Archive for November, 2007

Hilarious Commercial

Post by Jon | Posted in Blog | Posted on November 23rd, 2007

OK. Sometimes the marketers get it right. This is just plain funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eN9KP6lOZs

Thanksgiving

Post by Jon | Posted in Life | Posted on November 23rd, 2007

So Thanksgiving was pretty good this year. We went over Judy’s parents’ place and hung out with their family. They had a mini family reunion, so it was fun to be aound a lot of people for the Day of Giving Thanks. As I was observing the different families there, and how they interacted, and who was from what branch of the family, I came to a funny realization. Soon enough, the family re-unions will just be my family and their immediate relations. That is, our parents, our brothers and sisters and our kids. As my parent’s generation passes, I’ll be the middle generation for the family gatherings. Weird to think that eventually I won’t be the kid anymore.

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Tic-Tac-Toe Using Minimax and ASP.NET

Post by Jon | Posted in Programming | Posted on November 18th, 2007

“I’m sorry Dave, I can’t allow you to do that”. That chilling statement made by the machine HAL in 2001 A Space Odyssey is just one of the many examples of how humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial intelligence. I myself am very interested in the subject and hope to go back to graduate school for a degree in the field. In the meantime I’m writing small applications like these to demonstrate what AI can do.

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5 yo boy dressed as Spiderman saves baby from blaze

Post by Jon | Posted in Blog | Posted on November 14th, 2007

Check out this story: 5 yo boy dressed as Spiderman saves baby from blaze

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Amazing Images From Space

Post by Jon | Posted in Science | Posted on November 2nd, 2007

Check out this blog on deputy-dog.com – 11 Phenonmeal Images of Earth. Images include the ocean minutes before the tsunami in Sri Lanka, the eye of a monster hurricane, and the aurora borealis from space. Really amazing stuff. Definitely makes you wish we lived in the age of space-travel…ahhh. Soon enough. :) .

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Batman Versus Predator

Post by Jon | Posted in Blog | Posted on November 1st, 2007

Now this is just stinkin awesome! One of the best Batman video shorts I have ever seen!!!

Dancing With the Stars Upset

Post by Jon | Posted in Blog | Posted on November 1st, 2007

My wife and I are avid fans of dancing with the stars. It’s the only reality TV show we watch. The reason being that we like dancing and like watching other people dance – it’s also fun to see some famous people we like give it a go at dancing themselves. It’s the whole over-coming anxiety and learning to do something under pressure thing. It’s silly sometimes and the judges aren’t consistent a lot of the time. But overall it’s a good show and we generally have fun watching it. Cut to this season.

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