Had some issues when I posted this the first time - user error probably :). Anyways, looks like my buddy Mack is having a rough go of it with Imagine Cup this year as he explains. He is encouraging your feedback

I have started to post my pictures from Brazil at www.flasko.com/ngallery. Not all the pictures have been labelled yet. There are still more pictures to come so check back in a week or so

So I am back in Victoria now and will be heading to Seattle tomorrow morning to start work again. It is nice to be back but I could have definately stayed longer in Brazil. The Imagine Cup was a great event. The following is my top ten reasons why someone should try to make it to the worldwide finals next year: 10. A free trip to Japan would rock 9. The event is very well organized and every detail was taken care of for you. Well, almost every detail - but that is what feedback forms are for :) 8....

Today is the last day our team has to present our application. We have completed all the competition portions of the contest and todays presentations are just for interest sake @ PDC. Unfortunately, our team did not make the top 12 , however, we had fun and thought we did the best job we could. There was many great applications and we have learned a lot about the style of applications judges rank well at this competition. Hopefully, we will make it back next year so we can compete in Japan (next...

I cannot begin to describe how awesome our trip has been so far. We have been to 2 hotels so far - one in sau paulo and another in foz de iguaca. The first one had outdoor basketball, tennis courts, table tennis and pools in addition to 2 weight rooms and an awesome hospitality room. The service there was amazing. I can't even describe how much pampering they do to you at that place. As I meantioned above, we are now in Foz De Igauca and this morning we went on a tour of their 250+ water falls -...

As usual I am packing and getting all my stuff together at the last minute :). It is 12:13AM and I leave for Brazil this afternoon, however, I have yet to finish packing, do laundry and get all my appropriate paper work together. Why I am blogging and not getting ready do you ask? Well, the answer to that is I got sidetracked building a tablet pc application and I figured while I'm on here I may as well post one more time before we leave. I'm sure I will be quite tired tomorrow, however, that is...

wow it has been a long time since I last blogged. I blame that on working stupidly long days and weekends for the past while. I am currently doing a research project which seems to eat time like a fat man at the sizzler. Anyways, the world competition is quickly approaching and our team is doing their best to add the last bells and wistles to our application. I recently finished adding some weather monitoring services and mappoint features to the application and now its testing time. We have a solid...

My big plan to add some cool features to our Imagine Cup entry using MapPoint was foiled tonight. Unfortunately, you cannot get a test account from Mappoint immediatly. Instead, you have to wait up to 2 business days for your account information. So I guess I will have to find some time down the road to add those features. For now a couple custom controls for the win forms app will have to do. Today I discovered there is a free hotspot (wireless internet access) at the starbucks in the mall near...

My MS experience so far has been very positive. No other internship/coop position has forced me to use some much of the skills I have learned in school and then some. I can't really detail my project however, I have had to learn everything from low level miniport drivers to APIs and everything in between. So far I have had my head in a book at every space moment and I still have a ton to learn. Some of the stuff I'm doing is at a lower level than I like, but it is still valuable to know so all in...

As a perk from my last job with MS Canada I received a pocket pc yesterday. To be specific it is a Ipaq hp pocket pc h1935. I have yet to have time to really play with it but I'm sure I will enjoy it. Now all I have to do is jazz up the mobile part of my imagine cup entry to take advatage of the richer UI supported by the pocket pc! This next bit really has nothing to do with technology, but I thought I would share it anyways. Since I am going to Brazil for Imagine cup I have been reading up on it....