March 28, 2006
As most of you probably don't remember, last semester we got to do an independent study course that allowed us to make a game on school time. I completely forgot to post what we had done on here!
The only reason I bring this up now is our professor insisted that we submit what we had done to the Ph…
The only reason I bring this up now is our professor insisted that we submit what we had done to the Ph…
February 15, 2006
Eve-Online. Wow. Quite an awesome game, I must say. A friend from school got me hooked and has given me a lot of money, advice, and even a ship that I otherwise couldn't have gotten on my own, i'm sure. Huge universe, and a lot of stuff to do. Me and this other dude from school need skills, so…
February 07, 2006
I remember a while back KHawk was having a little contest where you program the AI for some bots to face off in an arena. I was looking for that today and couldn't find it anywhere. Does anyone have any idea of what i'm talking about? I remember downloading it and playing with it a bit, but I wa…
February 06, 2006
You can now take a look at the interview I did with Andy Schatz of Pocketwatch Games for the upcoming IGF. He was a really nice guy to talk to, and the demo is pretty fun, too!
February 04, 2006
I thought that i'd post here about my ways, inspired by our very own John Hattan! For those that are unfamiliar with his ways, they are, from my experience, soley aimed at saving money wherever possible.
First of all, how I got a free roundtrip airline ticket. Wendys, the hamburger chain (i'm no…
First of all, how I got a free roundtrip airline ticket. Wendys, the hamburger chain (i'm no…
January 07, 2006
Following my own, and the imagineers, advice from the last entry, i've decided to do something. Inspired by the animatronics at Disney World, and hoping to create a simple one of my own, I dug through my old stuff and found my Erector Set. Those things are a blast!
So late last night and today,…
So late last night and today,…
January 07, 2006
Following my own, and the imagineers, advice from the last entry, i've decided to do something. Inspired by the animatronics at Disney World, and hoping to create a simple one of my own, I dug through my old stuff and found my Erector Set. Those things are a blast!
So late last night and today,…
So late last night and today,…
January 05, 2006
Well, i've just returned from a couple of days at Walt Disney World. We hit 3 of the 4 parks, and it was a lot of fun.
Day 1 we went to the newer of the 4 parks, The Animal Kingdom. It's a bit different than I thought it would be, less of a zoo than attractions themed around animals IMO, bu…
Day 1 we went to the newer of the 4 parks, The Animal Kingdom. It's a bit different than I thought it would be, less of a zoo than attractions themed around animals IMO, bu…
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