Poor Neglected Blog

Well I, like others, haven't made an entry my blog for some time. I figured there was enough going on that I could manage to say something in my poor neglected blog.

Well, I have reached the next milestone in my education: my first scholarly publication! Not only that, but it actually made it into one of the better computer science conferences: OOPSLA (Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications). If you have some understanding of programming, or you're just a glutton for punishment, you can read it here.

Next up: presenting the paper in Montreal. Not a bad gig: 30 minutes of public speaking for a week in Quebec. Better than a fork in the eye, I always say.

Yannis (my adviser) suggested that my original draft of the presentation was a little "plain". He said, "This is OOPSLA, people are going to have amazing presentations. Where are the dancing elephants?"

So, I've decided to use a segment of the GE dancing elephant in my talk with the intro "I was told that in order to impress OOPSLA audiences, you had to have dancing elephants."

Well, that's it for major events right now. Headed to Bend this weekend to hang out with Leslie, and probably do some adventuring. If I get into any interesting trouble, I'll try to remember to pass it on...