http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog Because Life's Complicated Enough Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:44:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, the last quarter of my UCSB career is about to start and I thought I would share what classes I will be taking. I have finished all my graduation and major requirements, so these classes below are "just for fun" classes or classes that interest me and could prove ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/school/ucsb-spring-2008-quarter-classes/ Finally... I am done with Winter quarter here at UCSB! I had my last final yesterday for Economics 139 (Advanced Accounting) and the angels were singing once I turned that exam in. Another quarter completed and only one more to go before I graduate! How exciting! Overall, finals went just like ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/school/another-quarter-bites-the-dust/ The economy has definitely been in better shape and has been taking a beating these past 9 months. But with all these rate cuts by the Fed and the pumping of liquidity into the economy, it may have soften the impact of hitting the bottom (which has yet to been ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/solutions-to-problems/too-little-too-late-the-us-economy-bear-stearns-and-the-fed/ It's that time of the quarter where finals are just around the corner and keeping your sanity is quite difficult. Sleepless nights, skipped meals, cram sessions, and all around panic. Here at UCSB, we are already in the last week of school before finals start. And this hectic week before ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/school/surviving-finals-and-keeping-my-sanity/ Valentine's Day - Because love isn't quite complicated enough as it is. http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/general/happy-valentines-day/ I have designed a few "rough" sketches of some popular old game for the Zune. These games for the Zune are all concepts that I have created, but I am hoping some game support will be added to the Zune in future firmware versions such as Zune 2.4, Zune ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/zune/pong-for-zune-snake-for-zune-and-tetris-for-zune/ Today Microsoft released an update to its Zune software which will update your previous version of the Zune software to version 2.3. This is not to be confused with your Zune 2.3 firmware. There are no new features in this update, but it does provide some performance enhancements around set-up, ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/zune/zune-software-23-update/ Well, I finally had time to update my UCSB personal undergraduate website. Take a gander at it and let me know what you think. Click the image above to visit it or click here: http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~shadowfox/ http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/school/new-personal-ucsb-website/ Here is my wishlist for the Zune 2.4 firmware update: A way to organize videos into categories such as TV Shows, Movies, Music Videos, etc... Games (such as Snake, Pong, Tetris, etc...) Ability to use Zune as an external drive Fixing the bug in the "Social" menu, so you can actually turn on wireless ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/zune/zune-firmware-update-24-wishlist/ Well, 2008 has arrived along with new classes to take, new people to meet, and new things to learn. This quarter I am signed up for Art History 109G (Leonardo Da Vinci), Comparative Literature (Sci Fi in E. Europe), Economics 135 (Monetary Economics), Economics 139 (Advanced Accounting), Economics 152 ... http://www.shadowsillusion.com/blog/school/ucsb-winter-2008-quarter-starts-well-almost/