So, I’ve been learning about some software engineering tools so that I can make my life easier while developing: jitpack.io and https://travis-ci.org jitpack makes it super easy to depend on a repo that is able to be built using gradle or maven. travis-ci does continuous integration for your projects. This means that if you are testing… Continue reading Build tools
PASSED, ABD
Oh yeah, blog, I totally forgot to mention, I PASSED MY COMPREHENSIVE EXAM AND DISSERTATION PROPOSAL!!!!!!
Speed, Resiliency, and Sustainability these are important to me
So, I have been reading about the effectiveness of the current methods for determining the efficiency of fire stations. Most fire stations look at efficiency by cutting there budgets. Their argument is that basically lowering input (the budget) is not a good measure of efficiency. They argue that you have to look at the value… Continue reading Speed, Resiliency, and Sustainability these are important to me
Ethics and Incompleteness
So, I was talking to my wife 🙂 about ethics and the types of ethics. She told me that there is this form called consequential ethics and deontological ethics. And there are I’m sure a bunch more. But, what I have discovered is that they each have a set of axioms and from these they… Continue reading Ethics and Incompleteness
Comps and Proposal Scheduled
This week I finally got a lot of stuff I have been working on for the past couple months to the next stage. I finally got comps and dissertation proposal scheduled and my proposal approved by the chair of my committee to be handed out to the rest of my committee. I am so very… Continue reading Comps and Proposal Scheduled
Wild fires and resource allocation
I ran across another interesting paper “Resource Sharing for Control of Wildland Fires“. They have the problem of resource sharing between different fire stations that need particular resources. This seems like a job for bounty hunting and raffles! So, we have the tasks of providing particular resources. Basically people request for a resource by putting… Continue reading Wild fires and resource allocation
Alexandria and Resource Allocation for Food Banks
The day before Halloween Les and I went to Alexandria and we did some of the scavenger hunt. It was a amazing warm weather and there were all of these dogs dressed in costumes. It was really fun. We ate at Red Rocks Pizza, which my brother recommended, but we found to be not that… Continue reading Alexandria and Resource Allocation for Food Banks
Getting married tomorrow!
This is my last night as a bachelor! Tomorrow I get married to Leslie Ann Brown (soon to be Wicke!). This past week has gone by lightning fast. We finished moving all of Leslie’s things and Casey and Louis and Audrey came from Germany. Wow… I am so excited!!! I can’t even write in a… Continue reading Getting married tomorrow!
Update on life
Wow! This week has been crazy busy. Last weekend Les and I packed up my stuff from Hildey’s and she had her bridal shower in Hanover. Then Monday we moved my little stuff into our first apartment and then Tuesday we moved the bigger stuff. Stephen Kuhl helped with the move both days! He was a… Continue reading Update on life
Bioengineering
So, I was thinking that it would be interesting if we made a uniform harvesting mechanism. Essentially all produce such as potatoes, corn, tomatoes, grapes, carrots, etc would all be grown in the same manner. So, like if we modeled it after growing corn you would have a similar plant that would produce a husk… Continue reading Bioengineering