Matt Colyer | Archive

January 28, 2012

SmarterMeter v0.4.0 Released

This is a pretty major update as two significant things have changed relating to SmarterMeter. First Google PowerMeter no longer... Continue reading

July 18, 2011

SmarterMeter and Google PowerMeter Part Ways

Earlier this year at Google IO, Google announced that Google PowerMeter would be retired but they didn’t give many specifics.... Continue reading

April 21, 2011

SmarterMeter v0.3.3 Released

This is just a small update with two important bugfixes. The first bug prevented data from being sent to Google... Continue reading

March 29, 2011

SmarterMeter v0.3.2 Released

Today I released SmarterMeter v0.3.2, which contained several small but important bug fixes. So upgrade when you get a chance.... Continue reading

March 15, 2011

SmarterMeter v0.3.1 Released

Today I’m announcing the release of SmarterMeter v0.3.1. It’s the first release to include support for Windows. This now means... Continue reading

February 26, 2011

NSIS and Launch4J

Since I got SmarterMeter working in Windows in my last post, the next step was to make it easier to... Continue reading

February 13, 2011

JRuby and Nokogiri

One of my goals this year for smartermeter is to make it usable on Windows. There are several ways to... Continue reading

February 11, 2011

Brighter Planet Fellowship

So I was fortunate enough to be selected to become a Brighter Planet fellow for my work on smartermeter. Brighter... Continue reading

October 23, 2010

PGE and Google Power Meter

So building on my smarterproject, Andrew Potter has released pge-to-google-powermeter, which takes the PG&E data and uploads it... Continue reading

July 18, 2010

WebSockets & Stomp, the Real Realtime Web

So with HTML5 advancing and browsers starting to ship with WebSockets (Chrome 4+, Opera 10.60, Safari 5 and soon Firefox... Continue reading

April 20, 2010

Comcast IPV6

I got my invite to Comcast’s IPV6 trial today. I’ll be interested to see how they plan on handling dual... Continue reading

March 26, 2010

libimobiledevice 1.0 & Transition

I started libiphone (which is now called imobiledevice) back in 2007 because I wanted to sync the contacts on my... Continue reading

February 21, 2010

iPhone Icecast from Rhythmbox

So I wanted to stream music from my laptop to a Bose iPod speaker set over wifi. It seemed like... Continue reading

November 30, 2009

Selenium IE7/8 in Vista/Windows 7

So after spending too many hours trying to get selenium to work in Windows Vista/Windows 7, it turns out that... Continue reading

November 24, 2009

libiphone/ifuse 0.9.5

So it’s been quite a while since I first started this journey, but iPhone support in Linux has progressed to... Continue reading

November 20, 2009

Google Chrome OS on Dell D600

So unless you have been hiding under a rock (in the online world) you’ve heard of Chrome OS, Google’s Continue reading

October 28, 2009

VNC to OSX in Ubuntu

So I’ve had a Mac Mini for a while and I prefer to access it over VNC so I had... Continue reading

October 06, 2009

Smartermeter - Read your SmartMeter

So I have to admit that I was excited when I found out that the house that we would be... Continue reading

August 26, 2009

Tidying up

So I haven’t posted here in a really long time. And this blog has been feeling a bit neglected. I... Continue reading

October 08, 2008

iPhone Linux Syncing (with Conduit)

So the latest project I am working on is making conduit work with my iPhone, so I can sync my... Continue reading

June 29, 2008

One Year

So it’s crazy to think that it’s been a year since I moved to San Francisco, it really doesn’t seem... Continue reading

May 18, 2008

CSS Sprites

So if you are a web developer and haven’t heard of css sprites, you should check them out. While your... Continue reading

April 24, 2008

OLPC you make me sad

I am sorry that I ever gave you money (if I could I would take it back). You... Continue reading

April 06, 2008

What's Been Going On

So this blog has gotten quiet recently and Andy’s comment on my last post has prompted me to talk about... Continue reading

March 30, 2008

Don't Change Your iPhone's Root Password

Don’t change your iPhone’s root password. Just don’t. If you do you will have a phone that reboots in an... Continue reading

February 19, 2008

New Music

So my friend Sean has a brother named Chase who happens to plays the guitar. Chase also apparently has a... Continue reading

February 10, 2008

RSS Applet 0.1

So I was thinking it would be cool to have a revolving ticker of Craigslist items on my taskbar. Since... Continue reading

February 09, 2008

Arc & Ubuntu Gutsy

So I have played around a bit with Paul Graham’s new language arc. I wouldn’t go so far as it... Continue reading

February 06, 2008

Dell Vostro 1400 & Ubuntu Gutsy

So this post is aimed at people who have a Dell Vostro 1400 and Ubuntu Gutsy installed. When I got... Continue reading

January 22, 2008

Cold

So I am still sick. Not terribly exciting. Also the iPhone Dev wikiseems to be down (and has been for... Continue reading

January 20, 2008

Juno & Minutes to Midnight

So my new job has been going pretty well. My co-workers are awesome and I am starting to hit the... Continue reading

January 01, 2008

Beatiful Beach

So I was lucky enough to walk around a beautiful beach today. I thought I would share. Continue reading

December 21, 2007

Switching Jobs, Home and iFuse

So I have been holding off on saying this until everything was finalized but now that things have run their... Continue reading

December 16, 2007

iPhone Linux Driver

So I have finally gottenall the information together that I have learned over the last few months and... Continue reading

December 13, 2007

Leet Building

December 11, 2007

Electronic Music

So I learned at my holiday party this weekend that one of my coworkers is really into creating electronic music.... Continue reading

December 03, 2007

A Tree from My Walk

December 02, 2007

TJHSST. Go Colonials.

I am glad to report that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (my alma mater) finally has some... Continue reading

December 01, 2007

Theme Update

So I am not sure how many people actually visit my blog to read it, but for those of you... Continue reading

December 01, 2007

My New Laptop & Postie

So I finally got a computer to replace my aging four year old laptop which had been my main computer... Continue reading

November 10, 2007

The Significance of JRuby 1.1

So JRuby is coming out with its 1.1 release relatively soon (it’s just a preview at the moment). I am... Continue reading

November 09, 2007

Some Stuff

I had a grilled cheese sandwhich and soup for dinner. It was good. I saw American Gangster last night. It... Continue reading

October 24, 2007

Say No to Telecom Immunity

If you think it’s wrong that the government illegally recorded telephone conversations, sign the petition. Continue reading

October 17, 2007

Bike Commuting

So I have been riding my bike to work everyday since I got it (~3 months ago). When I purchased... Continue reading

October 13, 2007

iPhone Update and Today

So work on the iPhone driver has been stalled a bit. I took a serious look at getting around the... Continue reading

September 28, 2007

Good Day at Work

Today was a good day at work. I managed to complete a task ahead of time that I wasn’t even... Continue reading

September 15, 2007

Apple, Stanford and Updates

So I really should be better about updating my blog. Enough said there. I had my first performance review at... Continue reading

August 23, 2007

iPhone Now Charges in Linux

Update: if you would like to sync music or contacts see this post. So I have had success getting the... Continue reading

August 21, 2007

iPhone Linux Support

Update: I have started a project to get the iPhone to work in Linux, read this post for more information.... Continue reading

August 20, 2007

Rock The Bells: Rage

So I got a chance to go to Rock the Bells in San Francisco. The real reason I ended up... Continue reading

August 14, 2007

Emsense Article

Hey if you want to find out more about where I work, check out our story on VentureBeat.... Continue reading

August 09, 2007

Racing

So on Monday of this week I went to the Jim Russell Test Drive, which is a crash course (fortunately... Continue reading

July 24, 2007

Europe: Condensed.

Editor’s note: this post has been sitting in the queue for quite some time. Hopefully I will be more up... Continue reading

June 26, 2007

Ohh America

This will be just a quick post. I am back in America, land of large cars, large portions and bottomless... Continue reading

June 03, 2007

Collaborate Resurrected

So it’s been a long time since I worked on Collaborate (second semester of freshman year, making it three years... Continue reading

May 28, 2007

Graduated

So I have been really bad about updating recently. So this post is an attempt to catch up on everything.... Continue reading

May 11, 2007

Planet Olin to Pass On

Everything comes to an end at some point. Since starting Planet Olin I have found it to be a great... Continue reading

April 30, 2007

That Should Really Not Have Worked...

So today I was working on a group project in my embedded computing class. The goal of the project is... Continue reading

April 27, 2007

Back from NC

So I just got back from my SCOPE trip to IBM at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. The presentation... Continue reading

April 24, 2007

OSS Progress

So today was a pretty productive day for my OSS project. I implemented the error function as well as a... Continue reading

April 24, 2007

Interesting Conspiracy Theory

While I have to admit that GOP’s Cyber Election Hit Squad Exposed sounds a bit ridiculous on the... Continue reading

April 19, 2007

On Virginia Tech and Life

It appears 230 people died in a suicide bombing yesterday in Baghdad. I bet you didn’t hear about... Continue reading

April 18, 2007

Marathon Monday

So this year I decided to go into Boston on Patriot’s day and see what the marathon was like near... Continue reading

April 17, 2007

OSS Update

So it’s been quite a while since I have done an update about my OSS. Since my last update I... Continue reading

March 23, 2007

Vegas

Wow. Vegas is awesome. As soon as you get off of the airplane you are hit with an overwhelming attack... Continue reading

March 15, 2007

Video Mosaics

Since the change of direction on my OSS I have narrowed my project to working on just one problem, video... Continue reading

March 10, 2007

Half Way Point

It has been a while since I made a personal post, probably due to the perfect storm of events that... Continue reading

March 06, 2007

New OSS Direction

So I sat down with Mark to talk about my OSS on Friday. After telling him what I had been... Continue reading

February 28, 2007

Concentric Circles

So I found out why I couldn’t get concentric circles, it’s because OpenCV was removing them from the results list.... Continue reading

February 27, 2007

Comparative Study of Hough Transform ...

During the time I spent today on my OSS, I read the “Comparative Study of Hough Transform Methods for Circle... Continue reading

February 21, 2007

Running Accident

So I twisted my ankle on Saturday while running. It ended with me falling into a frozen creek from 8ft... Continue reading

February 15, 2007

I Got My Book

So I got a copy of “Robot Vision” that I ordered a week ago. I opened it up and started... Continue reading

February 13, 2007

Circles, Oh the Circles

So I had this idea in the shower this morning. What if I used concentric circle bulleyes (like on the... Continue reading

February 12, 2007

NASA Vision Workbench

So I spent my time today exploring NASA Vision Workbench, thanks to my friend Chris who pointed me in the... Continue reading

February 09, 2007

Cool Ideas and Open Source Software

Today I started out by looking at what free software existed in the machine vision world. It turns out there... Continue reading

February 08, 2007

First OSS Post

So I am doing an Olin Self Study this semester which involves picking a technical topic, learning about it and... Continue reading

January 30, 2007

Back in the Swing

So I haven’t updated in a while and you may have guessed from the lack of posts that I have... Continue reading

January 22, 2007

Return to School

Yesterday was my mom’s birthday. We had planned to go out to dinner with my sister, her husband, my mom,... Continue reading

January 20, 2007

Old Friends

So I met a friend for lunch today. I had a blast catching up, talking about what he was up... Continue reading

January 17, 2007

Leaves

I raked alot of leaves today. I don’t like them. My house will never be crowded in with trees. Continue reading

January 16, 2007

Old Music

So I have this Mini-Disc player/recorder (if you don’t know what I am talking about, do you remember the disk... Continue reading

January 15, 2007

Blog Maintenance

So I started to wonder why I stopped getting comments a while back. I remembered hearing a few things about... Continue reading

January 14, 2007

RunLog

So since I am now planning on training for the Boston marathon, I decided I wanted to take full advantage... Continue reading

January 14, 2007

Marathon

So I am going to attempt the Boston Marathon this spring. You can check my progress here. Tonight I went... Continue reading

January 12, 2007

Sardines and Aquariums

So I visited the Monterey Aquarium when I was out in California last week. Something seemed wrong when I approached... Continue reading

January 11, 2007

Dead Laptop + More Dead Greenbacks

Yesterday was a sad day. My laptop kicked the bucket. When I say kick the bucket, I mean totally, utterly,... Continue reading

December 28, 2006

Christmas Redux

So I survived another Christmas season. I got many presents, ate many cookies and got to see most of my... Continue reading

December 12, 2006

Update

So it has been a while since I posted as I have been really busy. As a sign of that... Continue reading

November 20, 2006

Good News

So I went to see the hand surgeon today and I got some good news. The issues I have been... Continue reading

September 28, 2006

A Low Point for the US

How do people sleep with themselves at night? Apparently our constituional values mean nothing. Congratulations Mr. Bush, you win but... Continue reading

September 25, 2006

RSI

So I have RSI. Which is why I haven’t been posting. It’s been interesting learning to cope with it. If... Continue reading

August 21, 2006

Back on Land

I got back from the Cruise a few days ago but I forgot to write an update. It was a... Continue reading

August 03, 2006

Back at Home - Yarr

So I flew home this morning. The funny thing about the security lines at airports is that the less time... Continue reading

July 06, 2006

It's Live

The next iteration of Flagr is live. It’s over a month’s worth of work and comes complete with truly sweet... Continue reading

July 04, 2006

The Fourth

The fourth of July always brings division to my mind. I have nationalistic pride. I believe that America’s ability to... Continue reading

June 27, 2006

Good End to a Good Day

It’s a good day when it Doesn’t rain and was supposed to. Flagr gets on the frontpage of digg and... Continue reading

June 05, 2006

Saturday, Recap

Winding Staircase Met up with a high school friend on Saturady. After we finally tracked each other down, we went... Continue reading

June 01, 2006

Alley Cut

Alley Cut A black white shot of an alley in Allston, MA. I almost got poured on while taking the... Continue reading

May 25, 2006

Trapt

Trapt Finally got outside today and took some pictures. It’s the first time that I have done so since leaving... Continue reading

May 24, 2006

End of an Era

This last month has passed in a hurry. It feels like it was just yesterday that I got back to... Continue reading

May 16, 2006

Multimedia message

May 04, 2006

Multimedia message

May 02, 2006

Multimedia message

May 01, 2006

Good News

The best news is good news that you were suprised to hear. I happened to be talking to Cole while... Continue reading

April 30, 2006

Multimedia message

April 30, 2006

Multimedia message

April 29, 2006

Multimedia message

April 25, 2006

New Apartment

So I moved into my new apartment in Allston this last week. I plan to be here over the summer.... Continue reading

April 03, 2006

Back at Home

Last Friday the lease on our apartment ran out so I am now back on the East Coast. Later this... Continue reading

March 28, 2006

Bad Day

Do you ever have a day were nothing seems to go right? At all. Have you ever had two of... Continue reading

March 18, 2006

Executive Summary

Had an awesome run to the Golden Gate Bridge Had a good ice cream sundae Created Flagrfox Continue reading

March 15, 2006

More Features, Less Stress

Today was a pretty productive day. We pushed several new features (my favorite is the new explore mode). It was... Continue reading

March 15, 2006

8 Days

I am horrible at updating people as to what I have been doing. I apologize. It feels like I live... Continue reading

March 06, 2006

Launch

After many late nights we finally released late last nighthttp://www.flagr.com. Go invite everyone you know. It is such a good... Continue reading

March 03, 2006

Good Day

I am having the time of my life in sunny San Francisco. I had an incredible dinner tonight. I still... Continue reading

February 28, 2006

Back at Olin

So this last Thursday I came back to Olin to visit. (No I didn’t come to interview nor did I... Continue reading

February 14, 2006

Many Long Nights

It feels good to finally publish something. I feel like I am going to collapse. Hopefully tomorrow will be a... Continue reading

February 09, 2006

Age

So I was at the deli counter today ordering some lunch meat. As I was standing there an older woman... Continue reading

February 08, 2006

Where's the e?

I never knew that missing a vowel in a name could cause so much of a stir. In other news... Continue reading

February 06, 2006

Look at Flagr

The great part about the picture below is that I galanced at it yesterday and thought to myself, man I... Continue reading

January 31, 2006

Hazy Monday

After seeing randomness this morning, it seems that Sean and Brian have beaten us to launching. Alas. Anyway the site... Continue reading

January 29, 2006

Long Time No Post

Wow it’s been quite a while since I last posted, over a week. Things have been even more intense here... Continue reading

January 21, 2006

Planet Olin Reborn

So after some nudging by certain people in the community I have restarted Planet Olin. To mark the occasion I... Continue reading

January 20, 2006

Cool Friday

Last night we saw our first speaker at the first Y Combinator meeting, which was pretty cool. I have never... Continue reading

January 19, 2006

In the Thick of It

So today, I got my haircut, ate the largest strawberry I have ever seen and found myself on the frontpage... Continue reading

January 14, 2006

Getting in the Zone

Well these last few days have gone quickly. Alot of coding. Alot of designing and some fun interspersed between those... Continue reading

January 09, 2006

New Office Furniture

This last two days have been pretty productive, the data layer of our application is pretty solid and the layout... Continue reading

January 07, 2006

Day 3

So things have been happening quickly. Drew and Jon showed up yesterday to attend the first Y dinner. Before we... Continue reading

January 05, 2006

First Day

Well I made it out to San Francisco. It was a bit rough getting up this morning at 4:46am but... Continue reading

January 02, 2006

Christmas and Getting Ready

This Christmas break has been an interesting one. In many ways it didn’t feel like Christmas. Sean’s post pretty much... Continue reading

December 19, 2005

Nearby

Wondering what I am doing for Expo? Check out Continue reading

December 16, 2005

Rejoicing in the Streets aka the Demise of the Patriot Act

That’s right, take that Patriot act. The US Senate on Friday blocked a final vote on renewal of the Patriot... Continue reading

December 11, 2005

A Little Planet that ...

(for those unaware of Planet Olin you can find it here) What Planet Olin is:Planet Olin is a collection of... Continue reading

December 08, 2005

Presentations

Today’s Discrete Math presentation went alot better than I expected. I was worried about not having enough content to fill... Continue reading

December 07, 2005

Update

Olin is on facebook, we are finally a real school. Been hearing alot of people stressing about the end of... Continue reading

November 28, 2005

Christmas, Apartments and Gizmo

Christmas So I have been using Amazon a lot recently, trying to get some of my Christmas shopping out of... Continue reading

November 20, 2005

Flying Home

So I made it home in one piece tonight. Oddly enough a lot of stuff didn’t work out in my... Continue reading

November 18, 2005

Lawsuits

So I was reading my brother’s blog. He seems to have picked up on an interesting story. You can find... Continue reading

November 16, 2005

What exactly are you doing?

So I have been somewhat hesitant to talk about what I will be doing for the WFP. However now that... Continue reading

November 08, 2005

I'm going to California...

So its been hard to keep quiet about all of this but I am proud to say that I have... Continue reading

October 31, 2005

Halloween

Last Friday was an amazing night (after a less than amazing week). I was a bit stressed that I hadn’t... Continue reading

October 24, 2005

Winter...

Today was the first day that I had to wear my tights in order to run. It made me sad.... Continue reading

October 19, 2005

Parents

While I was on my run today, I ran into a puppy that looked exactly like my dog Ebony. I... Continue reading

October 16, 2005

20 Answers

Here are twenty random answers. Kinda like 20 questions but without the questions. Despite having owned two firebirds, I have... Continue reading

October 13, 2005

The Final Frontier

As we continue to worry about terrorists and hurricanes few have noticed that we have some new friends in space... Continue reading

October 13, 2005

Hindsight

So I was reading for HFID today and I ran across this: The contrast in our understanding before and after... Continue reading

October 11, 2005

Rain and Mud

Today I went to cross country practice, not really sure why I went but I felt like I should go.... Continue reading

October 08, 2005

Penn State

So this past weekend I went down to State College, Pennsylvania for my friend Chase’s 21st. I had a blast.... Continue reading

September 16, 2005

Rain & Rest

Yesterday’s run was awesome. I threw on my trusty running shoes and headed outside as the sky had just cleared.... Continue reading

September 13, 2005

Hurricanes and Terrorists

As the last few weeks have been so busy, I have had only a few small glimpses of the outside... Continue reading

September 12, 2005

Back to School

Well its been about two weeks since I last made an entry. As you may have guessed life has been... Continue reading

August 27, 2005

Day at The Ball Park

So on Wednesday night I went to see the nationals. I had a blast, it couldn’t have been a better... Continue reading

August 23, 2005

End of Summer

Too much has been going on. Today I had two buyers called about SWFT DRK (and a third emailed me).... Continue reading

August 21, 2005

Coehesiveness

So I added my blog to the Olin Xanga Ring a while back because that seemed to be where everyone... Continue reading

August 20, 2005

Putting Me To the Test

So I recently got a new car which I posted about a while ago. However it wasn’t until this week... Continue reading

August 17, 2005

Long Summer Nights

If you live life undefeated, you haven’t risked enough. I’m in a somewhat artistic mood tonight. More to tell tomorrow.... Continue reading

August 13, 2005

Soccer Game

I went to a DC United game this afternoon. It was the first one that I have gone to. I... Continue reading

August 09, 2005

Chinese Food

I had some good fake Chinese food for dinner. Not usually a big fan but it was pretty good tonight.... Continue reading

August 07, 2005

Minorities

There are few things in this world that anger me more than racism. I woke up this morning to find... Continue reading

August 06, 2005

A Few Days

Well the last few days have really raced by. This week at work I released a new version of the... Continue reading

July 31, 2005

And From The Ashes

A Firebird Formula arises. After the disappointment on Friday, it seems that chance finally smiled at me today (after waiting... Continue reading

July 29, 2005

2020 Retrospect

layout: post title: 20/20 Retrospect wordpress_id: 142 wordpress_url: http://matt.colyer.name/2005/07/29/2020-retrospect/ —I have been looking rabidly all summer for a car to... Continue reading

July 24, 2005

Amazing

Sorry to the people who have left comments recently, I didn’t realize that I had to approve the comments. Well... Continue reading

July 10, 2005

Separation of Church and State

From NPR:A judge in North Carolina is refusing to allow Muslim witnesses to be sworn in with a Quran. North... Continue reading

July 04, 2005

Fourth of July

I ended up watching this movie called The Siege on Wednesday. The movie is about several Islamic terrorist cells which... Continue reading

June 19, 2005

Email at Olin

If you were able to visit my Expo project this year you know that I am interested in visualizations. As... Continue reading

June 18, 2005

Projects

I added a projects page to my site. You can find about the random cool things that I do there.... Continue reading

June 16, 2005

Old Friends

I went to a high school buddy’s suprise birthday party yesterday (you know the kinda party that you had when... Continue reading

June 13, 2005

Self Entitlement

It occurred to me the other day on the way to the Men’s room at work that society’s value system... Continue reading

June 12, 2005

Cars

Well I have been searching for a new car along with my brother. Unfortunately Sean beat me to the punch... Continue reading

June 05, 2005

Dear Mr. President

Amnesty accuses US over ‘torture’ Bush says Amnesty report ‘absurd’ White House Tries to Deflect Quran Abuse Report Hrm bit... Continue reading

June 04, 2005

Happiness

All classy beer comericials (that means any beer commercials without half naked women in them) have one thing in common.... Continue reading

June 02, 2005

Summer of Code

During this summer I propose to implement a rudimentary version of the GOCollab initiative for the Abiword/GNOME group. GOCollab stands... Continue reading

May 31, 2005

Work, Bikes and Cars

When I arrived at work this morning I had to unpack my cube since a large pile of equipment and... Continue reading

May 29, 2005

Fun

Where did all the ninjas go?. That is all. Continue reading

May 27, 2005

The week in review

Well its good to be home again. Although like many fellow Oliners I find myself unable to stop working. The... Continue reading

May 21, 2005

Drive Home

Yesterday I left Olin around 3pm, due to my bad planning. Somehow I managed to drive around Needham and Wellsley... Continue reading

May 15, 2005

Happiness

Friday was simply amazing. After finishing my last final around 3pm, I headed over to see the carnival starting. Since... Continue reading

May 12, 2005

Long days

Well I finished my Error Control Codes test yesterday and my presentation today. If you are interested in convolutional codes... Continue reading

May 08, 2005

Our Turn to Represent

Sneak preview of my Frankly Speaking article. One of the reasons that I came to Olin was to build a... Continue reading

May 07, 2005

Harbor Cruise

Last night was the harbor cruise. I had a ton of fun. The weather is not quite what I imagined... Continue reading

May 04, 2005

Truth

While I was reading through my daily set of blogs I found this interesting link about truth. I find that... Continue reading

May 02, 2005

Osama

In a news article that seems to come straight from a movie plot line, the CIA told their... Continue reading

May 01, 2005

Photo Expedition

This weekend I went out with Wurtz to get some pictures of the coast. We left at 4 on Friday... Continue reading

April 27, 2005

Printers are Bad

Okay so today I wanted to print out 3 copies of a 7 page paper. Not that uncommon of a... Continue reading

April 26, 2005

Environment

Seeing as last Friday was earth day I have thought a bit about the environment as of late. Today I... Continue reading

April 25, 2005

Collecting One's Self

Today was a pretty average Monday. I still feel uncollected from this weekend. Tonight I managed to clean up my... Continue reading

April 24, 2005

Sunday

It started off as a cold rainy Sunday morning. As I walked to the dining hall I realized that I... Continue reading

April 24, 2005

Google Maps

So I jumped on the bandwagon of Google map hacking. You can see the results below. I was truly impressed... Continue reading

April 21, 2005

Group Work

Over this last semester I have noticed certain truths about course related group work. Many times, the professors ask us... Continue reading

April 20, 2005

Warm Weather

Today’s high was 87 degrees. It was a good Wednesday. My summer plans seem to be coming together. There is... Continue reading

April 17, 2005

Tanstafl

The dean of faculty recently sent out an article from the New York Times entitled It’s a Flat... Continue reading

April 13, 2005

Coding

Today was the first day that I seriously worked on coding in a long, long time. It felt so good.... Continue reading

April 12, 2005

Snow in April

As I was walking back from the gym, I saw a leaf cross my path. Yet this leaf was no... Continue reading

April 11, 2005

Standard

Today was generic. I woke up refreshed. Nothing stood out except for a loud jet passing over in the afternoon.... Continue reading

April 11, 2005

Safety First

This is a more of a test of Pictpress than anything else. Always remember to wear your safety glasses when... Continue reading

April 10, 2005

ACL & Terminal

I worked on the ACL machines quite a bit yesterday. Hopefully the lab will be ready soon and I can... Continue reading

April 08, 2005

Completion

Today I completed my massive Error Control Codes assignment. I stayed up until 2 am for the last two days... Continue reading

April 06, 2005

Equality

I used to associate community service with service for those who had fewer opportunities. I thought it was vital that... Continue reading

April 05, 2005

Sunny

Today was sunny and nice. After taking a two hour long test, I went outside and ran to the aquaduct.... Continue reading

April 04, 2005

PIC 18F2455

I spent several hours debugging my PIC18F2455with an ICD2. To most PIC programmers out there this... Continue reading

April 03, 2005

Move

Once again it has been too long. I stopped updating as the system running my old blog was starting to... Continue reading

February 22, 2005

Back to the Grind

I had a total blast this weekend. My friends kidnapped me for my birthday this weekend and we went up... Continue reading

February 18, 2005

Anna's Taqueria

So I went out with Sean, Lauren and Lara tonight for burritos at Anna’s Taqueria. It is... Continue reading

February 17, 2005

Too Busy

Well I have been doing a poor job of attempting to post everyday but all I can do is continue... Continue reading

February 13, 2005

What a weekend

I went out on Friday night to see Ong-bak, a pretty crazy martial arts movie. I am not usually one... Continue reading

February 09, 2005

In Passing

Things have been busy. It started last week when I left school to go to my grandmother’s funeral. There is... Continue reading

January 31, 2005

Monday

Today was a pretty usual Monday. I found out that I will be working on welders as a user group... Continue reading

January 30, 2005

Productive Day

I managed to not get distracted today and got almost done that I set out to finish. That makes me... Continue reading

January 29, 2005

Door handles

Last night I broke off my door handle to my car while I tried to open it from the inside.... Continue reading

January 28, 2005

Long Friday

I didn’t get out of class/commitments until 5pm. Shortly after that I left to go the Walmart and get off... Continue reading

January 27, 2005

Snow

Two nights ago I went snowboarding up here on a whim. We left in the afternoon and boarded till 10pm.... Continue reading

January 24, 2005

Return

Well I managed to arrive at Olin in one piece with my car intact. I am excited to be back.... Continue reading

January 23, 2005

Drive

Well tomorrow I leave home bright and early for snowy Boston. Hopefully the trip will be uneventful. This break has... Continue reading

January 22, 2005

Snow Storm

Well not too much exciting happened today. It was supposed to be a large snow storm here but it didn’t... Continue reading

January 20, 2005

And So Begins Another Four Years

I was sad to see the inauguration today. I just pray that we can’t screw up as badly as we... Continue reading

January 17, 2005

Thin Crust

Tonight I cooked pizza for the family. I experimented by making a pizza with a really thin crust. Suprisingly, it... Continue reading

January 16, 2005

Wine

Tonight I mostly played with Wine, an emulator for Windows software in Linux. It has progressed quite a bit from... Continue reading

January 15, 2005

Conversion

Last night and tonight I played Halo 2 with my little brother. We are playing through the missions cooperatively on... Continue reading

January 13, 2005

New Resolution

This year I have made a new resolution, I am going to write an entry five days a week and... Continue reading

November 15, 2004

Warm Snow

This morning was great, my 8am class was canceled (due to a meeting that the professor had to attend). Unfortunately... Continue reading

November 04, 2004

Success

I finally got the A/D conversion working on my USB device for project class. It was a single line of... Continue reading

October 15, 2004

Tomboy

I finally got a Debian package of Tomboy. I am having fun learning how to effectively use it to manage... Continue reading

October 11, 2004

Long Weekend

I had a really great weekend. I was able to chill around campus, get homework done and go to the... Continue reading

September 29, 2004

My Water Pump

After finding out last week that my car’s water pump decided to head towards the grave, I finally got to... Continue reading

September 22, 2004

Where did it go?

I went to quite a few meetings today. Usually Wednesdays are my free days but it didn’t really feel like... Continue reading

September 21, 2004

Good Times

Tonight I finally got around to posting a bunch of my graphics work and photography on a wall of my... Continue reading

September 15, 2004

A Productive Day

I was able to get a fair amount of work done today. This morning I started working on my math... Continue reading

September 08, 2004

Relaxing day

Since I don’t have class on Wednesdays, today was a rather relaxing. After breakfast I worked on cleaning spyware off... Continue reading

September 07, 2004

Camping

The camping trip was a lot of fun. The car ride was a bit long (four hours) but I got... Continue reading

September 05, 2004

Indian Food

Tonight I got Indian for dinner after figuring out that my car is leaking gasoline. After that I wen to... Continue reading

September 01, 2004

Back

Well I made it back to Olin. I haven’t blogged in a while becuase I have been so busy. I... Continue reading

August 18, 2004

A Break

This summer has been great. That sentence just doesn’t describe it. It has been awesome. I have gotten a chance... Continue reading

August 11, 2004

Day of Purchases

I am waiting for my dvd copy to finish so that I can watch this movie tomorrow and my brother... Continue reading

August 10, 2004

Whirlwind Launched

After much hard work I am finally able to debut the redesign of my site. As you can see there... Continue reading

August 05, 2004

Warped Tour

I got back from Warped Tour tonight. It was great. I had alot of fun hanging out with some of... Continue reading

August 04, 2004

Finished Layout

I finished connecting the layout to the backend. I have to write some of the randomizing functions to pull in... Continue reading

August 01, 2004

Web Design

I have completed the layout for the new site. I need to clean it up, validate it, optimize it, attach... Continue reading

July 29, 2004

Web Design

I have completed the layout for the new site. I need to clean it up, validate it, optimize it, attach... Continue reading

July 27, 2004

Spin

Well today was somewhat productive. I returned the tools to the Sears store that I didn’t use while changing my... Continue reading

July 25, 2004

Whirlwind

I got back from the beach with Lara’s family yesterday. I had a great time down in Wilmington.... Continue reading

July 19, 2004

Return

I have returned home from Camp Sea Gull. While at camp I got a chance to be outside all day,... Continue reading

May 23, 2004

Home

Yesterday was a totally sweet day. I saw Paparoach, P.O.D, The Offspring and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack in addition to a... Continue reading

May 20, 2004

Home

I made it home after a lengthy drive home from Massachusettes. I have been mostly tying up loose ends. My... Continue reading

May 12, 2004

One Left.

I have my Linear Algebra final left. That is it. Then I will be done with my freshman year. Kinda... Continue reading

May 10, 2004

Finals

Wow. I haven’t updated this in a while. My life has been owned by work. Last week was a week... Continue reading

May 03, 2004

Homework

I got alot of stuff finished today that I was hoping to. However there is still more to do. After... Continue reading

May 02, 2004

Slurpee

I went running for fourty-five minutes today. It was great. I was hot and sweaty. Then I went to the... Continue reading

May 01, 2004

Freedom

Last day of classes was yesterday. Now I have to finish all the outstanding projects and all outstanding commitments. I... Continue reading

April 30, 2004

Class Elections

Well I tried something different, I ran for class representative. I don’t think I have ever run for an elected... Continue reading

April 28, 2004

Whoa

Wow. It has been a long time since I have written an entry. My school work has consumed me. I... Continue reading

April 11, 2004

Easter

Today is Easter as I am sure everyone knows. I was fortunate enough to have some Easter candy sent to... Continue reading

April 07, 2004

Summer Wishes

Today I thought alot about the summer. I am working on applications to two different jobs. Right now I am... Continue reading

April 04, 2004

Movies

Not a whole lot going on today. I got my AED certification and did some homework. I also went to... Continue reading

April 03, 2004

Rainy Days

It has been raining for the last three days. It is suppose to rain tomorrow. I hope sometime soon the... Continue reading

March 25, 2004

Today

Well I didn’t get too much productive work done today. However I got a really sweet boot logo for my... Continue reading

March 23, 2004

Break

Well I am back from break. I had a great time in Virginia, but it wasn’t as warm as I... Continue reading

March 11, 2004

Work

Today was good. One professor gave us an extension for homework so that I don’t have to kill myself before... Continue reading

March 11, 2004

School Work

Only three more days until break. I am not sure if I am going to make it. I was happy... Continue reading

March 01, 2004

Candidates Weekend

It is the weekend once again, only this time with candidates. I have met a few pretty cool ones. I... Continue reading

February 22, 2004

Work Ahead

Today I got a bit ahead in work which was nice. I should probably have done a bit more but... Continue reading

February 22, 2004

Candidates Weekend II

This weekend was candidates weekend number two. This place goes absolutely nuts, the only thing I can compare it to... Continue reading

February 21, 2004

Work

Life is so fast. I think alot about how I work hard only because I have always worked hard. I... Continue reading

February 16, 2004

Should get this together

I really should blog more often. I am really going to make an attempt to get into a rhythm. This... Continue reading

February 06, 2004

The week in short

I need to get into more of a routine about blogging. Thursdays are the fullest day of the week class... Continue reading

January 30, 2004

Well...

This week has been a bit crazy. Yesterday I spent about five hours troubleshooting my desktop. It had been really... Continue reading

January 22, 2004

Busy...

I got some stuff accomplished today. I got a job on campus doing web site content work (I don’t have... Continue reading

January 21, 2004

Shifting back

Today I got alot of stuff done that needed to be done. I am starting to transition back into a... Continue reading

January 20, 2004

Finally...

After spending many hours I finally completed my modifications to the Pivot System so that gnome-blog may post to it.... Continue reading