30th March 2006 – "Hola, atlhaqueros!"
Since Last Week:
Josh (n00b)
-author of previously featured JoshPOV blog
-avid wayfaring user: Josh’s Maps of Atlanta and elsewhere
-working on Tech Campus Map GMaps overhaul
-works with Graham at GTRI
Stephen
-school projects in progress:
1. Wikipedia Article on Data Integration (for Databases)
2. Graph-based Matrix Reordering to minimize fill-in on Gaussian Elimination (Sparse Matrices)
3. An improved Kalman Filter using Incomplete Matrix Factorizations (Machine Learning)
Martin
-hacking the GPU to compute silhouettes (for cell shading)
-designing the class interface for ChucK binary IO
Vinny
-looked into eclipse plugin API, looks hairy (SWT is Not Swing)
-custom graphics programming for commotion
-touched up original concept idea for Sonic Boom ChucK
Alex
-made the Never button work in SWIMM
-played Tekken5, visited Tim
Erik
-improved subwindow.com
-with AJAX history framework (works with Safari)
Luke
-reviewed his old SWT hack so he can reapply it
-got WXGA resolution MythTV working
Graham
-submitted ChucK instanceof patch
-needs to prepare for upcoming dorkbot talk
–dorkbot-atl presentation next Thursday at 7pm!
Tonight’s Reality:
Luke+Vinny
-started working on a Rhino console, dumps output
Graham
-setup MikTeX and tex2html on RENODAKOTA (laptop)
-started to write supplemental material for presentation
-started to write his first literate programs program
Erik
-familiarizing himself with javascript prototyping
Alex
-worked on packaging SWIMM
-packaging Java in OSX may be difficult, he shall overcome