Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2011


Hope everyone has a good new year. I’m looking forward to classes beginning and taking part in Global Game Jam again in the near future.

I got a new camera for Christmas and have a Flickr account so feel free to add me if that is a thing that you do.

Progress

October 11th, 2010


As ever, not posting to my blog frequently tends to mean I am either doing nothing of interest, or enough that I don’t have time to post about it. Thankfully, in this case I am doing the latter. Here’s a brief update to list what I’ve been up to, and assure my parents that I am alive and well.

  • University – I am now studying MSc Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, which so far has been really exciting, and of course a lot of work. It’s great to be able to back up a lot of the practical work I did as an undergrad with some further theory and maths. Presently I am working to choose a topic for my literature review, which might go on to be the topic for my project.
     
  • Internship – Over the summer I was based at Tag Games, working on porting an existing project of theirs to a new platform. It was a great experience to work with everyone there and I think I’m now in a far better position to contribute to an eventual employer.
     
  • NEON – I’m planning to attend NEON in Dundee this November (in fact I just bought my ticket). Unfortunately I missed it last year, but given the reasonable student rates and the attendance of Ken Perlin this year, I couldn’t resist.

Life etc

July 26th, 2010


Finally have my laptop working again, which is especially useful given that I moved my PC to my new flat but am still staying elsewhere. I almost considered posting an update from an ipod touch but after finding a dozen or so typos in the first sentence alone I figured I was best just giving up until I had a proper keyboard to use.

Anyway, here’s a brief update just to list a few things I’ve been up to since I last posted:

  • I graduated from Abertay! With first class honours! Wooh!
  • I came second in Aardvark Swift’s Search for a Star competition, following a day trip to Brighton. From Dundee. By Train. The competition was a really great learning experience (the three rounds involved a programming test, modifying and expanding upon an existing game with a few added bugs and then an interview) even if the travelling itself wasn’t so much fun.
  • I’m currently an intern at Tag Games over the summer, which hopefully explains both how I’ve coped without my laptop and why I haven’t had much time to blog.

So, there you have it. Expect more posts, but not necessarily right away.

101 Dalmations Blog Posts!

September 26th, 2009


This is my 101st post on KillerCodingNinjaBunny so I thought I’d use it to give a bit of an update about recent changes to the site.

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  1. As I mentioned in my previous posts, I’m currently trying to settle on a topic for my honours project. Updates to my (at least weekly, as it’s a requirement of the module) blog on that subject will be found here.
     
  2. http://killercodingninjabunny.com now redirects to http://hazelmckendrick.com rather than the other way around. Hopefully all previous links should still work, but please let me know if there’s a problem.
     
  3. There are now 350 approved comments on the site – thanks to everyone who has left feedback or advice! It is greatly appreciated.
     
  4. Finally, videos of YinYangYou are available on my youtube channel. Here’s a sample:

So, thanks again to everyone who has contributed or helped me along the way. This is by far the longest I’ve managed to keep a blog for and I feel I’m really improving in terms of writing posts which benefit me as a programmer.

Image thanks to Dave Morris.