As my work at IBM on the genetic library comes to a close my attention is beginning to turn to life back in Corvallis and at Oregon State. And one of the most exciting things about heading back is my new job.
With the help of Dr. Timothy Budd, Alex Polvi and I [...]
Author Archives: Brandon Philips
It’s About Community
9/6/2006 – 10:18 pm
Austin Fuzion 2
9/6/2006 – 8:40 pm
Free is always good. But, a free concert starring one of your favorite DJs set against two huge inflatable projection screens with live video mixing is awesome. The particular awesomeness I am referring to was called: Austin Fuzion 2 starring RJD2.
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The opening act was great. They were a local DJ group by [...]
Beware Britt World Wide
7/16/2006 – 7:19 pm
In the last week I have had two run-ins with “business men” “building teams” for “internet sales.” The first was a couple that noticed my Oregon plates outside of HEB, introduced themselves and after some friendly discussion about ‘ol Corvallis they wanted to select me for their team. Yea!
After a couple [...]
Mario < Statistics
7/1/2006 – 11:07 pm
Today I had planned on exploring North Austin a bit to learn the roads and sites (see: excuse to find the local Fry’s).
But, instead I got distracted finishing “Stranger from a Strange Land” by Heinlein. Which you must read if you haven’t (slightly used copy available for shipment). It is a great piece [...]
Guess the Job!
5/19/2006 – 10:46 pm
Here is a snippet from a job description that came accross a mailing list:
Technical Skills:
Proficiency in Linux, C++, XML, Javascript & SQL.
Experience in BIOS & bootloaders would be a plus but not required.
AJAX GRUB?
Ink on my Hand
5/8/2006 – 12:32 pm
Some notes that I wrote on my hand at American Dream while talking with Kernel Developer and all around cool person Val Henson.
Query by Example by Meredith Patterson- Cool PG SQL tool
TCP/IP Drinking game - Good fun
RFC Poetry
Lakeoff - Who doesn’t like a good math book?
Real Genius - Apparently I am missing out on something
Jake [...]
Brilliant! Schwag Resale!
5/2/2006 – 12:07 pm
Valley Schwag is the most renewable, Web 2.0 and trendy business model I have ever seen. Soooo funny.
America’s CS Isn’t Trying Hard Enough
4/25/2006 – 9:09 am
After reading A Red Flag in the Brain Game I started reflecting on my schooling. From my experience Universities are going soft on CS students. In the first two years of undergraduate classes we play with Legos and Java instead of working on hard problems. And even senior level courses are [...]
CS 411 - Best CS Class Yet?
4/3/2006 – 9:27 am
My first lecture of the term was today at 9am: Operating Systems II. Paul Paulson, OSU instructor, detailed what I have known for a few months: this class will now use the Linux Kernel and simulate a class size open source community. The required text is “Linux Kernel Development” by Robert Love (a [...]
Java Without the IDE?
3/31/2006 – 12:36 am
Today I stayed home but wanted to do some work on the Registry. However, I don’t have a workstation at home with the specs to run IntelliJ with any reasonable speed. Furthermore, I was hoping that dumping the ultra slick IDE will help me learn a bit more about the Java environment.
Eclipse [...]
