introduction
This website was created entirely as a view into my world and the things I enjoy. I am a current Computer Science undergraduate student at Stony Brook University in Long Island. Here you can read and learn about what I enjoy and maybe learn a thing or two. There is a photo gallery of many pictures that I have taken spanning from upstate country life to the busy city life. You can view and download my open source programs that I've created through my adventurous college journey. I am also working on uploading some of my music I have been working on so you can critique my sweet guitar skills.
If you like my website and would like me to make you one that suits your needs, just send me an email in my contact area.
Current Project
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz Overclock to 3.60Ghz
Here you can see I OverClocked my Quad Core2 Intel chip to an above average frequency. The Gigabyte water cooling system I'm currenty using is alright for now; however, I'll need an upgraded radiator if I plan to go any higher. For now 3.60Ghz is good enough for me!
P.S. If you're looking to OC your Q6600 to my specs or similar, make sure you have ordered the G0 stepping processor and not the B3 as it is not as stable at these frequencies.
PC Specs
CPU - Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz OC to 3.60Ghz
Motherboard - Biostar Tseries P35 / ICH9
RAM - 2GB Corsair XMS2 dual channel 800Mhz OC to 1000Mhz
Graphics - EVGA nVidia Geforce 8800GTS 320Mb
HDD - WD 200GB SATA, Maxtor 200GB IDE
PSU - OCZ 700W GameXtream SLI
Cooling - Gigabyte 3D Galaxy II Water Cooling LED System
DVDLiteOn Lightscribe dual-layer DVD+-R
case - Raidmax Sagitta Gamind Case
Monitor - Sceptre 24" HDMI LCD
Keyboard - Logitech G15 Gaming board
Mouse - Razer Copperhead 2000dpi Gaming mouse
Previous Project
Risk Board Game
My previous CSE project was to implement my own version of the well known board game "Risk". My job was not only to create the game but also create a creator that allows any one's plugin to load in and run based on a number of questions asked pertaining to the structure of the game. I had to create the risk game maker and then use it to construct a stable version of the game. Some use of threading is involved to check the structure of the created game and make sure everything is "ok". Then I had to make the game work, implementing all the features and following all of the rules of Risk. I just finished my second assignment which was basically using ConceptDraw7 Pro to construct 3 different UML diagrams that show how I would go about the design of my game. Skeletal .java files were also created. Now I'm onto the actual hard coding of the game as the next assignment is more or less the finished product minus any arificial intelligence. (which will be added for the final assignment)
Tools
Images
Here is the Game creator at it's best asking annoying questions in order to construct your game. I enjoy making things easy for you.
Here I've encorporated one of my old paint programs into the Risk Game Creator so that the user has the option to draw up a new map without having to open an exterior program, save it, and load it into the console for further creation of the game. Not exactly a requirement but a design technique thrown in by yours truly.
Here is my personal plugin I created. (No, I didn't use my own paintProgram..It's not very good) It's made up of 3 continents that houses 3 countries, making it easier for testing. Can you guess the theme?
Here you can see many hours of my life spent creating a functional and user friendly menu that allows obvious tasks such as: Play the game, Create players, Create bots, naming of players, and quitting the game.
This is where the game asks for creation of artificial intelligence "Bot" players that never get spawned, lol.
Here is my game running after loading in the selected plugin and after creating three mischevious players ready to battle their ways to victory! :p Once the players are loaded you have to select each players designated color that shows up under the players name as reference for those who lack a short-term memory. I also added a "new game" option in the file menu. Now for my next task, I must load two images, one for viewing and manipulation by the user, and another to run "behind the scenes" to refer mouse-clicks to a known source. THAT is going to keep me busy. Pictures when finished!
