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My name is Mark Gants and this is my web site - welcome! I am a software engineer / game developer who creates entertainment software for game consoles, personal computers, mobile devices and the web.
Please take a look around to learn more about my experience and feel free to contact me if you are interested in hiring a solid engineer for your project. Thank you for visiting!
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ROS Installation Pains
I recently learned about ROS and decided I would like to learn more about it. Having found myself with a bit of free time during the holidays I thought I would try to install the latest version ("Electric Emys") and give it a go. Here's what happened... (read more...)
New Years Resolutions
Happy New Year, I hope 2012 is off to a great start for you!
I recently returned from a long trip and had some time to think about some projects I would like to work on this year. In no particular order, I would like to:
- Take some more free online classes from Stanford.
- Learn how to program robots using ROS.
- Learn Erlang.
- Find a way to put my new AI knowledge to some practical use.
- Generally spend more time using Linux.
AI Class Completed!
Last weekend I completed the advanced track of Stanford's first free online Intro to Artificial Intelligence class. Thank you very much to the professors Peter Norvig & Sebastian Thrun as well as their assistants. This class was awesome and I'm glad I was able to participate - even if it did eat up all of my Saturdays for two months (grin). (read more...)