http://www.echogeneration.com/blog Doing what I can do prepare for a future full of change. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:34:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have meant to post about AideRSS for months now, but I have been so busy at Suited Media gearing up for the launch of Pokerspace that I have completely disregarded this blog and its readers. Rest assured I will be able to put more time back to this blog ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2007/10/08/impressed-with-aiderss/ You may have noticed that Echo Generation has been fairly quiet recently. In my last post, I talked about my new employer, Suited Media Inc, but I have yet to blog about what exactly I have been working on. So, what have I been doing? I have been very busy developing ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2007/07/10/what-have-i-been-up-to-at-suited-media-inc/ On Monday I finished the last exam of my undergraduate career. Needless to say, I felt very good. I was filled with the warm sensation of having finally accomplished what I had set out to, many years ago. I now feel filled with energy, determination, and focus. I have been concentrating ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2007/04/18/school-is-finished-and-work-begins-at-local-software-start-up-suited-media-inc/ I have been running Echo Generation since 2003. In that time I have made almost 500 posts on a wide variety of topics that I find interesting. So, which posts have been post popular? Since the inception of the site, the top 10 most highly accessed posts are: 1 ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2007/03/20/echo-generation-statistics-top-10-most-popular-posts/ I am now ready to jump into the working world with full force. I graduate in April and I am available to start work in May. I am looking for a full-time position working in the area of software development and/or business development. Web-related development is my preferred type of software ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2007/01/23/seeking-interesting-after-graduation-employment/ I am quite excited to be finishing my final term at the University of Waterloo. In about three months I will be the proud owner of an Honours degree in Computer Science from one of the best CS programs in the world. I now understand why it is considered such. I ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2007/01/22/making-space-on-the-wall-for-my-university-of-waterloo-honours-degree-bachelor-of-computer-science-w-business-option/ Although I have not made any posts in a while, I still continue to follow a large number of blogs. So, just how large you may ask? http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2006/10/17/number-of-feeds-i-read/ Well, I got quite disappointed after I received my response from Sun. It said I would be required to have a VISA, MC or AMEX credit card pre-authorization approval for the total value of $10,785 plus tax. As a student, I simply to not have access to this much spare ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2006/07/28/day-9-free-sun-server-project-no-server-coming/ It has been a long while since I posted to Echo Generation. Too long. But why? I was too busy with the previous school term, and than with holiday festivities. But now that I am back on campus and into school mode I have started to blog again as well. ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2006/01/17/back-to-school-back-to-blogging/ No blog posts (or even blog reading!) for the last while, because I am completely flooded with assignments right now. The CS 454 (Dist'd Systems) assignment I am working on right now, building a working RPC system, it taking forever. And mostly because the assignment specifications, while detailed, have left ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2005/11/10/still-kicking-but-mostly-coding/ The UW DJ club is hosting a charity party in the Student Life Centre (SLC) on campus at UW. I will be playing a live breaks/DnB set from 2:30PM-4:00PM. I am quite excited. I have never played on campus before, nor with the UW DJ club. It should be quite ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2005/10/12/charity-music-event-in-slc-today-hosted-by-uw-dj-club/ Ning is a free online service for building and using social applications. I have not got the chance to play with it yet (but I will), but from what I see they have created a framework for users to build their own social applications. Very cool indeed. And, it is ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2005/10/05/ning-coverage-all-over-my-blogs/ LightSpace Technologies has created a cool (albeit retro looking) 3D display using a number of liquid crystal shutters. The result is a screen which is actually 3D, with 20 different z-positions! The DepthCube z1024 3D Display is a rear-projection volumetric display in which a high-speed DLP(TM) video projector sends a series ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2005/10/04/a-3d-monitor-using-20-liquid-crystal-scattering-shutters/ This is just excellent. Pure play, with function. Need to wake somebody up? Want to have some fun while doing it? Pull the pin, toss the gernade, and get ready for a "very annoying and piercingly loud noise". via Boing Boing via RedFerret http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2005/10/03/a-sonic-gernade/ Computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University are developing and using online games to train computers visual system according to this article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. An example game is Peekaboom, which is used online by teams of two players. The first one, designated as "Peek," sees on his screen an image ... http://www.echogeneration.com/blog/2005/09/25/humans-train-ai-software-by-playing-a-game-of-peekaboom/