http://vividmachines.com perpetually perpetuating Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:20:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WIRED Magazine is having a photography contest. The theme is Motion. My submitted photo is titled "panning azure chaos" and you can see the photo and associated Flickr page to the left. To vote for my submission you can view the article with theme or just the submissions page; ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/10/07/vote-for-me-in-the-wired-photography-contest/ I wish I had a break after my long spring semester, summer at google and never ending prelim studying. Instead of relaxing, my foot got run over by a car last Tuesday and this has introduced so many more needless complications into my life. I won't be driving ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/09/29/silence/ The photography section has been updated with links to my photo stream, my current favorite pictures, a list of gear that I currently have, a list of gear that I want, licensing information, and most importantly, what photography means to me. http://vividmachines.com/2008/07/28/updated-photography-section/ bart, originally uploaded by justonlysteve. I can't help but feel a little left behind. http://vividmachines.com/2008/07/21/my-summer-seems-to-be-passing-like-this/ Most of the time, I don't post about these sorts of things on my blog; however, because the corpus of the internet didn't offer a clear solution, I decided to edify the world with my hours wasted. Working with a large code base, it's easy to just make the required modifications ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/07/08/crash-when-using-dynamic_cast-in-gcc/ Mark, Angel and I just got back from our amazing bouldering trip in Bishop, CA. If you're familiar with climbing, you know this area has world class bouldering; basically, a climbers dream. We had a stellar time climbing, camping and exploring small town usa. We got very lucky because right ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/06/11/happy-boulders-central-happiness-dynos/ Designer babies are next! ...The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is the first and only federal legislation that will provide protections against discrimination based on an individual's genetic information in health insurance coverage and employment settings. Hopefully we'll also be launching shuttles 12 times a day, too! http://vividmachines.com/2008/05/28/kind-of-like-gattaca/ The Atlantic Online had this article with subtitle: "The idea that a university education is for everyone is a destructive myth. An instructor at a “college of last resort” explains why." I found the article really illuminating. This professor talks about the struggles of teaching students at the absolute bottom rung ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/05/16/in-the-basement-of-the-ivory-tower/ No, I'm not dead, I've just been extremely busy as of late. Just finished midterm and now I'm finishing up a phishing project for my network security class and working on some research relating to automatic diagnosis of errors in running programs. Yeah, that's vague but the scope of ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/04/15/end-of-semester-headlong-rush/ peeking at me from the tree, originally uploaded by justonlysteve. I am really busy right now. I take these pictures on my walk from soda to home or vice versa. I got my 18-200mm nikkor. I have another picture of this dude coming up and trying to grab the lens. Seriously, ... http://vividmachines.com/2008/03/21/hi-im-a-squirrel/