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Then I went ahead and made a megaman megabuster arm model to replace the rocketlauncher in the game:


I start a job as a valet driver at a local country club. Should be fun, earn some cash part-time, drive some fancy cars, check out some hot rich daughters...
]]> 3D Art http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry080818-214158 David Fromberg Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:41:58 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry080806-114157
Here are two maps I made while teaching the kids, they are still in beta stage, check out the pics in the forum threads:

DM-Sniped - A simple sniper practice level. The campers had a ton of fun dueling each other on this.

VCTF-Chaos3 - A remake of one of my favorite q3f maps. Still needs some work.

Hopefully once I get a new computer (quad core!!!) I will be able to finish these up and create some new maps.

Now to do some hardcore studying! :confused:]]> General, 3D Art http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry080806-114157 David Fromberg Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:41:57 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry080629-095544
Finished post bac classes (straight As this last semester! woohoo), scheduled to take the MCAT exam August 26th.
Started working as an instructor at iD Tech Camp at Towson University, teaching 3D Video Game Design II (Using the Unreal 3 Editor).
Gotten into mapping for quake3 and Unreal3. The Unreal3 Editor blows Gtkradiant completely out of the water me thinks.

I've also made a new website for a client:
http://www.dputzel.com
and I am currently working on this interesting website:
http://www.intuneacademy.com

Things are going well, but the camp is pretty exhausting. I want to study for the MCAT at night but when I get to my dorm room I just pass out from being so tired. Those rascals can suck the life force right out of ya. The kids are great, we are teaching kids ranging from 6-17, my kids are usually 13-17, and it is a ton of fun. The best is when they go "CooooOOOOooool". On the first day, as we were walking into the computer lab, a camper said, "Are we in heaven?" We also have some ridiculous kids. There was one kid named Ben, 6 years old, a math genius, memorized his multiplication table, could do square roots, fractions, X^2, and X^3, all this before he could even read! 8) It cracked me up. Sorry no pictures for this post, hopefully I'll have something to show soon.]]> General http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry080629-095544 David Fromberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:55:44 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry071218-035107 How come nintendo hasn't made a sweet official cell phone yet? I for one would buy it. I don't want any gimmicky cell phone, just one that can play some old school games, or even some newer ones like for the Gameboy Advance. I'll try to make this concept more detailed and higher poly, in better quality, and then send it to Nintendo demanding they make it ;)]]> General, 3D Art, Concept Art http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry071218-035107 David Fromberg Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:51:07 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry071129-011250 New technology from HP for replacing needles
This is awesome news, I can't wait for the future. Nobody likes getting a needle. Except maybe cutters, and other freaks who like pain.

School is going well, I messed up in Biology and Physics but hopefully I can pull through with high Bs. I placed out of the final for Organic Chemistry which is one of the greatest academic achievements in my life I think. I need to start writing a personal statement, and start studying the MCAT book I got.

I'm going to visit my friend Ben in Costa Rica in January, he sells real estate on beach front properties. He told me I could move there tomorrow and work for his company. Man, it is tempting to drop everything and just do it. I think if I get accepted into med school I will defer for a year and go there and just live a year there. That would be sweet.

Oh and Contra 4 for the Nintendo DS is so damn good/hard as hell. It will make your nintendo grow a beard because it is so hardcore and manly. Chuck Norris can't even beat it on Easy. Yeah, its that hard.]]> General http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry071129-011250 David Fromberg Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:12:50 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry071031-023633 I asked Dr. Strauss if I could follow him, he is an older guy, probably in his 50s, who always wears cool clothes, has his hair slicked back, and seems pretty buff for a guy his age. He said he would but not that night because his voice was almost gone, and to try again some other time. I worked up the courage to ask Dr. Ellis and she gladfully said to no problem. There was a patient who had a dizzy spell, 2 patients who had chest pain, a woman suspected to have MRSA, and a pregnant 17 year old who was spotting. I'll elaborate on each case later. It was a very fun night. A nurse got a really good looking carry out dish from a chinese place. She said it was "Singapore Chow Mein Fun". I want it.
Also, wanted to put down some notes that I took from when I followed Dr. Frizner two weekends ago.
Diaphoresis = sweating
PET scan - sugar metabolism. Cancer cells light up, need biopsy.
Arterial blood gas
Metastisized - means the cancer has spread
Albumin - protein
Sarcoma - cancer that starts in the muscle
Banana Bag - Sodium Chloride with a bright yellow color, used to sober up drunks. Whenever you see one, you know someone was having a good time. :crazy:
Also here is a chart that he writes down on each patient's paper:
]]> General, Volunteering http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry071031-023633 David Fromberg Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:36:33 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070905-012048
"No one has ever looked at treating lungs with ultrasound," bioengineering professor Shahram Vaezy told SpaceRef.com. "The results are really impressive," he added, but the technique is not yet being tested on humans.

No longer merely a diagnostic tool, ultrasound is being used to develop bloodless surgery techniques requiring no scalpels, allowing invisible rays to heal injuries. The focused beams create an extremely hot spot in the tissue, heating the blood cells until they cauterise the wound without generating heat through the surrounding tissue as a laser would.

"You can penetrate deep into the body and deliver the energy to the bleeding very accurately," Vaezy explained, Tests on the lungs of pigs showed that the ultrasound could seal injuries in under two minutes.]]> General http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070905-012048 David Fromberg Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:20:48 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070823-015913
I just saw Superbad again for the 2nd time, it was much funnier the second time around. I laughed my ass off both times, but this time I was able to see the jokes coming, and was able to laugh before they dropped.
It was great, I related to much of it haha.

Beat Kirby for the NDS, it had amazing art, grade A, and was funny. The whole story is that one day Kirby was about to eat his strawberry short cake when some evil mice steal it. He fights his way through armies in order to get it back. Amazing little guy. It was a pretty easy game to beat but fun as hell. I look forward to the new zelda game and the ninja gaiden games for the NDS.

New semester starts on Monday, hopefully I can get into the classes I need and concentrate. It is going to be a tough one. Biology, Physics, and Organic Chemistry.

Oh yeah and Super Monkey Ball for the Wii is awesome and incredibly hard.]]> General, Nintendo DS http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070823-015913 David Fromberg Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:59:13 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070808-232221
Hell yeah!

Oh and Brothers in Arms for the Nintendo DS is the most amazing ds game I've yet to play.]]> General, Nintendo DS http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070808-232221 David Fromberg Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:22:21 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070725-185434 his 5 suggestions on becoming a positive deviant:
1 - Ask an unscripted question
2 - Don't complain
3 - count something
4 - write something
5 - change]]> Books http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070725-185434 David Fromberg Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:54:34 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070725-005457
This is a dialog between a Celestial (which is a type of God) and an Eternal (a human endowed with god like abilities in order to protect the Celestials):

Eternal: Why did the other celestials put you to sleep?
Celestial: You wouldn't understand.
Eternal: TRY me.
Celestial: No. There are concepts you have no referent for.
Eternal: I'm pretty bright.
Celestial: Can you explain Democracy/Tyranny/Comedy to a bacterium? Try explaining the concept of the holy trinity to a blade of grass. They are concepts they...
Eternal: ...have no referent for. I get it.

Pick up the comic miniseries of The Eternals by Neil Gaiman and art by John Romita Jr.]]> Comics http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070725-005457 David Fromberg Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:54:57 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070718-014913
http://actionnooz.com/video/tech/neuros ... brain-tech

Playing video games with our brain waves, or turning the lights off without even having to clap (if you have the clapper) if you are too lazy.

Amazing :shocked:]]> General http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070718-014913 David Fromberg Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:49:13 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070705-021140
I also finished reading a book recommended to me by a good friend, titled "Complications" by Atul Gawande. It is all about the many difficulties that doctors face in today's medicine, where society stands in its decisions, and the imperfect science that it is. It was really a good read and he definitely did his research and provided many statistics. There was a part towards the end about how many times doctors make decisions based on their gut and these decisions are highly variable throughout the country. A patient is more likely to be recommended back surgery in Santa Barbara, California than more conservative treatments in Brooklyn, New York.

I thought to myself, how can we as humanity improve upon this situation. I imagined a futuristic computer system where a doctor could input their patients information, lab results, and diagnosis, and then, like a google search, be shown a run down of similar patients with their treatments received and outcomes in percentages. Today hospitals have closed information systems where patient information has to be re-entered into each different hospital they go to. Medical information is not shared due to hippo laws, protecting patients' privacy. I asked some friends what the need is for this and they said people don't want others to know about their sexually transmitted diseases, or what surgeries they might have had. This is where the obstacle lies I believe. What if there was a way to get through this barrier, either by anonymizing the data, providing false names, or other possibilities. I think the information it provides to doctors across the world would greatly improve the treatment and outcome of visits to emergency rooms.

Next up, I plan to read his next book titled "Better".]]> http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070705-021140 David Fromberg Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:11:40 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070613-024720
It is just the beginning, I have two more exams and a final. This class is intense, and there is a ton of work and studying, but I am enjoying it. It is a great challenge for me.

Also, volunteering at the ER has been a great experience. I have seen so many things, and learn so much every time I go. I got to watch a surgery of removal of the appendix. It was pretty sweet. I thought I would get nauseous but I guess all the messed up shit I've seen on the internet has desensitized me haha. It feels good to help anyway I can there. Meeting and talking with the nurses, EMTs and doctors is fun too.

My old boss called me and wants me to do some contract work, but I don't know if I will have time for it. I stay up pretty late each night trying to get as much done as I can. It would be nice to make some money though. I'll have to think it over.

I loaded DSOrganize onto my Nintendo DS and it is a great freeware application with many features like Paint, Todolist, an image browser, a file browser, an IRC chat client, and a text only web browser which is great for reading in bed. I would like to create a flash card type study application for it but I don't have the time right now. It would be nice to export a .txt file from excel and import it and be able to study all those polyatomic ions and other things I need to memorize.

Also, I found this awesome new website called Jott.com and basically it is this free service where you call this number and you say whatever you want, and then a few minutes later you get an email with whatever you said in text format. This can be used for reminders and todolist stuff which I think is great.]]> General, Nintendo DS http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070613-024720 David Fromberg Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:47:20 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070515-111905 ...You take the time to create a gif map of a level in Spider-man 2 for the Nintendo DS that shows where every bad guy is and where the hidden power up is, and then upload it to gamefaq.com, and feel a sort of simple joy, due to making a video game level easier for other struggling nerds out there. Go forth my nerdy brethren, defeat Doctor Octopus' evil robot henchmen. So far I am working my way through this game which is turning out to be pretty fun once you get the hang of the awkward controls. You are timed on completing the levels and if you finish under the limit you get power ups.]]> Nintendo DS http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070515-111905 David Fromberg Tue, 15 May 2007 15:19:05 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070429-184036 You can be either a dude with a whip or a chick with magic, or you can be them both, and theres a ton of different weapons. After you beat the game you can unlock other characters to play through the game with, you can unlock Richter from the PS1 Castlevania game Symphony of the Night, and you can play as Maria who is a little girl that throws birds at bad guys, and you can also unlock the two evil vampire sisters, which are super powerful, and lastly, if you have enough free time, you can unlock a bad guy you can play as "Old Axe Armor." In order to unlock him you have to kill one-thousand of them and then save the game. Such an addicting game, A+!
]]> Nintendo DS, Pixel Art http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070429-184036 David Fromberg Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:40:36 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070423-152034 Before I left to Israel I had a phone interview with a video game company in Canada, and they said I did a great job on the art test, and wanted me to come in for an in person interview, but when I got back they had already filled the position. Dog eat dog, thats the way it is...:grrr: There is a ton of competition out there nowadays, and many places require a degree and a few shipped titles under your belt, even for junior artists.

Its okay though, I have a new direction: medicine. Yes, its a huge 180, but becoming a doctor is another dream I have had for a long time. I will be going back to school starting this summer in order to take the prerequisites needed to take the MCATs and eventually apply to medical school. I am sure it will be very difficult, and give me much grief, but I will be upset with myself if I don't atleast try. I have been volunteering at the ER of a local hospital for some time now, and really do enjoy everything I have seen.

Nintendo DS is an awesome tool, I would like to create a flash card application that will allow you to study material you load through text files and images. It would be great to study in the comfort of your own bed. I hope to have something to show soon enough.]]> General, 3D Art http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070423-152034 David Fromberg Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:20:34 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070410-190248
Click here to check out all the pictures I took :cool:]]> General http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070410-190248 David Fromberg Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:02:48 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070301-123731 new portfolio, go check it out! I might make a few changes in the next couple of days, and if I can find the time I will try to get a normal mapped object put in. I will be sending it out to different game companies across the Nation. Wish me luck ;)]]> General http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070301-123731 David Fromberg Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:37:31 GMT http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070216-122758 Tools section. I use it everyday and I find it very useful. I programmed it for both ASP and PHP, and you can customize it however you like it pretty easily. You can download it and install it on your own webpage but it will require either an access database for ASP or a mysql for PHP. Check it out
:cool:]]> Programming, Web Design http://www.st3ady.com/index.php?entry=entry070216-122758 David Fromberg Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:27:58 GMT