Pathfinding – Hide and Seek Game

Intro For the last assignment for CIS564, we created a simple tag/hide-and-seek game using path-finding, and the behavioral steering from the last assignment. A* A* (A-star) is a path-finding algorithm which finds an optimal path between two nodes given a cost function which yields the distance from the start and a good heuristic estimating the […]

Second Semester Over

The second semester is over, and with that I am almost 1/3 of the way complete my Master’s degree in CS. I won’t lie, even though I only had one class, it’s been a difficult semester. Theory of Computation has kicked my ass all over the place, despite frequently attending office hours, and spending huge […]

Fixed Income Midterm

I have a fixed income midterm coming up. This is the first time since I started graduate school that I feel I could be in trouble for a test. This weekend will be a study-marathon! Tomorrow we’re going to spend all day in Panera, milking the free internet, atmosphere, and free coffee refills!

MBA Fall Update

School has been going well for us both. I am finding the MBA program at Temple informative and valuable, although I am growing weary of group work. I am simply not used to relying on others to complete assignments, but this experience will be valuable in my career as teamwork becomes more prevalent at work. […]

On Goings

MBA classes have continued with a steady pace. I have been trying to find time to keep up with the textbook and while I have set a good pace with statistics, I am behind in economics. The teacher is somewhat dry and likes to amuse himself with little stories. I don’t mean to sound critical–I’m […]

Back to School

It’s back to school time for kids again, back to lectures, books, and teachers dirty looks. I must be a kid again, because I’m going back to school too! This is the second week of the fall term, and two weeks into my graduate degree. I’m taking a Statistics class and an Economics class this […]

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