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Archive for May, 2010
Exhausted, Still …Interesting
May 25th
The weeks seem to fly by when you’re in school. I used to wonder what people meant when they said time moves quicker the older you get, but now I think I do. The more you do, the more time is consumed and the less you have to just do things you want to do. It’s Monday… and the next thing you know, it’s somehow the weekend. How depressing!
I’ve had a few personal issues pop up, preventing me from working on the game club or doing any recreational programming. However, it has not stopped me from browsing the Internets! So, making it’s triumphant return… interesting links I’ve come across!
» Using PuTTY on Windows? Feeling underwhelmed by its lack of features? I found a cool, more feature-rich alternative called KiTTY. Check it out if you’re interested in a new SSH client.
» Endgadget posted an interesting article on the quality of life of Foxconn employees. Foxconn manufactures many of the parts used in commercial tech products, such as the iPhone. It seems like that huge amounts of cash generated by these products never reach the people who actually work to create the physical product. Capitalism at work! Check out the article here.
» To end this post with a horrifying note… What would Doctor Who be like if it was created by Disney? Click here for a glimpse into some sick, twisted alternate reality where that seems to be the case.
Alright, that’s all I’ve got for now.
Back to Reality
May 17th
By the time my first day in my second semester in CPA ended, I had a feeling that this semester would be much more interesting than the last. By the end of the week, I was sure of it. Although two of my classes deal with an operating system completely new to me (System i on an IBM Power Systems) and so far seem very cryptic and almost intimidating, my C++ and HTML/CSS/JS classes seem like they will be a lot of fun. Also, I really want to learn more C++, CSS and JavaScript, as I see learning these as relevant to things I would like to do, while learning some business OS for writing business applications… not so interesting yet. At least all my teachers seem pretty cool so far.
Speaking of school, I’ve gotten around to setting up a temporary site for the ‘Unofficial’ Seneca Game Design & Development Club! I’m currently hosting it on a subdomain until I get the sense that it is serious enough for a full domain. I really hope that people join this summer, as I would like to begin to work on my game programming skills just with something simple. Perhaps Tetris or Brickbreaker with a twist. Shatter is an awesome example of how you can take an old idea and execute it into something new and fun, and I don’t think it would be too difficult to come up with something along these lines. I guess I’ll have to wait and see how the next few weeks go.
There really is not enough time in the day to do everything I would like to. Aside from studying & recreational programming, I’ve been addicted to HBO’s Six Feet Under. The combination of dark and light humour, plus the incredible writing and hilarious dream sequences definitely make this one of the best shows I’ve had the pleasure to watch. I don’t know how HBO does it, but they really know how to pick amazing shows to broadcast. This definitely gives me high hopes for the upcoming television adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Lastly, I ordered Red Dead Redemption, the newest game by Rockstar. It looks like a mix between Deadwood and GTA4… which is awesome. I should be getting it either tomorrow or Wednesday. Hopefully I have time to play it in between school and everything else. Who else is for extending the amount of hours in a day to 48? ….anyone?
