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University CenterOriginally uploaded by jmissig.

Testing a post from flickr. I’ve not really played with it much until now. It certainly allows for some interesting things.

Well, that semester is finally over… and now I’m typing this from the Pittsburgh International Airport as I wait for my flight so I can start working tomorrow. I really hope the longer end-of-the-summer break makes this worth it. Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to this job.

One of the classes I was fortunate enough to take this semester was entitled Computer-Mediated Communication. Susan Fussell taught it. The class helped me gain a much greater understanding of the academic world which does research on the very things I’ve spent a lot of time designing outside of academia. I enjoyed the class.
The end […]

I’ve admired quite a few of Paul Graham’s essays and his general views on design and life, but Paul Graham has been deconstructed a bit lately, and some of his essays have really bothered me from several perspectives.
The social sciences are also fairly bogus, because they’re so much influenced by intellectual fashions. If a physicist […]

It seems that either Mike has started a new blog or someone is impersonating him. Either way I welcome food back into the URIs I frequent.
Incubus - Pardon Me

According to one of the theories of lifelong learning which my intuition finds appealing (I believe it may be Gardner’s), one of the most important first steps in life is gaining a truly deep understanding of something. It doesn’t matter what that something is, what matters is that you gain an understanding of both the […]

Time to look back on the semester. I practiced for about 25 hours, which is not spectacular, but considering how difficult it is to just sit down and write for more than 30 minutes, I think it’s not bad. I was primarily looking to learn to know how to properly write characters and learn things […]