May 2005 - Posts

Masters Done!

I have finally finished my schooling! I thought I was done once I finished my BS but then I ended up going for my MS after a year. Now I'm done with my MS in Computer Science. I just turned in my last assignment (a take home final exam). It feels good.

Just in case you missed it and are interested I posted my thesis (nContract) online.

I start at Microsoft on May 31. So now I just have to go through the moving process over the next couple of weeks. For those in Redmond I will see you at the end of the month (by the way I'm still looking for a place to live if anyone knows any good places).

Should I buy a Toyota Prius?

I'm thinking of purchasing a Toyota Prius and I wanted to get some feedback from the community.

I think it is a really techie car and it is just calling out my name. I want to get a smaller 4 door hatch back car and this one is at the top of my list right now. The smart key technology is so cool. You don't even have to take the key out of your pocket to unlock or start your car that is just awesome. You just walk up to the car (with the key on your person) and then open the door, press the start button and go.

I was surprised that since this is not a luxury model it actually has an option for a navigation system as well. The system also comes with Bluetooth so you can voice activate your cell phone to make calls that is very cool.

Not to mention that it is a hybrid and with the rising gas prices it is nice to get 60 mpg in the city and 51 mpg in the highway.

So what do you think? Please leave comments good or bad about the Prius I'm trying to make a well informed decision.

Paint.net v2.1 Released

If you are tired of the limitations of the standard Microsoft Paint and don't want to pay all the money for Photoshop then you should try out Paint.net. It has quite a number of cool features for a free image editor.

[Version 2.1 just released via Rick Brewster]

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