August 04, 2008
Games....
• Are video games good for you? What can you learn from them? Is it a different kind of learning? I don't think there is "good" or "bad." Video games just are. I don't see a huge difference between regular games and video games, except that video games can be more immersive and have potential for being addictive. As to...Posted by
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July 07, 2008
saudilogue 38
June 20 Gee – I didn’t realize nearly two months have transpired since my last communiqué. Spring semester is nearly done. Classes have finished, grades are in and I still have course files to make up for every class. Summer semester starts tomorrow. I have started packing for a return to the US on July 20. A month from today...April 30, 2008
Saudilogue 37
Saudilogue 37 April 16, 2008 Day after tax day. I just got back from a new mall in Jeddah – the Red Sea Mall, located by the sea. Holy cats. Amazing. I’ll got back next week to take photos. Heads up, Jenny. I want to go to the Mall of America when I get back to see if the store...Continue reading "Saudilogue 37"
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April 17, 2008
Saudilogue 36
It’s Thursday morning, (our Saturday). Very high winds have created a sandstorm. Branches have been blown down so the guys are trying to clean up the increasing mess. Farouky says that when the sand is this fine and the winds this high, the rains are coming. Ooooo. Could be fun. The internet is down again. Since the cables were...Continue reading "Saudilogue 36"
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April 07, 2008
Viz Lab Summer Grants—Due April 18
Viz Lab Summer Grant applications are due by April 18, 2008. To apply for a summer grant you must fill out the Viz Lab access application (http://www.d.umn.edu/vdil/access/accessForm.html) and the Summer Grant application form (http://www.d.umn.edu/vdil/access/summerGrantForm.html). If you have any questions regarding the grants, access or the Lab, please check out the Summer Grant website or contact the Lab at 8093....February 08, 2008
Software/Hardware Updtates
Hardware clean-up on Boyle and Burns is almost complete; check back next week for smoother-running machines. If you have frequented either of these machines, please stop by to make sure that required research software has been re-installed (currently we have re-installed 3ds Max 9, Office 2007, MATLAB, Groundwater Vistas and the Adobe CS3 design premium on Boyle)....Continue reading "Software/Hardware Updtates"
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January 31, 2008
Saudilogue 35
Saudilogue 35 Happy Hijjra – the Moslem new year. 1428 is gone and 1429 is just begun. There were celebrations yesterday at school. People wrote the worst incidents of 1428 on sheets of paper which were put through a shredder. Not a bad way to celebrate a new year. The Moslem calendar is based on lunar cycles and the beginning...January 23, 2008
Cleaveland—New video trailer by Bill Payne and Zack Swanson
All of you have been so helpful in our attempt to make documentaries, I thought I would share with you our next project, to be completed this summer. Zack and I appreciate your support. Thanks! Bill...Continue reading "Cleaveland—New video trailer by Bill Payne and Zack Swanson"
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January 15, 2008
Northern Class recital featuring TRIUMPH by Tom Wegren
Date: January 28, 2008 Time: 7:30pm Location: Weber Music Hall Cost: FREE Faculty artist piano & composition recital features works by Beethoven, Chopin, and a premiere performance of Wegren’s Triumph for piano/synthesizer, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum set, two altos, and tenor. Wegren composed TRIUMPH at the Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab using the Kurzweil synthesizer....Continue reading "Northern Class recital featuring TRIUMPH by Tom Wegren"