why yes, of course we have velociraptors

So out of my intense deep-rooted boredom i have decided to create a simple system for distributing the computational load of a program doing mathematical things across many computers. (basically: distributed computing). Once I get a semi-working alpha version done, I will probably create a Google Code repository for it. So far i have created a client, and basic protocol for the system and part of a parsing system to interpret the equation that is required. Anyway more on this at a later date.

So I am on a 767 american airlines plane to JFK airport. I shelled out 10 bucks to have unlimited inflight wifi so i’m kind of happy. Its a lot of fun to talk on irc and aim while being 39,000 feet in the air. Anyway this is kind of the end of this trip, 2 days from now i will be back in school going through the mundane routine that was a constant up until spring break. So, here is a picture:

(no) Snakes on a plane

The blog just got a new theme. I was bored with the old one. Also included are a few more links which go to a few friends blogs (Selig, Purrdeta, Jessie) the DarkDna Radio blog (not even sure if that is still going on) and the SlServ google code project.

In Oakland again, leaving for connecticut tomorrow. Today I started messing with IDroid. It seems some people have finally finished porting android to the iphone, I wanted to see if it would work on an ipod touch 2g, but no dice. I guess i just need to wait for the developers to port it to itouch 2g. I Also finished adding more links to the blog. There is now a related sites bit which has links to a bunch of friends blogs and then the google code project for SlServ

These days were pretty decent. We left oakland on the third day, after visiting Berkeley. My grandfather on my mother’s side lives near San Jose so we went and visited him for 2 days. Those days were nice enough, plenty of mexican food, chinese food, fun. Though the bed i slept on was awful, it was like sleeping on a floor, only less comfortable. on the first whole day there we visited the campus of SanJose State. It was crap compared to berkeley. The tout guide also was crap. Over all: not a good impression. Anyway today we went down the coast on highway 1 to santa maria to visit my other grand father. It is about dinner time so i am going to wrap this up. Tomorrow we visit CalPoly and after that we drive back up to oakland with my grandfather and then we go home.

Well i had even more awesome mexican food today. The family and I went to a farmers market down at Jack London square in Oakland. It was way better than anything i’ve had on the east coast. This farmers market was fantastic, it was right along the coast and there was just this straight walk down with a whole bunch of tents selling various things. My Uncle is a profession chef so he has been going to this market for a while. He went and picked up fresh produce, bread, sausage, etc. Besides farmers selling their wares, there were a bunch of stands selling food. There was indian, greek, mexican, etc I decided to go with some chicken Taco’s from the mexican stand (which only sold tacos). They were delicious. Anyway after doing all that, we went to an outdoor mall so i could buy an airplane/var power adapter for my macbook pro. This way i will not run out of power with 5 hours left in a place flight. Anyway not much else going on today, tomorrow is the UC Berkeley visit.

Well I have just completed a 6 hour plane ride to San Francisco. My MacBook Pro died after I used it for an hour and my headphones died for a while too. So Over all the flight sucked. I was in coach all the way and it was jam packed. Anyway now that I am at my aunts house I can charge everything up and enjoy decent Mexican food. I am spending another day or so here then moving down to my old home town Scotts Valley. After that I leave for Santa Maria and my Grandfather’s house. This trip is going to take around 8 days so I will be back home on Saturday. Its good to be back in my home state. The best part of all this is of course the food. Out east where I currently reside there is no decent Mexican food. The moment I come out to California I plan my trip around my favoriate Mexican Restaurants. Anywho not really doing much else today. I will probably update with pictures and the status of my trip later.

Well redbull is up and running. However the system is incredibly unreliable. I am not entirely sure whats wrong, it seems like either an issue with redbull’s networking card or the router on zsizsi’s network. I can connect to the server for short periods of time, but it doesn’t take long for the connection to time out and eventually redbull drops off zsizsi’s network. I am hoping i can figure out the problem and get it working properly soon. In other news slserv is kind of sitting around as i figure out a good way to get channel passwords in order to secure device connections. I am also starting development of a chat client.

Well today is saturday. This means 3 things. the FIrst things: zsizsi is /supposed/ to bring redbull backup. Redbull will hopefully be on 24/7 as another irc node. It will also do some backup stuff too. The second thing: I am stuck house sitting this morning. So i am not in my normal work area. This also means i am stuck for the next 3 hours or so with a cat that sheds way to much and is way to friendly. The third thing is the reason why i am house sitting. The people i am house sitting for are expecting a certain package today… yah its an iPad. They are leaving me in charge of the delivery and I am also allowed to play with the iPad before they come home today. So it is kind of a win/meh/lose/win situation anyway redbull will hopefully be back up and running near the end of the weekend. I also plan on posting a first impressions sort of thing of the iPad.