I have said my farewells to the Portland State computer science department; all in all, I was able to say goodbye to most everyone I know there - particularly to Dan, Tom, catamorphism, Emerson, Rafael, Ki-Yung, Akshay, and Nick, as well as Tracy and some guy I actually didn't know at all, all of whom were at my gala event tonight, but also to Chuan-Kai, ( Read more... )

The preparations are almost set in place, so it is well to announce that Cat and I are moving over the course of the next week but one (that is, starting the 26th). As such, we will be saying goodbye to our favorite restaurants, bars, and (we hope) people. You, personally, whomever you may be, are welcome to come along if you happen to be/arrive ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON - Campaign workers scrambled today to revise internal estimates and strategies in the wake of a new report from political consultant Dick Morris. Morris, an informal adviser to President Bill Clinton, predicted an Obama landslide, giving him 396 of 538 total electoral votes ( Read more... )

My quals committee asked me to resubmit the paper portion of my exam, which you may peruse at the point of this brave and desperate link. (4NM:256K)

Follow the white rabbit.

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I'll be leaving Cupertino on Saturday (specifically, 3:00 or so in the afternoon). Would anyone would like to get together before then? I would suggest either tomorrow night or Saturday lunchtime.

Also, if someone wants to drive me to the airport, I would really appreciate it; I have quite a lot of baggage.

I appear to be running a one-shot in D&D3.5 next Tuesday; for your entertainment, I offer the game announcement:
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The quarter's nearly over, and in a week - specifically, around 3:30 next Saturday - I'll be touching down in California for the summer. I'll be staying at 10197 Finch Avenue in Cupertino, so if you want to drop by - well, buoren has given me to understand that it's something of a pit, so perhaps dropping by ought to be a brief plan at best, but we can ( Read more... )

Portland State's qualifying exams require a short research paper and presentation; having completed the first, I now present it to you:

Improving predictions with changepoint detection

I do warn you, it's quite large (~3.4M) due to many, many embedded images.

Apple made an offer which I duly accepted, so I'll be interning this summer with their development tools group in Cupertino. Still no fixed plans on living quarters, although a professor floated the intriguing idea of looking for a house-sitting job.