So in my infinite wisdom I've decided to try and spend some of my copious free time (ahem) trying to learn Chinese or Japanese (spoken, not written.) I may not actually follow through, but I figure it's worth giving it a shot and seeing how it goes. Below I've collected some of my thoughts on deciding which language to pick. Anyone have any ( Read more... )

Michael is on to a new assignment at work, and intimidated by the >1 million-line codebase he has a week to get comfortable with. Multiplatform game engines be complex little beasties. Today's moral: don't get bogged down in details that don't really concern you, and Perforce is your friend, except when it's not ( Read more... )

A list:

• Someone at IKEA hates me. But I'm managing to furnish my apartment despite them.
  
• It is my belief, despite evidence that IKEA disagrees with me, that quality furniture should not involve Velcro.
  
• Box cutters are so-named for a very good reason. I don't know what I'd do without mine... Have lots of big boxes sitting around, I suppose.
  
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Comcast, in their infinite wisdom, decided to install my cable 5 days early without telling me beforehand, which means I already have an internet connection at my apartment! I guess I win the customer service lottery this time ( Read more... )

So Comcast isn't going to be able to give me an internet connection at my apartment until the 24th, which means that I'll be off the grid until then (except possibly intermittently, if I can find an internet cafe or something...) If there are people in the LA area who want to hang out between now and then, contact me via cellular telephone. If that ( Read more... )

What Michael has to (gets to?) do in the next month or so ( Read more... )

In England with my dad now. After a stretch of 50 hours during which I only slept for eight (a record for me, I think,) I just got up after sleeping for 16 hours in a row (another record.)

Also, all those graduation pictures my dad took probably won't be uploaded at least until I'm back in the US; eg. for a couple weeks.

I am now a graduate of Harvey Mudd College. Now begins a crazy month of travel followed by a new life.

For those not in the know, in June I'm starting at EALA as a graphics programmer. Really excited about what I'm going to be doing. Not so excited about staying in the LA area. On the balance, quite happy with where things are going ( Read more... )

I don't really do much proselytizing here, but I couldn't help posting a link to a fascinating BBC poll on statements about America. You can follow the links at the top to see a lot of other questions they asked, about culture, military, etc.

I went to a soccer game today (USA Mens vs. Norway; US won 5-0) and had a good time. I also took pictures!