So. I’m sitting in class Friday evening, next to one of my project teammates, and she is filling out a Saint Thomas form, before the evening’s lecture starts. I recognize the form since I filled it out myself in early Sept. – It’s a declaration of your intention to graduate (she’s filling it out a […]
Archives for November 2015
Law Enforcement – “Use of Force”
Article about LEO and “Use of Force” (opens new window) A former Unisys colleague Paul Martig shared the above article on FB, and below are my subsequent thoughts upon reading that article: Interesting and very well written newspaper article about the “use of force” by the LaCrosse PD, and it gives reasons why all “use […]
Pandora and an irritating limitation
Pandora thinks one hundred stations is enough for a Pandora listener. I wonder if this was just an arbitrary decision by the developer (who, obviously doesn’t like lots of different music/artists), or did someone actually say in ‘The Requirements’, “the maximum number of stations for each user should be 100”
Video of a guy “driving” a self-driving car
Article on self-driving cars (opens in new window) Haven’t really been paying much attention to google or tesla and their auto driving cars – but just watched this demo video of how the Tesla car works. (Software + Hardware) engineering is just freaking amazing! I am now able to better understand those Star Wars (prequel […]
Funding for Marching Bands
Marching Bands article (opens in a new window) Great article about Marching Bands in Michigan (and their lack of funding by the state). There were many, many “things” in high school that influenced me into the person I am today. Marching Band (and the teachers, parents, etc., that supported this extra-curricular activity) are quite near […]