I have been a professional software engineer for over 10 years.
I have written many kinds of software, but my particular strengths are interactive graphics applications,
compilers and interpreters, and algorithms.
I also enjoy writing,
woodworking, and
home improvement.
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Friday, June 27, 2003
I saw Hulk last night, and liked it more than most of the reviews I've read would suggest. I went to see it largely for the filmmaking aspects, where I was definitely not disappointed; Ang Lee is awesome, and from a purely visual perspective the movie was a real pleasure to watch. As for the movie itself, it was pretty okay, though I must admit that the climax made me go, "huh?" People have complained a lot about the Hulk's CGI, but I thought it was perfect adequate. A little cartoonish, perhaps, but I thought that fit in fine with the fact that the whole movie was basically a live-action cartoon. This is definitely a movie that if it's worth seeing at all, it's worth seeing on the big screen, and I found it worthwhile if only for the visual aspects of its filmmaking. (Warning, though: I felt the same about Waterworld.)
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Thursday, June 26, 2003
I had been procrastinating putting up some new family pictures because I was (very slowly) working on redesigning the whole site. That redesign is taking forever, though (the paying work is taking all of my time), so here are a few recent pictures for you friends and relatives out there:
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Tuesday, June 10, 2003
An article in today's Washington Post describes a class-action suit that has been brought against the airlines for prohibiting "hidden-city" booking. This is where it is cheaper to fly from, say, D.C. to South Bend via Chicago than to simply fly from D.C. to Chicago, so you buy tickets on the D.C.-South Bend flight and just skip out on the South Bend-Chicago legs. The airlines prohibit this, and the suit alleges that they should not (and I agree). The airlines counter that they have to overcharge people on the popular routes (e.g. D.C.-Chicago) so that they can afford to serve the less popular ones (D.C.-South Bend). What I don't understand is: Is there a law that requires airlines to serve these "unpopular" routes? If not, and if they can't make money on their own merits instead of by gouging the customers of more popular routes, then why fly there at all? Certainly it is nice for the people of South Bend (or Staunton or Biloxi or any of a zillion medium-sized towns) to have nearby air service, but should that service be subsidized by the other air travelers? I think not. It's worth noting, by the way, that the only airlines making money these days (e.g. Southwest) are those who only serve the most popular markets. It seems to me that the major airlines need to seriously rethink their business strategies.
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