Just to update everyone on my website I will have it switched over soon. I just need to finish the article and media section. The new url is http://windows.mokon.net. My sorta updated resume is on there.

It it also worth nothing I was award the highly competitive CEPS Graduate Fellowship this year. I am very grateful for this!

It's been a long time since I have posted here, I've been out straight in school now that I have started my masters, but I have been working on updating my website a bit. I have been teaching myselfe C# and the .NET framework and once I have completed it this site will be updated, but until then here is a link where you can preview my site. Enjoy!

For those who don't know Tony Snow, FOX News anchor, Presidental Press Secretary, and much more, just died a few days ago. On FOX they had a quote that I thought was very nice.

The True Gentleman
John Walter Wayland
Published in the American Citizen, 1930
The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds
from good will and an acute sense of propriety
and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies;
who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty,
the obscure man of his obscurity,
or any man of his inferiority or deformity;
who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another;
who does not flatter wealth,
cringe before power,
or boast of his own possessions or achievements;
who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy;
whose deed follows his word;
who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own;
and who appears well in any company;
a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.

I’ve uploaded some pictures of my Paris trip along with a short write up on it. Enjoy!

I just applied for grad. school and I thought I’d post my personal statement here. You may want to read my College Application Essay before you read this once since it will give you context. Enjoy!

Three years ago as a senior in high school, I wrote my college application essay. In this essay, I used the analogy of how the school bus I had ridden for twelve years was a time machine carrying me through time. With my undergraduate education entering its last year, I will now take a moment to look at where my journey has taken me and forward toward the route I plan to take in the coming years.

Since I was a little child, I have been fascinated with the inner workings of everything around me. As I have gone through the undergraduate program in Computer Science here at the University of New Hampshire, I have noticed how well Computer Science fits into this intrigue. From the first days of classes, as Professor Johnson taught us how programming was simply taking the basics of logic and math and building upon them, to the senior electives I am now entering, I have thoroughly enjoyed Computer Science.

Yet the more one learns about computers it becomes clear that there is so much left to learn. This is the reason I would like to pursue a Master of Science in Computer Science. Looking over the senior electives one cannot help but notice courses with ‘Introduction to’ in their title. By pursing a Masters, I will be delving deeper into the catacombs of computers, going a few steps beyond the introduction.

In the short term, I hope to both increase my general knowledge within the field of Computer Science and form an area of specialty. While I have yet to take the introductory course in artificial intelligence at the university, I have been involved with the artificial intelligence group. In a Masters Degree Program, I plan to do research in this field for my thesis. Some areas I am looking into are path finding, both cooperative and single agent, and adversarial planning under uncertainty. My professional interests also include software design: specifically, object oriented methodology.

In the long term, I am looking to go into industry once I have my Masters. I feel applying the skills I have learned in a Masters Program will be invaluable to the field of Computer Science. Throughout college and high school, I have also been involved in the game media industry, having attended events around the world and working along side developers and publishers in the games industry. Through this and the expertise gained through my Masters, I plan on working in the game development industry. It is an industry that provides a rich environment for artificial intelligence applications.

Three years ago as a senior in high school, I wrote my college application essay. In this essay, I used the analogy of how the school bus I had ridden for twelve years was a time machine carrying me through time. With my undergraduate education entering its last year, I will now take a moment to look at where my journey has taken me and forward toward the route I plan to take in the coming years.

Since I was a little child, I have been fascinated with the inner workings of everything around me. As I have gone through the undergraduate program in Computer Science here at the University of New Hampshire, I have noticed how well Computer Science fits into this intrigue. From the first days of classes, as Professor Johnson taught us how programming was simply taking the basics of logic and math and building upon them, to the senior electives I am now entering, I have thoroughly enjoyed Computer Science.

Yet the more one learns about computers it becomes clear that there is so much left to learn. This is the reason I would like to pursue a Master of Science in Computer Science. Looking over the senior electives one cannot help but notice courses with ‘Introduction to’ in their title. By pursing a Masters, I will be delving deeper into the catacombs of computers, going a few steps beyond the introduction.

In the short term, I hope to both increase my general knowledge within the field of Computer Science and form an area of specialty. While I have yet to take the introductory course in artificial intelligence at the university, I have been involved with the artificial intelligence group. In a Masters Degree Program, I plan to do research in this field for my thesis. Some areas I am looking into are path finding, both cooperative and single agent, and adversarial planning under uncertainty. My professional interests also include software design: specifically, object oriented methodology.

In the long term, I am looking to go into industry once I have my Masters. I feel applying the skills I have learned in a Masters Program will be invaluable to the field of Computer Science. Throughout college and high school, I have also been involved in the game media industry, having attended events around the world and working along side developers and publishers in the games industry. Through this and the expertise gained through my Masters, I plan on working in the game development industry. It is an industry that provides a rich environment for artificial intelligence applications.

When I wrote the essay my senior year of high school I said I was exiting that bus and continuing my path wherever it led. Looking back, I was just stepping off that bus onto another: another time machine. Each day I still board a bus as I travel on the Campus Connector to the InterOperability Lab; exiting one bus just leads to another. Perhaps one day when I am going to work I will enter a bus or the subway and notice something different: the driver replaced by an artificial intelligence created by the skills taught here at the University of New Hampshire.

When I wrote the essay my senior year of high school I said I was exiting that bus and continuing my path wherever it led. Looking back, I was just stepping off that bus onto another: another time machine. Each day I still board a bus as I travel on the Campus Connector to the InterOperability Lab; exiting one bus just leads to another. Perhaps one day when I am going to work I will enter a bus or the subway and notice something different: the driver replaced by an artificial intelligence created by the skills taught here at the University of New Hampshire.

Well people I’m preparing to go on a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to see a little city. Paris! I have to admit I am very excited. The two things I am most looking forwarding to is touring the Palace and Gardens of Versailles and then being able to go up into the Eiffel tower. I hope I get a good sunset at least one of the nights and hopefully the weather holds out. Stay tuned here for some blogging of my travels with pictures!

I'm getting rid of a whole bunch of my old books. I'll be donating them soon but if anyone is interested in any of them give me a ring. The list of them with their ISBNs can be found below:

Book Name	ISBN
A Documentary History of the United States	
A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology	0-231-03749-X
A History of the United States I, The Birth of the U.S.A.	
A History of the United States II, The Growth of the U.S.A	
A Taste of Creation	0-8170-0865-9
Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care	0-385-15737-1
Backpacking Merit Badge Series	
Between Past and Future	
Bible Map Insert	
Boy Scout Handbook 7th ed.	
College physics (Saunders golden sunburst series)	0-03-062378-2
Computer Architecture and Design	0-201-18241-6
Computer Organization and Architecture	0-02415491-1
Computer Science - An Overview	0-8053-4627-9
Concepts of Programming Languages	0-8053-7132-X
Data Structures, Algorithms, and Program Style	087150-936-9
David Livingstone: Missionary and Explorer	1-55748-730-8
Democracy in America	
Dino., Creation, Evolution, Manual	
Earth Mysteries	1-8530-714-5
Economics	0-07-046814-1
Economics (Hardcover)	0-07-044967-8
English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit	0-521-270344-0
Extraord.Stories Behind the Invention of Ord. Things 	0-380-71294-6
First Aid Merit Badge Series	
First Camping Trip	
Funk & Wagnalls Atlas of the Human Body	75-41710
Funk & Wagnall's Hammond World Atlas	
Geography: Regions and Concepts 3/e	0-471-08015-2
Girl Scout Handbook	
Goode's World Atlas	0-471-73622
Great Adventures that Changed our World	0-89577-048-2
Handbook for Boys	
Handbook for Boys 5th ed.	
Handy Book for Boys	
History as a Way of Learning	0-531-06491-3
Introduction to Computer Science - An Algorithmic Appoach	0-07-065174-4
Introduction to Computer Science 3rd Ed.	0-31-85240-9
Invention	
Japan: The Years of Triumph	07-001076-5
Jobs Rated Almanac: The Best and Worst Jobs 	1-56980-224-6
Know Your Rights	
Moby Dick	
Monster at Loch Ness	0-8114-6858-5
More than Money	0-06-009643-8
Mysteries of the Ancient World	
Napoleon	?-671-78259-2
Nature Book of America	
New Webster's POCKET PAL Dictionary	0-938261-20-7
Old World History & Geography	
Our Great Heritage -The First Settlers to 1792	0-8326-2402-0
Phi Kappa Phi Foru Summer 2005	
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Workbook	0-8053-8984-9
Picture Atlas- Asia	
Picture Atlas- Australia Oceania & the Polar Lands	
Picture Atlas Europe and the USSR	
Picture Atlas- South America	
Pioneers and Trailblazers: Adventures of the Old West 	0-517-02537-X
Practical Real Estate Law	0-314-76645-6
Q&A Aircraft and War Machines	0-94694-02-1
Rand McNally Pocket World Atlas	
Rand McNally World Atlas	84-60927
Rocks and Minerals	
Ship (Paperback) 	0-395-74518-7
Shipwrecks (History Series) 	0-7641-0646-5
Smith and Keenan's English law 	0-273-02342-X
Sociology of the Renaissance	
Students' Webster Dictionary of the English Language	
System Anaylysis and Design	
The Absolutism of Louis XIV	
The Age of the Democratic Revolution	0-691-00569-9
The Amazing Story of Creation: From Sci. and the Bible	0-89051-120-9
The Causes of the English Revoltution 1529-1642	06-131678-4
The Columbia Viking Desk Enc. A-K	
The Columbia Viking Desk Enc. L-Z	
The Complete Wilderness Training Book	0-7894-3750-3
The Face of Battle	0-14-00-4897-9
The First Wheel	59-10273
The Golden Bible Atlas	
The Golden Treasury of Knowledge VI	
The Industrial Revolution in England	
The Internet Complete Reference	0-07-881980-6
The Making of American Democracy	
The Nature and Practice of State and Local History	
The Origins of Modern Imperialism Ideological  or Econ.	
The Roman Empire-Why Did It Fall?	
The Scientific Revolution- Factual or Metaphysical	
The Shape of the New Europe	0-87609-107-9
The Stakes of Power	
Thorndike Barnhart Comprehensive Desk Dictionary	
Timetables of History	0-671-24988-6
To the Ends of the Earth: A Novel	0-7852-7898-2
Victory in Europe: D-Day to V-E Day	0-316-81334-6
We the People	0-07-049400-2
Weapons and Warfare	
Webster's 20th cent Dict.	0-529-04852-3
Webster's Color Atlas of the World	0-7064-0678-8
Webster's Thesaurus Vest Pocket Edition	1-879424-34-7

Wow, I haven’t posted on my site in a while. School has been crazy the last few months. I’m done my classes though and just have finals left to do. So, anyhow lots has been going on. First, I have been considering going for my Masters in Computer Science. I’m not sure yet but I think it would be nice to be able to take additional advanced courses. In other news, for those of you don’t already know I’m going to Paris! I can’t wait, I’ll be going out there for Blizzard’s World Wide Inventational. When I am not having fun at the WWI I have a bunch of places I am going to be visiting.

• Montparnasse 56 Tower
• Effiel Tower
• Trocadéro
• Arc de Triomphe
• Les Invaldes
• Grand Palasce
• Jardin des Tulieries
• Louvre
• Notre Dame
• Versailes
• Chateau de Vincennes (Tallest Keep in Europe)
• Jardin des Plantes
• Arènes de Lutèce (Roman Gladiatorial Theater)
• Partheon
• Le Jardin du Luxembourg

Yeah, it’s going to be awesome! To catch my flight I have to drive five hours up to Montréal, so I am going to have a peak around there as well.

I also am hoping to my it down to New York City for the WCG US Open at the end of this month. That will be fun as well if I can get down to it.