<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>theootz dot com &#187; first</title> <atom:link href="http://www.theootz.com/tag/first/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.theootz.com</link> <description>tech, programming, rants and randomonium!</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:21:07 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <image><link>http://www.theootz.com</link> <url>http://theootz.com/wp-content/cbnet-favicon/favicon.gif</url><title>theootz dot com</title> </image> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Going Ons</title><link>http://www.theootz.com/2010/05/going-ons/</link> <comments>http://www.theootz.com/2010/05/going-ons/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:14:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>theootz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[.NET]]></category> <category><![CDATA[amd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ASP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first]]></category> <category><![CDATA[group project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[isdc 2010]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mssql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[projects]]></category> <category><![CDATA[student design competition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[test]]></category> <category><![CDATA[test project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theootz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theootz.com/?p=251</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Whew, busy last little while &#8211; been a while since my last post!</p><p>Since then, I&#8217;ve applied to positions for an internship at school and finished my semester. Went through a bunch of interviews and finally accepted a position at ATI (i.e. AMD) which is awesome! I&#8217;m not really sure yet if I&#8217;m allowed to blog about the things I&#8217;ll be working on there but I&#8217;ll find out. Would be cool to keep track of the progress I make while there for the next 16 months. Along with that, I&#8217;ve bought myself a car to get to and from work[&#8230;] <a href="http://www.theootz.com/2010/05/going-ons/" class="read_more">read more</a></p>No related posts.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whew, busy last little while &#8211; been a while since my last post!</p><p>Since then, I&#8217;ve applied to positions for an internship at school and finished my semester. Went through a bunch of interviews and finally accepted a position at ATI (i.e. AMD) which is awesome! I&#8217;m not really sure yet if I&#8217;m allowed to blog about the things I&#8217;ll be working on there but I&#8217;ll find out. Would be cool to keep track of the progress I make while there for the next 16 months. Along with that, I&#8217;ve bought myself a car to get to and from work &#8211; FREEDOM! <img src='http://cloud.theootz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Elsewhere in my tech-space, I&#8217;ve begun familiarizing myself with the ASP.NET framework (in C#) and MsSQL as the project I&#8217;m working on at AMD seems to require such. I actually ended up coding a test project for an interview for another company using the framework/database and <a href="http://www.theootz.com/projects/?show=10">posted the project</a> (more info below). It&#8217;s my first dive into ASP and far from the proper way of doing things, but I&#8217;ve already learned quite a bit since then so I think I&#8217;m on a good course.</p><p>I also won 2nd place in the <a href="http://www.upassoc.org/conference/2010/students/">International Student Design Competition (iSDC 2010)</a> for my <a href="http://www.theootz.com/projects/?show=9">group project in CSC318</a>! The conference is being held in Germany and our projects will be presented there soon <img src='http://cloud.theootz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Unfortunately, no one in our group will be able to attend but we&#8217;re going to try to get our poster printed out for display there. We&#8217;ll probably be listed on the <a href="http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2010/students/awards/">iSDC website</a> too once that&#8217;s done. Look for the Grocery Garden project by The Crew <img src='http://cloud.theootz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Finally, I also got myself <a href="http://www.hardeepsingh.ca">hardeepsingh.ca</a> because well, why not? It just points to the same host as <a href="http://www.theootz.com">theootz.com</a> though.</p><p><a href='http://www.theootz.com/2010/05/going-ons/'>Back to list</a></p><fieldset class='dataset'><legend>Details of ASP.NET Test Website</legend><dl><dt>Date Started</dt><dd>April 12, 2010</dd><dt>Description</dt><dd><p>A website made in ASP.NET and using a local MsSQL server to manage a simple set of companies and edit their data. Used as a quick primer to learning how to use ASP.NET and because a job application I had applied for wanted me to make it - two birds one stone and all that :) Took about 4 hours to make I think.</p></dd><dt>Main Link</dt><dd><a class='projectmanager_url' href='http://http://www.theootz.com/downloads/ASP.NET+test+website' target='_blank' title='http://www.theootz.com/downloads/ASP.NET+test+website'>http://www.theootz.com/downloads/ASP.NET+test+website</a></dd><dl class='uri '></dl></dl></fieldset><p>No related posts.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.theootz.com/2010/05/going-ons/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Obligatory &#8220;Hello, World!&#8221;</title><link>http://www.theootz.com/2010/01/obligatory-hello-world/</link> <comments>http://www.theootz.com/2010/01/obligatory-hello-world/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:22:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>theootz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hello]]></category> <category><![CDATA[introduction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theootz.com/?p=57</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Well, new host, new site and new blog. Just a place for me to put anything I find interesting, as well as for people to find out about me if they are so inclined.</p><p>No related posts.</p>No related posts.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, new host, new site and new blog. Just a place for me to put anything I find interesting, as well as for people to find out about me if they are so inclined.</p><p>No related posts.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.theootz.com/2010/01/obligatory-hello-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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