This weekend, Mark and I ventured to Vancouver, Canada. My thesis was accepted as a paper presentation in the one day SAME Workshop (Semantic Ambient Media Experience) a part of the ACM Multimedia Conference. The workshop was set up a little differently as the focus wasn’t on presentations of the papers, but more so discussion of ambient media - I found it to be a pretty interesting day. Once the workshop was over, Mark and I spent the rest of the weekend exploring Vancouver. Check out the pics on flickr!
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This past weekend we adopted a baby turtle we named Puddles from “The Turtle Man” outside Wendy’s on 15th and Chestnut. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into- I thought raising a turtle was as simple as raising a fish. Boy was I wrong… more »
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Although the weather was abnormally cold (the coldest day was around 30 degrees!), my trip to Orlando was pretty awesome! Mark and I spent four “adventure-packed” days in Disney. Highlights included staying in Magic Kingdom until 2 am, spending New Year’s Eve in Epcot, meeting Remy & Emile in MGM, and riding Expedition: Everest in Animal Kingdom. Check out some pictures from the trip at flickr.
The reason we went to Orlando to begin with is because ASI hired Taiko drummers to perform at their conference and I was asked to design an animation to be projected behind them. The performance turned out great - check out the video clip on my portfolio page.
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Five times a year ASI hosts a conference called The ASI Show!. The first conference of the year is always in Orlando and this year, yours truly will get to attend! Taiko drummers were hired to perform right before the show floor opens and I was asked to design an animation that will be projected behind them. Pretty exciting, huh - especially since this project is right up my alley. I will be creating an interactive Flash piece- There will be nine preset animations that can be controlled using the keyboard to play with the beat of the drums. Because this is being created for ASI, I will have to use a certain color scheme and each animation will be abstracts of our logo.
And if you thought that was exciting, since the conference takes place right after New Years, I have decided to go down to Orlando early with Mark and celebrate New Year’s Eve in Walt Disney World! I’ll let you know how the trip turns out when I get back.
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I just got back from the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference held in B-utiful San Diego where I was a Student Volunteer for the last year (since I’m no longer a student). The conference was pretty cool- I made sure to check out all of the Digital Performances, which I didn’t think were as good as last year. There was a lot of audio performances and only a few dance performances.
At the end of the week, we went to the San Diego Zoo where we saw Pandas, Kolas, otters, a baby giraffe, to name a few.
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I just got back from my vacation in Maine. We had a great week- we climbed up the Beehive at Acadia National Park, went white water rafting down the Penobscott, saw Coos Canyon, hiked up to Angel Falls (the tallest waterfall in Maine), and off course water-skied! But best of all we saw not one but TWO Moose hanging out on the side of the road- a mama and her baby. Head over to flickr to see some of the pictures from the trip.
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I just found out today that I was accepted to be a Student Volunteer for the 2007 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in San Diego, CA!!! I’m so excited because I’ve never been to San Diego before; in fact the last time I was on the West Coast was for the 2005 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles.
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I just got back from my Spring Break vacation- a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise through Royal Caribbean. Highlights including walking Duval Street and eating at Margaritaville in Key West, sunbathing on the white sands of Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, and exploring Mayan ruins on a jungle hike in Cozumel, Mexico. Check out some pictures from the trip.
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So my trip to Ireland was way too short (especially since there was about 10 hours of traveling each way). I was able to get some good shopping and site-seeing done on Friday and Saturday (see picture below of Mark and me at Dublin Castle). The trip concluded with the Comhaltas xmas party. It was amazing- there was traditional Irish food, drink, music, and dancing all night long.
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It’s official- I am officially going to Ireland with Mark and Happy Cog Dec. 6-10. This will be foreign country #2 for me (#1 being Iceland last Spring Break). Stay tune for more details when I return.
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