You have reached Robert Elijah Broadhurst: Robbie to some, Eli to others, and even Dr. Broadhurst to a select few. In May of 2008 I graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Before that I was in the office providing "online health management solutions" at WellMed, now part of WebMD. Even further into the distant past I was at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where I spent many hours in the Physics and Math & Computer Science departments.
To me, the most interesting things on this web site are my class projects such as my Comp 236 project about interesting views of a city scene, my Comp 259 project on medial axis deformations and animation, and my pinhole camera from Comp 235.
Also, feel free to checkout my dissertation or related publications on MIDAG's website.
Some photos from 2002-2004: Those prime years before dissertating set in.
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Outfits for the 80s dance at the Cat's Cradle |
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South Mountains State Park attacked |
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Brian and I hit Stone and Pilot Mountain State Parks |
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My solo adventure to Hanging Rock State Park |
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A day with a walk -- Chapel Hill in the Fall |
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My journey to Chapel Hill involved a 10 day road trip from Portland, which was a grand adventure |
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Pictures of prints I picked up in Prague |
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Produced with the ray tracer I made while at LC. |
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Photographs edited by sieves. |
"The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power."
"In 1948, the year that the McDonald brothers introduced the Speedee Service System, Harry and Esther Snyder opened their first In-N-Out Burger restaurant on the road between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. It was the nation's first drive-through hamburger stand. Today there are about 150 In-N-Outs in California and Nevada, generating more than $150 million in annual revenues. Harry Snyder died in 1976 - but at the age of eighty. The Snyders have declined countless offers to sell the chain, refuse to franchise it, and have succeeded by rejecting just about everything the rest of the fast food industry has done.
In-N-Out has followed its own path: there are verses from the Bible on the bottom of its soda cups. More importantly, the chain pays the highest wages in the fast food industry. The starting wage of a part-time worker at In-N-Out is $8 an hour. Full-time workers get a benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. The typical salary of an In-N-Out restaurant manager is more than $80,000 a year. The managers have, on average, been with the chain for more than thirteen years. The high wages at In-N-Out have not led to higher prices or lower-quality food. The most expensive item on the menu costs $2.45. There are no microwaves, heat lamps, or freezers in the kitchens at In-N-Out restaurants. The ground beef is fresh, potatoes are peeled every day to make the fries, and the milk shakes are made from ice cream, not syrup.
In March of 2000, the annual Restaurants and Institutions Choice in Chains survey found that among the nation's fast food hamburger chains, In-N-Out ranked first in food quality, value, service, atmosphere, and cleanliness. In-N-Out has ranked highest in food quality every year that the chain has been included in the survey. According to the consumers polled by Restaurants and Institutions in 2000, the lowest-quality food of any major hamburger chain was served at McDonald's."