Various musings

So... it's been about six months since my last .plan. I've been kinda busy during that time. Also, sorry, no pictures in this, so those of you who only look at my .plans for the shiny can stop reading now.

1) I interned at GG for five months (Late Feb. to late July). I did... stuff. With an engine. And code. Hopefully that isn't giving away too much. It was a lot of fun though and everyone there is essentially awesome. It was a learning experience for everyone involved. I'm a self taught programmer and had never worked in a real team before, so certain things (e.g. style guidelines, "formal" research, meetings, priorities, deadlines) were new. Also, I now hold the record as the youngest GG intern.

2) The Modernization Kit has gone through a few revisions. Right now though, it's on its last legs. I've hit the point where any further work on it would be equivalent to rewriting TGEA. Only crossplatform. For free. I don't have that kind of time on my hands. If anyone thinks they can continue working on it please let me know.

3) OpenGL 3.0 will be released next month. For those of you who don't know, OpenGL 3.0 is completely new. The ARB threw out the old spec and started over from scratch. Based on existing information, what they've created is phenomenal. OpenGL 3.1 will likely be released 3 months after 3.0, and Mt. Evans (Think D3D10, only with a C API and crossplatform) will probably be released 3-5 months after OpenGL 3.0. It's an exciting time to be an OpenGL programmer. I shouldn't go on too much about this. I'll start sounding like a rabid fanboy.

4) I'm currently attending Arizona State University. As a freshman. Or a sophomore. Really depends on who you ask. I'm majoring in Computer Science. I'm currently taking Introduction to Computer Science with Java. I don't want to talk about it.

And... that's six months distilled into a couple hundred words. It's hard to provide actual content when the bulk of your time is under NDA.