Archive for the 'General' Category

Land…it is mine! (well mine and banks)

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004

I’m a home owner. Does that make me incredibly smart or incredibly dumb? The house is perfect for me and my wife and we have a great location. But our timing couldn’t have been more off. We planned (really we were forced) to close just before mid-terms. So instead of […]

Mac Store Opening in Pittsburgh

Saturday, September 4th, 2004

Dave and I headed down to the grand opening of the new Mac Store in Pittsburgh, but unfortunately never made it inside. There was a crowd of at least 1000 people lined around the block trying to get in for there free t-shirt. So instead we just headed down to Pamela’s for some […]

First Day Of Classes

Monday, August 30th, 2004

Today was my first day of classes for the fall term. My advisor had recommended that I sign up for two courses knowing that I would be dropping one of them due to my chaotic life schedule (cobind, upmc, and moving). I went to both of the courses, one was Computer Architecture and […]

Distribing News From Bethany

Sunday, August 15th, 2004

Unfortunately, I received some disturbing news from my fellow alumni at Bethany College. Dr. Gary Larson was indicted on child p0rnography charges as a result of investigations by the FBI. Dr. Larson was a biology professor for many years at Bethany. But even more disturbing was the fact that he was an […]

Presentaion on Sensor Networks at Pitt

Monday, August 2nd, 2004

The other day I gave a presentaion on Data Routing and Aggregation in Sensor Networks. Specifically dealing with my research interest of utilizing XML in Sensor Networks for routing and aggregating data. Also available in PPT format.