Greg Loesch (compulsiveguile) – Blog

I was working on a parser for a programming project a few weeks ago for school in which reading an input file one character at a time proved to be the easiest route to take. While I found a few different resources online that provided some guidance, but I ran into a somewhat unexpected problem that was difficult to debug regarding detecting the end of stream (EOS)/end of file. This solution is not earth shattering (pretty intuitive actually), but I would have liked to have read something similar to this beforehand. It would have saved me a bit of time. Read more…

I was recently contacted by a guy, Gleb Lisichkin, who is an independent music promoter from Moscow. He provided me with a link and permission to distribute (free of charge!) the first release of an upcoming indie rock Russian band (English lyrics) that goes by the name “Cheese People.”

I’m not going to lie. I was pretty skeptical at first. Quality music usually doesn’t just fall in your lap. I was pleasantly surprised though. The music is a little different – more along the techno rock lines – but it’s pretty fresh. Cheese People  have put together some pretty catchy tuneage. My housemate Steve is usually into the latest techno artists, and this album received the “Steve Stamp of Approval.” I haven’t taken a good listen to the lyrics… so I can’t make any comments on that content. We’re all adults here, right? Make your own decision Read more…

This quarter has flown by with impressive speed.  Currently in the midst of my junior year in college, this velocity is not without reason.  While academically speaking this has not been my craziest quarter (last quarter still stands on that gold medal platform), I’ve been quite busy with interviews and… well… life.

At the moment, the search for a summer internship is the matter at hand. If I make an honest reflection of my life, prior to my search for an internship this summer, I’ve never really had to work hard to find work.  A lot of opportunities have just presented themselves due to family/friend connections, and I’ve more or less been able to find work without too much trouble. With the economy in its current state and simply because of where I am in life, this process has been different. It’s all new and has been a very self-revealing experience. I’m doing my best to keep perspective amongst the busyness. Read more…

Cable TV’s days are numbered. I say this in the way I say the phonebook’s days are numbered. Sure there are some people (of the *cough* older *cough* nature) that still frequent the physical yellow pages, but I can’t see the number of users doing anything but plummeting soon. No, I have no numbers. I’m using my super-keen 21-year-old intuition… which is as good as gold. Read more…

I was one of the fortunate individuals who received an early Google Voice invite. I honestly haven’t done a whole lot with it, mainly because I don’t know many people that have it… but I will say it’s pretty nifty nifty. In case you’re out of the loop, here’s a quick, concise video demonstrating Google Wave.

So… I have 5 invites that I’m going to give away for… wait for it… FREE! Read more…