Do people even read these?

Do people even read these things?

Trying to write blurbs for awards...

Ever tried to write the blurb that goes on a plaque or award? It's not exactly easy -- too much hyperbole and the award's meaningless -- too plain and the award's boring. It took four people and three drafts to write a grand total of 41 words.

OU's College of Engineering Announces Devon Energy Hall

OU President David Boren announces Devon Energy Hall (with me on-stage in the background)

This is old news from November 8th, but it's still news. The College of Engineering has officially announced a brand new facility for Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. You can read a little bit more about it at this article (I'm quoted). I also got to announce the new building, and FINALLY got to meet President Boren. I tried to find a larger picture, but that's the best one I could get. If you squint you can see that that's me on the left. ;)

Featured on IBM's Extreme Blue site, and in the College of Engineering's Evolve magaine!

Check out my profile on IBM's Extreme Blue site. Cool! I actually wasn't aware they were actually planning on posting that. I wonder when they'll actually tell me about it.

While we're at it, I've also been featured in the OU College of Engineering's Evolve magazine (direct link). See the Dean's letter for a mention of me and also see page 24.

Finally breaking down and updating my website.

I've finally broken down and updated my site. After a good 3-4 years of "coming soon" it's finally arrived. Any thoughts? The site's based around the blogger.com system (modified, of course).