Wow, it really has been a while since I’ve updated this.

A lot of things have happened in the last 3 months. I finished my Freshman year at Kettering University, and was actually able to survive my Freshman 2 term, and raise my GPA in the process (not bad considering some of the classes I was taking last term are hellish in difficulty).

I’ve been getting much more involved with photography lately, invested some of the money I’ve been earning doing freelance PHP development into some new equipment. I purchased a new lens, a Sigma 17-70mm Macro lens with a focal length of 2.8-4.5. It’s a really great lens and for 350$ it was an excellent upgrade from the kit lenses that I was using previously. I also had the good fortune to become friends with Jack Stewart, the founder of the Ohio Gamers Organization. He also runs a modeling group called the D20 Girls Project, which he has given me the opportunity to do photography for, despite my lack of experience with professional studio photography. With that opportunity combined with the fact that I’m the primary photographer for Sigma Nu Eta Mu chapter and that I’m beginning to do photography for the Kettering school paper, The Technician: Photography is slowly becoming more than just a hobby for me.

I mentioned above that I am the photographer for Sigma Nu Eta Mu chapter. I had the good fortune to meet the members of the chapter my Freshman 1 term at Kettering, and last term I become a brother of Sigma Nu. I’m looking forward to where things go in the coming years as I take on the role of Recorder and Historian for the chapter. Photos of Sigma Nu related events can be found on my Flickr, and later on the Eta Mu chapter’s own Flickr account once I take the time to move the photos over from my own gallery.

Other than that, and dealing with school, I’ve been keeping busy doing application development. I started working with C++ more, and have been messing around with the Second Life™ client source, mostly working on the Emerald Greenlife client with the other members of the Modular Systems team. Emerald can be found at the Modular Systems website.

I’ll try to keep this blog updated for the 2-5 people who actually read it (if even that). So look for some more updates in the next few months.