Neil and I watched our first VIFF film last night. After a look at the film schedule and its corresponding descriptions, we decided on Paruthiveeran. The movie is filmed in the language and culture of Tamil with English subtitles. It opens with a large celebration of singing and dancing, through busy [...]

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Thursday night, I walked (but mostly drove) around the city to get a feel for its culture and history, both of which seem non-existent. I don’t mean it harshly, but I am having a difficult time understanding why the city exists, other than to provide an alternate, albeit cheaper, location for office towers outside [...]

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Today was the second and final class for the Design Pattern Essentials course offered by Construx. After yesterday’s discussion on Design Principles and “forces” governing where and when to use patterns, we made our way through roughly a dozen more patterns. Most of which I have surface knowledge, a few of which I [...]

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I spent the day in class with Steve Tocky and roughly twenty others, absorbing and sharing knowledge. It has been a long time since I’ve been in a classroom environment. Too long. I regret having missed the opportunity in previous companies. I decided on this course as I have only recently [...]

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