Goodness, this week has been busy.
I decided to cheat and use just a sleight by itself here. It took some 20 takes before I was satisfied though…
Position-based Dynamics: Start
Got collisions to work!
Hash
Doing another SPH implementation for parallel computing. It’s amazing how fast adding a hash table, instead of looking at all particles does for one’s speed. 1429.22 seconds to only 327 seconds. That’s 5 times as fast!
Garlic
- Using fresh garlic is amazing, especially compared to those minced-garlic-in-a-bottle. It doesn’t instantly become brown and cooked after you put it in hot oil. Same thing holds for ginger versus the ground ginger you find in the spice aisle.
- I’ve somehow found the art of frying chicken with minimal oil. It tasted decent, but it was still literally fried.
- Basting oil is amazing. Adds so much aroma to roasting brussel sprouts.
Meh
Week 3
Decided to go with a trick I’m familiar with. It involves a gaff, but most people don’t see it on the first (or second…) play through. I’m trying to get the Royal Flush finale, but some of the sleights are pretty tough to nail consistently.
Old Woman
I had a dream today; it’s not the kind that Dr. MLK had back in the day, but it was rather interesting.
On a really long bus, I was just staring out the window when I finally noticed that it was my stop. As I moved towards the front of the bus, I noticed something weird: most of the passengers bore white hair and where hunched. They turned out to be old grandmothers riding the bus to who-knows-where.
One of them blocked the narrow passage way, while another requested me to give her a hug. Having no choice, I gave her a hug… but she held on super tight. This woke me up…
Lady looked like this:
A Bad Reed
I’ve played through the Weber Clarinet Concerto several times in the past, but the most frustrating play-through must have happened today. The reed was pretty bad, but I decided to use it nevertheless, hoping it’ll get magically better as the practice session wore on. It never did.
It’s incredibly frustrating as I grow up to not be classified as “great” in things that I used to be great at years ago. All-state, Festival of Winds, FSU band camps, All-districts; I dominated most of these competitions. I was pretty damn good as a clarinet player for my age. The key phrase of the previous egotistical sentence was “for my age.”
Now, I’m decent in Cornell. In math, I also see myself struggling to see solutions in hard problems that I would’ve blown past in high school. This is good though. I’ve learned more about myself than before, and egos needed to be bursted from time to time.
The chances
Nidalee, Lux, and Ahri on enemy ARAM team.
I died.
Titledrop
Little solace comes
to those who grieve
when thoughts keep drifting
as walls keep shifting
and this great blue world of ours
seems a house of leaves
moments before the wind.