[N.B. This is a draft of an assignment submitted for DPI-685: 2020 Vision and Information Policy: Considering the Public Interest. Like my last assignment, the purpose of the assignment was to have us develop a utopian or distopian scenario about some aspect of the future at the conclusion of the next decade. This time I [...]

[N.B. This was an assignment submitted for DPI-685: 2020 Vision and Information Policy: Considering the Public Interest. The purpose of the assignment was to have us develop a utopian or distopian scenario about some aspect of the future at the conclusion of the next decade. Perhaps not surprisingly, I decided to write about the future [...]

Frank Field raised an interesting piece of MIT trivia today that i was not aware of — MIT does not confer honorary degrees. An interesting quotation from the MIT News Office: When Charles M. Vest, then provost of the University of Michigan, was offered the job of president of MIT in 1990, he met with [...]

MIT Admissions Letter (by sτενεωooδroω) When I first received this, I wasn’t going to mention anything online as I thought it might seem pretentious. Perhaps it still does seem pretentious, but: 1) This is too exciting not to mention, and 2) This is probably the easiest way to let everyone who is interested know. So [...]

As leader of the engineering student council this past year, I can certainly say that post-secondary education (PSE, a provincial government matter) is perhaps my single biggest concern of the current provincial election. Unfortunately I don’t think the same can be said for most Manitobans (who probably cite health care, crime and taxes as their [...]

I’ve been thinking lately of how I’ve ended up where I am today, and how life has unfolded thus far. I find it particularly interesting to think back to earlier times and the contrast where I thought I would (or wouldn’t) end up versus where I actually am now. Some examples to illustrate: Before my [...]

You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don’t have. [...]

A group of students (Pegasus Aircraft Group) from York University wants to build the next generation of short-haul jetliner, beating Airbus and Boeing to the punch, through the efforts of approximately 10,000 undergraduates from across Canada. This plane is supposed to include: Full composite airframe and fuselage Narrower wingspan than either the B737 or the [...]

The image to the right (click on it for more related images) is an example of the research work I’m doing this summer. It involves image processing using “wedgelets” — squares that have a line dividing it into two regions, each with a different intensity value. By combining a variety of different line orientations within [...]

Having been a bad blogger as of late, I trawled through my iPhoto collection looking for an interesting photo for the ol’ blog. The perfect thing to do on the eve of an Engineering Economics midterm. And here you are dear reader: September 30, 2005 — Ryan, me, Scott, Jane and Daryl sitting behind our [...]