October 20, 2006
At work, I'm tasked with fixing some bugs in a pre-existing application. We didn't write the app, but our client really likes us, so they gave us the work. Also, the company that originally did the work went bankrupt, so there is that issue. Somehow, they stay in contact with the lead developer, ev…
August 29, 2006
You know what I'm talking about. That's right, a conference just for the GDNet Lounge.
I'm talking Booze, Bread, and BSD Unix for all (what, you'd think I'd kill such a great alliteration?).
New York City. New Years Eve. New YOU.
The conference will open in a grand ceremony and the cutting of the floo…
I'm talking Booze, Bread, and BSD Unix for all (what, you'd think I'd kill such a great alliteration?).
New York City. New Years Eve. New YOU.
The conference will open in a grand ceremony and the cutting of the floo…
July 25, 2006
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June 14, 2006
I am so pissed off right now, and this is why:
MOTHER OF PEARL! LINE THE HELL UP!!!
This is a mapping application that we are customizing for a client. They have a format of data called RPF that ESRI MapObjects is particularly bad at cacheing. However, we found an open source project called OpenMap t…
MOTHER OF PEARL! LINE THE HELL UP!!!
This is a mapping application that we are customizing for a client. They have a format of data called RPF that ESRI MapObjects is particularly bad at cacheing. However, we found an open source project called OpenMap t…
May 31, 2006
Well, it's been almost a year and a half since the last time I attempted to gain acceptance to a graduate school. So, here is a statement of academic objectives that I've been working on:
Quote:
In my Senior year of study for my Bachelor's degree, I completed an original research project, and found t…
April 30, 2006
I use a lot of Test Driven Development with my projects, mostly because I'm a shitty programmer without it, it is my crutch. But one problem with TDD is that it isn't really suited to anything graphical. You can do some generalized, precursory tests, stuff like making sure the image is the right pr…
April 30, 2006
I got a reply from Holger Winnemoller!
Quote:
Dear Sean,
I had a look at your webpage. Congratulations, you made very good use the illusions.
My Master's Thesis ended up focusing on NPR, specifically real-time optimizations to existing techniques and I never got around
to implementing NPR with optical i…
April 29, 2006
Found this Master's Thesis Proposal dated from 2000.
He talks about investigating the possibility of using optical illusions in computer graphics if they can be used to achieve effects similar to traditional methods as long as the cost of that illusion is less than the traditional method. His portio…
He talks about investigating the possibility of using optical illusions in computer graphics if they can be used to achieve effects similar to traditional methods as long as the cost of that illusion is less than the traditional method. His portio…
April 27, 2006
Okay, we aren't going to have the automated submission system this time. I still haven't had time to do anything with it, and my webspace doesn't support any languages that I like (PHP is a toy that has long outgrown its bounderies).
I might make things a wee bit different this time. We've talked a …
I might make things a wee bit different this time. We've talked a …
April 27, 2006
An HTML slide set.
I will be giving this presentation some time tomorrow afternoon (friday, april 28th).
I will be giving this presentation some time tomorrow afternoon (friday, april 28th).
April 20, 2006
One of my old profs is running a software engineering conference at my old university. She has asked me to give a brief presentation. I will be speaking on "the roll of testing in self-guided research."
I will be relating my experiences from my senior research project "Optical Illusions in Computer …
I will be relating my experiences from my senior research project "Optical Illusions in Computer …
December 11, 2005
The issue of base-code in the 3H-GDC. Here's why I think it should stay:
- cheaters cheat, and I don't know how to stop them. So, allowing the base code elliminates their advantage.
- beginners don't know how to code basic graphics, but they can probably figure out the logic. Complete noobs (dare I say, …
December 11, 2005
Alright, so we just finished another wonderful contest, with the highest contestant participation yet. A total of 10 contestants and 8 submissions that came in on time. The submissions were actually all rather impressive for only 3 hours of work.
But where to take the 3H-GDC from here? It's starting…
But where to take the 3H-GDC from here? It's starting…
November 03, 2005
Note: this post will contain offensive language. As a treatise on the nature of cursing, I believe A) it's necessary, and B) it's appropriate.
Swear words primarily must be offensive. It has to be a taboo word that one uses out of context from its actual denotation. Most of our current swear words a…
Swear words primarily must be offensive. It has to be a taboo word that one uses out of context from its actual denotation. Most of our current swear words a…
July 24, 2005
okay, here are my choices:
MarkR
stro
Toxic Hippo
bitplane
DukeAtreides076
endurion
mike25025
Zefrieg
July 21, 2005
So far:
1 month GDNet+ from capn_midnight
3 months GDNet+ from Fruny
1 year GDNet+ or an Amazon item of equal or lesser value from Prozac
1 year GDNet+ or a programming-related book retailing less than $100 (wow) from kSquared
1 month GDNet+ from capn_midnight
3 months GDNet+ from Fruny
1 year GDNet+ or an Amazon item of equal or lesser value from Prozac
1 year GDNet+ or a programming-related book retailing less than $100 (wow) from kSquared
July 21, 2005
As you know (or should know) work is bad for your health, especially the work we do.
I'm thinking of taking Aikido classes. I found this really cool school. It's not really flashy, it's in the middle of nowhere, it's in an old church, the boxing ring takes up most of the floor, and there are no memb…
I'm thinking of taking Aikido classes. I found this really cool school. It's not really flashy, it's in the middle of nowhere, it's in an old church, the boxing ring takes up most of the floor, and there are no memb…
July 15, 2005
okay, last time on Refactoring with Pong, we demonstrated a poorly designed program, a pong game written in under 30 minutes, with no attention paid to design, naming convention, or documentation.
Now, the engineering process wasn't completely lost. A lot of problems were completely skipped because …
Now, the engineering process wasn't completely lost. A lot of problems were completely skipped because …
July 15, 2005
If you hang out in #gamedev, then you've heard Washu and I talk a lot about WHY you should use TDD, with plenty of horror stories of when people DIDN'T use TDD. But we don't really talk about HOW to use TDD. I wrote this 1-printed-page (had to cheat on the margins) document for use at work, in an a…
July 14, 2005
Saturday morning, in the #gamedev Afternet channel, I'm going to encourage everyone to compete in a "3 hour gamedev contest". You'll have 3 hours to complete a game of your choosing to fit specified theme. Everyone can email me the submissions, I'll host the files on my GDNet+ space, make a page fo…
July 13, 2005
that would be "As fast as possible, and in Java"
done as a dare, completed in 27 minutes
done as a dare, completed in 27 minutes
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt…
July 06, 2005
The Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe Washu doesn't like it that I don't ever mention him in my journals. Well guess what, NOW I HAVE! Mr. Hyperbole! Now you can't say I *never* mention you!
June 17, 2005
well, I've been quite busy lately.
Two weeks ago, I started a new job working on a GIS web portal. Right now, I'm running through QA testing, oh joy, oh rapture, take me now. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO FREAKING BORED IN MY LIFE!!!
On occasion, I get to write some code. It's funny, I was hired because I kne…
Two weeks ago, I started a new job working on a GIS web portal. Right now, I'm running through QA testing, oh joy, oh rapture, take me now. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO FREAKING BORED IN MY LIFE!!!
On occasion, I get to write some code. It's funny, I was hired because I kne…
May 16, 2005
In the original optical illusion project, all hills are of equal slope. In order for a hill to achieve greater altitude, it's base area must increase as well. This leads to a "throne thought" (i.e. a thought you have while sitting on the "porcelain throne"), is it possible to indicate areas of grea…
May 04, 2005
This is the last update!
The paper is finished. All done. Waiting on a grade.
In summary, the hypothesis that optical illusions could be used in a utilitarian fashion was correct. Using optical illusions I was able to convey information that users were able to effectively use to complete a task. Read…
The paper is finished. All done. Waiting on a grade.
In summary, the hypothesis that optical illusions could be used in a utilitarian fashion was correct. Using optical illusions I was able to convey information that users were able to effectively use to complete a task. Read…
April 21, 2005
I've finished a 40"x48" poster as a summary of my research project. It is supposedly going to be hung in the hall of my CS department for a year. I guess I'll have to come by and see it some time.
Poster (4.0MB).
Also, my abstract was published in the St. Joseph's University Sigma Xi Research Symposi…
Poster (4.0MB).
Also, my abstract was published in the St. Joseph's University Sigma Xi Research Symposi…
April 09, 2005
On Friday I attended the Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium at St. Joseph's University. We actually had a total of 5 students from Ship presenting, all pretty good projects.
The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Joy Crisp of the Jet Propulsion Laboratories. She spoke about the Mars Rover projec…
The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Joy Crisp of the Jet Propulsion Laboratories. She spoke about the Mars Rover projec…
April 08, 2005
okay, here are some preliminary results.
For test #0, there were a total of 125 attempts, of which 7 were successes and 118 where failures. This is a 5.60% success rate. This test was (as guessed by Monder) a control against random selection of points.
Test #2: 155 total attempts, 151 successes and…
For test #0, there were a total of 125 attempts, of which 7 were successes and 118 where failures. This is a 5.60% success rate. This test was (as guessed by Monder) a control against random selection of points.
Test #2: 155 total attempts, 151 successes and…
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