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Hold on folks

Thomas Wiggins — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:20:43 +0000

Wow, been a long time since the last update. Sorry! A quick update: Finished uni and got a job offer. There, now you’re up to speed. (whoever you are…) Anyway I’m going to be writing a new theme and revamping … Continue reading →

Free time is awesome. Wish I had it.

Thomas Wiggins — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:07:31 +0000

I’ve been very busy recently. These last two weeks have been chock-full of essay writing and job applications/interviews, I just have one essay left for Network Security on 4th March though so will hopefully have a bit of time to … Continue reading →

Happy new year!

Thomas Wiggins — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:56:55 +0000

(and merry christmas too while I’m at it!)

Busy busy busy

Thomas Wiggins — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:09:33 +0000

I really need to update this blog with some stuff that’s happened these last few months since I last updated, but I’ve been so busy recently that I’ve been neglecting writing up posts. Fortunately I’ve just returned home from university … Continue reading →

Temp agency woes, and a new project!

Thomas Wiggins — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:57:35 +0000

Well, I figured I should probably write something in here and actually use the website I’m paying for. (which is still looking a bit rubbish but at least the functionality is there now!)

I’ve finished my Computer Science degree now (First class honors! Woo!) and I was wanting to get a temp job this summer in IT or something before I go back for my Masters but it seems like that idea is going to have to go out the window now, I’ve tried registering with a few temp agencies and most have said that a) they don’t think they can find anything for me or b) they can, but then proceed to have never contacted me after a month… I would like to do something useful with my time though, so I was thinking of doing a small project to have finished by the time uni starts again.

I thought maybe something low-level with graphics would be interesting to do, I’ve played with basic/intermediate OpenGL before with my dissertation project and done some 2D graphics manipulation so I know I really like the graphics side of programming already. My idea is to do something like a basic ray-tracer in C# (a language which I don’t have too much experience in) and try a few effects out with that. I need to find some websites to help me out with the theory, though that shouldn’t be too difficult. I think I should try to keep regular posts on this blog to give myself a bit of pressure to actually work on it.

Hmm, not sure what else to write about, so I’ll end it here!

-Thomas