When I was in grade school, I drew this picture to give to my mom for Mother’s Day: She hung it up in her classroom, and she said the kids in her classes always liked it and asked her about … Continue reading
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My Job at Microsoft
I got a job at Microsoft! I was hired as a technical writer for Microsoft’s Content Publishing group. Our job is mainly to manage the Windows API reference pages and create conceptual content (how-to guides) for 3rd-party developers who wish to make applications for … Continue reading
Success and Failure (Part 3)
In parts 1 and 2 I wrote about how we can work to be more successful at the things that are most important to us by framing it as a decision to fail at things that are less important to … Continue reading
Success and Failure (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about how we can view everything we do as a success of some kind and view everything we stop doing as some level of failure, and I proposed that there are often activities … Continue reading
Success and Failure (Part 1)
In the following posts I’m going to share one of the most important non-academic truths I learned in college. But heads up: the following 3 paragraphs are boring introductory material. When I transitioned from high school to college life, especially at … Continue reading
Opening Blog Post
I tend to write things down often: usually on a note on my phone, which I periodically upload to my computer and organize by content. I type out quick paragraphs either to sort out strong feelings or take down thoughts … Continue reading
Do List 1.0.0
Do List Do List is not just any other to-do list app. It accepts information about the priority and estimated time of completion for each of your tasks. Then, when you’re feeling productive, simply enter in the amount of time … Continue reading
Graph Cycle Detector
In this project I wrote a program to construct a graph from a source file, and then look for cycles (connection loops) around a specified vertex (very difficult to find just by looking at the raw data). In my case, the … Continue reading
Binary Search Tree Comparison
In this school project, my professor Dr. Thomas VanDrunen wrote 3 different implementations of binary search tree, and my task was to formulate a question about their relative performance, write a test to answer my question, and then report on … Continue reading
Zombie Command Center (image)
In this project my aim was to model a building quickly and with a low polygon count (important for resources in game development).
Walk Cycle (animation)
I’ve done walking animations before, but I spent more time on this one and focused more on the subtle parts. I also learned how to get that really soft, clean kind of shading on the material.
SPS Show: Wheaton College
Wheaton’s Society of Physics Students performed a science demo production for students and faculty. We covered a lot of different topics in our show, including lasers, plasma ball, smoke rings, electric field induction, and superconductor levitation. See the full video … Continue reading
Prime Number Finder Project
I did this project early on as an exercise in what I had learned in Java. The code creates a window in which the user can enter a range of integers. The program can then find and display all of … Continue reading
SPS Show: Covenant Christian School
SPS did another science demo for an elementary school. My segment of the show involved dry ice and liquid nitrogen.
Wood Figure Travels (image series)
Here I got some more practice on doing realistic but expressive poses, and had some fun putting together immersive backgrounds.
