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Well here we are, we’ve reached the final stretch! Our Text-Based Adventure Game is right on schedule regarding completion. We’ve finished out the details of the storyline and have all of the specification-required functions up and running as intended. My area of responsibility, the Text Parser, is performing as designed. The only addition option I’ll… Continue reading Capstone Project: Final Check-In

I’ve been pretty swamped with both my classes for the last week or so and I decided today that I needed to take a well-earned break and do something non-school-related to clear my mind, so I took a run down to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) on the east side of Portland… Continue reading Field Trip: 15 Years of LAIKA Exhibit at OMSI

I realized this morning that I haven’t made any posts about my Capstone Project yet, and since we just reached its midpoint, I think it’s the perfect time to bring it up! My group chose to work on a Text-Based Adventure Game. Our game is called ‘Elon Goes To Mars’, and it, as the name… Continue reading Capstone Project: Midpoint Check-In

As I reach the midpoint of my final term at OSU this week, I feel as if I have been thinking more than usual about the magnitude of what has come to pass to get me to this point. The fact that this adventure is almost over is surreal, it’s hard for my brain to… Continue reading Midterm Reflections: The Final Chapter

A friend asked me over a few beers recently if I could explain how a regular old computer like we have at home is different than the quantum computers that they’d heard about in the news. But the catch was that I had to explain it as briefly as possible in layman’s terms, which, of… Continue reading Talking Tech With My Non-Tech Friends: Quantum Computers

My journey to Oregon State University started in the Spring of 2019. I’d been extremely fortunate working as a Mechanical Design Engineer on many fascinating projects, from nuclear attack submarines while an intern in college at Florida State University, to aircraft carriers upon graduation, to aircraft and helicopters upon moving to Seattle in the mid-2000’s,… Continue reading My Journey to OSU

Since I covered the origins of my interest in computers in last week’s post, I figured a discussion about what the future may hold for me upon completion of the program would be an appropriate transition this week. I entered this program with a desire to leave the field of Mechanical Engineering after 15 years… Continue reading The Future and What It (May) Hold

Hey there, welcome to my Capstone Project blog! I’ve never done anything like this before, so I think what I’ll do is start from the beginning and talk about me and what got me started with computers. The first exposure to computers that I can recall had to be Christmas of 1982, when my family… Continue reading An Introduction!