Archive for the ‘College’ Category

Sketchpad for Google Wave

The semester is over and my capstone project is done. Meet “Sketchpad”, a gadget for Google Wave. Sketchpad can be inserted into a Wave conversation to provide simple collaborative drawing in real time. Put simply: you can see participants drawing on the canvas stroke by stroke as they are doing it. The project is based [...]

The Family of the American Dream and How the 20th Century Lost It

Originally submitted as my final for HIST-2020. Citations have been removed, since they were mostly bull anyway.
"Look the island!" The cry ran throughout the passengers on the deck. "You can see her arm!" Sure enough, on the horizon a gleam had appeared. All eyes watched with anticipation as lady liberty crept into view astride that [...]

‘Dead’ Week Workload

By the end of next week I need to have finished three programming assignments, one 2-page essay, one 6-page essay, signing a contract for an apartment for next year, turning in a lot of paperwork for scholarships next year, and have a second birth certificate issued to me. After that I can worry about finals!
I’ve [...]

Fun Weekend Times

Sam left yesterday afternoon putting an end to the best weekend ever. There are a few pictures on Flickr (check the sidebar on the right) from Katie following us around with my camera on Sunday afternoon.

A Return to Education

Classes started for me yesterday, finally. The winter break turned out very well. I worked a bit at Chick-fil-A, had some time to spend with family and friends, a lot of time to spend with Sam, and a couple of new gadgets to play with. I particularly like the new Logitech G5 mouse as a [...]