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Images from Japan Finally Uploaded

Sean — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:37:35 +0000

Well, they may not be new pictures by any stretch, but I finally uploaded my images from when I studied abroad in Japan. These were taken with the camera that I bought there closer to the end of my stay, so the images don’t represent everywhere I’ve been, or everything that I’ve done by any stretch – and I don’t think I could have ever hoped to capture that to begin with! – but they do show an awful lot of some pretty great areas, and also some great people that I knew while over there.

While I uploaded these to Flickr, I haven’t paid for a pro membership yet, so… Here are links to the relevant Facebook albums:

The Grand Shrine at Ise
Fushimi Inari Taisha – Also my favorite place in the world.
Shirakawa
Minoo
Graduation Day
Japanese Flowers!
Misc Japanese Images
Last Semester of College in the US – Just as a bonus, although also old.

… I need to start taking more pictures again.

Graduation

Sean — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:50:18 +0000

Oh, right, I graduated recently. That’s probably big-ish news that I should mention. I even had to update my About Me page!

I ended up leaving Michigan Technological University with a degree in Scientific and Technical Communications, a concentration in Public Relations, and a certification in Media. I also got out with honor cords too, which was certainly nice.

I would like to thank the faculty in the Humanities Department at Michigan Tech, as well as my fellow students. You all certainly did a lot to help shape me as a professional and as a person. It was a fantastic experience and I hope to do a lot of good because of it. I certainly feel confident heading out into the world, knowing that so many amazing people helped me grow into the person I am today.

All I need now is a job!

Lunch Computing

Sean — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:01:47 +0000

You know, its amusing to me still when I sit down at lunch and I see around a quarter to a third of all the people in the campus-owned dining area chatting to the people over the top of their laptops’ screens as they browse the Internet, do work, and other such things.

I guess those crazy Internet and laptop things are taking off, huh?

I’m actually really quite interested to see how things will go as netbooks and other similar devices become more popular. I’ve seen a few eeePCs around already and a number of iPhones.

Houghton Game Jam Results

Sean — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:30:48 +0000

Well, I said more news would follow on the Houghton Game Jam, so I figure I should live up to that statement.

Overall, the event went very well. A lot of work was done, a number of games were completed, and a lot of fun was had. Regretfully, we lost internet halfway through, which halted my live blogging for the most part. However, regardless of that, everything else went off without a hitch. In fact, you can see the completed games here.

First Houghton Game Jam

Sean — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:42:38 +0000

Saturday the 7th marks the first Houghton Game Jam. This will be a crazy 24-hour-straight peroid of game development as people try to individually create a game based around the concept of ’space’ – which doesn’t necessarily mean outer space, but is instead open to interpretation.

I will be live-blogging this event every hour, and potentially making a game of my own to include into the little competition.

More information on this topic will follow.