Life Experiences

adventures and walk-abouts

Hug a developer

Posted by gturnbul on September 12, 2008 in Life Experiences

Probably old news for some.  The little boy made me all weepy, after I code for a few more hours I should go give my kiddos some hugs..  Oh but that meeting is going to throw that off…  jk

Most inspiring CS lecture likely to ever be delivered

Posted by Gregg on June 2, 2008 in Life Experiences

This video really hit home for me, and I now have a new hero. Life is short, live it with a smile.
From the description on youtube:
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving [...]

Creating a music video to make friends and family envious of your mad skills

Posted by Gregg on March 13, 2008 in Life Experiences

Ran across a very cool tool on Techcrunch yesterday and wanted to show you what I came up with in 24 hours.
Janelle, my wife, and I celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary this Saturday so I put together a video of our kids (and a few of the parents) using a tool called, Animoto. You [...]

RIP John Alvin

Posted by Gregg on February 15, 2008 in Life Experiences

I am a product of 80s and 90s film. I gravitated toward geekyness (computers, AI, and eventually the web) in large part due to Star Wars, ET, Blade Runner, etc. Stories that were other worldly and at the same time amazingly human. Not to mention all the non Sci-Fi films(Gremlins, Legend, Lostboys) [...]

Name Three Videos that left a mark on your psyche.

Posted by Gregg on January 19, 2008 in Life Experiences

Some of you out there may not know this but MTV did not always reek of reality TV. Long ago, when they had a spaceman in neon colors, they actually had Music. That is what the M stands for, Music. Not ‘Morons who embarrass themselves for 15 5 Minutes of Fame’. [...]