… was one of the many companies I applied for to internship with this summer, and actually got a coding test from. I just found this recruitment video that they put together, which is a sheer piece of excellence. I might just try to work there for free after seeing this. They have friggin royal purple walls! I would have felt right at home. (Kansas State University Colors: Royal Purple/White). Arghgledargle!
Thought I’d Share
Nothing too exciting, but some real nice treats and a good ol` fashioned walk tonight.
The semester ends next Friday, and the internship outlook is looking pretty dismal.
Or is it?
Well, I’m firing up Plan B. Which is essentially to create my own internship. Working on a project from 8 to 5+, Monday through Friday. I have a few ideas, and I continue to think of more ideas, but I can’t decide which route to go on selecting a project. The plan is to create a prototype (2-3 Weeks), Seeing how people respond (Kongregate), and then transitioning it to a full blown project using a mixture of tools (likely being C#/C++). This project will likely spill over into the fall semester, too.
Whatever it is, I need a 180 to make this summer an achievement of some sort.
I didn’t anticipate finding an internship being ‘easy,’ by any means. But, damn, I just ended up hearing my voice mail messages and got one that said, “… sorry, the position has been filled.” This was for an opportunity that wasn’t even given a chance… I had a meeting with them on Friday.
It’s certainly not looking good for the summer.
It’s one thing to know that you ‘CAN’, and ‘WILL,’ succeed, but relying on other people giving you the ‘CHANCE’ to succeed is painful. It’s no wonder why I have an entrepreneurial spirit deep within me.
Anyway. Thought I’d vent a little. Back to my final project. ;]
Oh. You should go play on http://www.kongregate.com(Referred: Me). They have some fun flash games and a great reward system.
This laptop has went from outstanding, to demoralizing. I’ve had a tech come out to replace the LCD, GFX Chip, MOBO, RAM… Problems still showed up… So I sent in the laptop to dell and got my laptop cover dinged up, a new GFX Chip, LCD, MOBO, and even a Keyboard!!
A week later, the plague continues… ;’(
I thought I’d clean and reformat, one more time, to see if it was something else (Because it does this on an external monitor now)… No luck.
I even have a really interesting effect, sometimes, when I try to boot up. Either, RIGHT after I power up, I get a white screen, or I get a grey screen that does a little visual dance for me. That visual dance is black “bleeding” onto the screen… O_o
Let’s see what dell has me do now (edit: They had no idea).
Edit: Looks like this madness was probably caused by a driver issue. I finished reformatting and it looked to have cleared the issue. I won’t hold my breath though.
I made a couple changes to Reaching For Stars.
This concludes the 2 weeks that I intended on spending on this project, which ultimately ended up being about 5 nights of actual work. Overall, if you understand another programming language, coming to AS3 will not be any issue. Like they all say (books, friends, instructors), once you learn one language, learning another is a matter of syntax. Coming from C++ and Java, this wasn’t an issue for me. If you have a background in Java, coming to AS3 definitely won’t be an issue. The syntax is scary similar.
Play Final Version of Reaching For Stars
I’m not sure there is anything I can say about GTAIV that hasn’t been written, throughly, through several reviews, but this game is pretty slick. The storyline, especially, has incredible depth, which I’m having a blast with. Not to mention, all of the other side quests and things that you can do… I haven’t tried the multiplayer aspect of it, but I hear that’s another bag of treats. Overall, it’s an awesome game. No, this wasn’t a review… Consider it a reassurance of excellence. ;p
While the Wii is an awesome system, it just couldn’t hold up to my wants all around.
Not only that, but the hate toward the PC never has sat well with me. The whole exclusive titles being distributed to the console systems, and THEN, the PC gets a newer, enhanced experience, isn’t fun. That’s six months, or even longer, down the road.
The release of GTAIV made me jump over the line. I’ve been teetering with the idea of getting a more hardcore console, and I wanted to wait until I actually got a job at the end of the year, but I decided to go for it anyway. You probably notice the GamerTag to the right. Yep, I decided to run around in a circle (Loving Consoles, Loving the PC, and back to Enjoying Consoles (minus love, I still love the PC)).
So yeah. Games. XNA. Networking Fun. Yay. 
If you haven’t seen this, use caution, it’s pretty addicting. 
I’m sitting at 22 Tries, 87 WPM, High 110 WPM
Well, the progress on Reaching For Stars has come along pretty smoothly. I can’t say that I’ve had any major hurdles other than the hi scoring system, which is taking longer then I anticipated. So, in light of that, I decided to show it off anyway. I’m not going to lie, I chuckled to myself a little bit after I looked at my prior release.
You should definitely have a bit more fun with this release. I know my girlfriend is enjoying it, even if she hasn’t had the pleasure of touching this particular release.
Feel free to share your experience. My last run through netted a 7000 point gain. Not too bad. Let me know if things seem strange, stupid, too hard, or not even fun at all and I should go back to playing World of Goo. *thumbs up*
And as always. The project is not complete. The last things I will be add to it is a high scoring system and a few more nasty treats. But this is essentially what the project will be.
Either my blog has taken another a step into internet glory, or talking about my previous subject (Starts with F) is a highly sought after word for bots. I’m thinking the latter. Either way, I guess it’s time to find myself a filter. o_O
