Do you know that feeling when you find a quote that just speaks to you? I recently came across one while watching the Netflix original, Master of None. This quote is from Sylvia Plath’s only novel, which is a semi-autobiographical story of her life, with the names of real people and places altered. Wikipedia states that, “The book more »
Why I Grew Out My Hair Posted by Taylor White on Sunday, December 6, 2015 cutoff If you’ve seen me in the last sixth months (June 2015 – December 2015) then you’ve likely taken notice of my long locks. I want to talk about my journey of growing out my hair, and the decisions behind it. more »
Debugging the Development Process is a book written by Steve Maguire and published by Microsoft Press in 1994. I happened upon this book while moving offices in my company and noticed someone was giving it away. I grabbed it and have found that it has great advice, even if it was published in what feels more »
Flocking. Sperm. Sperm flocking.That got you to click didn’t it? Everybody loves sperm! Well, if you don’t you’ve got to at least acknowledge it’s an integral building block of human life. Good news, you’ll get to see some sperm below. Bad news, it’s not all that erotic. Now, back to sperm flocking. What does that more »
What is D3? D3 is a powerful JavaScript framework predominately used to manipulate data and create beautiful visualizations. The name is an acronym standing for Data Driven Documents. Here is an example of a visualization Mike Bostock has created with D3.js: This may seem like more of a game than anything else, but more »
Before going to work at Epic I spent the entirety of my professional career (which consisted of a cumulative 21 months of internships and co-ops) in the aviation industry. I enjoyed it too. I first worked with Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH-famous for the top secret flight programs and its supposed involvement in the more »
Notes Below you will find notes from my Introduction to Computer Graphics course I took as a senior in college. Please feel free to read through these OpenGL notes and shoot me any questions you may have in the comments. OpenGL stands for Open Graphics Library, and it is a relatively complicated and difficult more »
First thing’s first, living with diabetes isn’t bad. It really isn’t. Second, I do not like discussing diabetes frequently as I do not consider it a huge part of my life and do not want the disease to be associated with me. Nevertheless my hope in writing this article is to enlighten those who have more »
At Epic, where I work, quotes can be found all around. Our internal website Guru, which incidentally is managed by my friend Alex Meyer, features a different quote each morning (I’ve added many since I started). The quote is notable because it is the first thing one sees, at the very top of the page. more »
Do you know the song “I’m on a boat?” If you don’t, you should. In fact, I’m putting it right after this sentence, so if you haven’t seen the video or heard the song, now’s your chance. Anyways, if I possessed the same quality singing voice T. Pain has, and had the desire for everyone to more »