FIRST Robotics Season 2010 Begins
Posted on January 11th, 2010
The 2010 FIRST Robotics Season has finally begun. The students and mentors from Flowing Wells High School are pleased with this year’s game challenge. The game consists of six robots competing in an arena with four “speed humps”, two low clearance spots, and goals to score from. In the end game, robots that can “lift” themselves off the competition floor recieve extra points. If one of the robots is suspended on another and not in contact with the field, extra points can be scored. This game is going to be challenging. The kicker is that the robot has to weigh less than 120 pounds.
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Winter Break Projects
Posted on December 21st, 2009
This winter break, I have decided to stay in Tucson, hoping to get a lot of work done and hang out with some friends I don’t get to see too often. I am currently working on several projects and must prioritize them. I’m looking to finish a few web sites: pimawebdesign.com and team1798.com. I’m planning on launching an MMORTS game called at feudalwarfare.com. Among other projects, I am interested in learning how to develop games for the Android platform. I am also interested in expanding the development network that I have by adding several tutorials for C, C++, Java, PHP, etc.
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ECE 175 Tutoring
Posted on October 26th, 2009
I am currently providing private tutoring for ECE 175 at the University of Arizona. The course is Computer Programming for Engineering Applications and is a challenging class which deals with Unix, basic C programming, and advanced C projects. I have preceptored the class under the supervision of Dr. Srini who has been teaching it for a long time. The course cheat sheet is online, and I will be working on a review for the material covered in the second midterm. If this is of interest to anyone browsing this site, please feel free to comment. It may speed up the process.
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Development tools for College Students
Posted on September 4th, 2009
I have been looking around for various tools that College Students can use to quickly climb the ranks in the software industry. One industry leader, Microsoft, has released much of their development software for free to students in college. This software is expensive compared to the FREE tools that have been created through Open Source. This is an excellent move on Microsoft to boost more traffic to their platform.
The primary website for this is called Dream Spark: https://www.dreamspark.com/Products/ProductList.aspx. Other websites include Microsoft’s Academic Alliance: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx. This website is great for colleges and high schools, it allows students to download more Microsoft Software including some Operating Systems.
The University of Arizona College of Engineering has a membership, and I have enrolled this year. I have already downloaded Windows XP and Windows 7, Visual Studio, and SQL Server 2008. These programs are advantageous and I will be using them immediately.
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