Category Archives: Me

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Eric J.

Someone told me that an ellipses is the best way to respond to things you don’t want to / aren’t inclined to respond to. I’m not inclined to give this post a title, so I thought that was fitting. … … Continue reading

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Eric J.

“Sophomoric Person”

So, I’m a sophomore now, and the first week of classes started on Monday. Here is what I think of my classes so far: PHYS 214 – I think this should be pretty similar to PHYS 211/212, but only half … Continue reading

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Eric J.

Alien Swarm is pretty fun

Did you know Alien Swarm has a tile generation tool? To get to it, start the game, and type in sv_cheats 1 and then asw_tilegen. You can load the “Example 200″ mission and generate a map from there. I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Eric J.

Coke is full of crap

Setting aside the fact that most Coca-Cola products are, indeed, full of things that are detrimental to your health, I’m very annoyed by what they did to the vending machines at the UofI campus. When I first saw them deactivating … Continue reading

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Eric J.

New stuff!

I changed the theme a bit; it now adjusts its width if you’re viewing the blog in a window that’s wider than ~940 pixels. I think it looks nice, and the slightly different look distinguishes this blog from the many … Continue reading

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Eric J.

Posting Drought

I don’t know about making any new posts in the near future. My brain has been turned into an indifferent blob of oatmeal.

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Levitus

Complete Wipe

So I haven’t posted in a while. I guess my life has been that boring….. Anyways this time around I am not here to rant or post something cool but rather come in search of advice. So I have this … Continue reading

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Eric J.

Disheartening

This is a little more than two months old, but I thought the following article was insightful (and relevant) enough to share with you guys who read this blog: http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html The title of this post summed up my reaction to … Continue reading

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Eric J.

The right-before-Summer-Vacation Update

I’m about to submit my application to NCSA shortly for their Undergraduate Research – Hourly position. I really hope I get it; the job looks interesting and I would really not want to spend my summer looking for minimum wage … Continue reading

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Eric J.

Things to do … eventually

In an unordered list because they’re in no particular order (and may mostly never get done): Learn C++ Format my resume in LaTeX (it’ll probably be easier to maintain than using Office) Finish my CS 125 group project and post … Continue reading

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