I’ve noticed a definite trend in music lately, or at least the music that I listen to; there seems to be a convergence between what I know as the various forms of electronica and the far more popular (at least in the United States) genre of rock. The two examples of this that come to [...]

This is my final paper for CS 4001, Computing and Society, taught by Michael McCracken. The prompt was to select a topic and write an 8-10 page paper on it; specifically, to form a cohesive argument, taking into account positions from all sides of an issue.
A surprisingly large number of people in my senior-level computer [...]

This article is reposted from an article I wrote for The Technique (official site, Wikipedia article), published on July 20, 2007. (html, pdf). Summary: If you don’t own Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition) on DVD by this point, you should remedy that ASAP.
The superstitious call it serendipity, the business elite [...]

This article is reposted from an article I wrote for The Technique (official site, Wikipedia article), published on July 20, 2007. (html, pdf). You may also be interested in Buzz’s Wikipedia article.
Many symbols represent Tech to its students and the world at large, but none as well as our favorite black-and-yellow striped Buzz. Our loveable [...]

This article is reposted from an article I wrote for The Technique (official site, Wikipedia article), published on June 29, 2007. (html, pdf). You may also be interested in the car’s Wikipedia article (which I helped write), as it is more comprehensive than this article.
Tech’s mechanical mascot is no mere vehicle. The Ramblin’ Wreck, a [...]