http://gregschwartz.net Geek, Eagle Scout, Punster. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:27:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two weeks ago I attended iPhoneDevCamp in SF. I don't have an iPhone and I didn't have any ideas for what to work on for the hackathon; I went figuring I'd meet people, make a team [with an iPhone], and go from there. Rode CalTrain up to SF, walked to the ... http://gregschwartz.net/2008/08/16/iphonedevcamp I'm working at Venrock over the summer. As Wikipedia explains:Venrock, a compound of "Venture" and "Rockefeller", is a pioneering venture capital firm formed in 1969 to build upon the successful investing activities of the Rockefeller family [...] Venrock focuses its investments on early-stage and start-up companies in information technology and ... http://gregschwartz.net/2008/06/17/summerinternship While we were editing our final paper for CS376, Steve mentioned Zeugmas to me, but had a hard time explaining it. We looked it up on Wikipedia, and here's what we found.Zeugma (from the Greek word "ζεύγμα", meaning "yoke") is a figure of speech describing the joining of two ... http://gregschwartz.net/2008/06/11/cool-word-zeugma Photos, shot on day 59, have been posted. And since it's Finals Week, I have yet to make it to the gym. Might make it today, definitely make it tomorrow. http://gregschwartz.net/2008/06/11/photos-posted Slightly-Bad news: I've been using the scale wrong again. The first time I was weighing on carpet, which messed up the scale's results. This time I wasn't always placing my feet in the right spot for the fat readings. Oops. Really Good news: Weight: 174.0 lbs. (Goal: 175lbs.) Body Fat%: 16.1% (Goal: 16%) I'm ... http://gregschwartz.net/2008/06/04/day-55-deadline-161-w00t