Another presentation

At about 3 today, Lyle Pratt and I gave a presentation to a small group of visitors to the University. We were one of 4 groups to give presentations showcasing some of the technologies that have been developed here at Louisiana Tech.

Everyone seemed interested in our search technology, especially two of the business men that were there (though I wasn't smart enough to ask them for their names). They offered to set us up with a real world test environment in their corporate intranet, and if that worked they may host the search engine on their own internet site also. They also said they have been in contact with some people at Yahoo!, so they might be able to direct some attention our way if we're interested.

I hope that noone drops the ball on the development or business side, because it sounds like it could be a good opportunity for Tech and a few of the students to make some money. We'll see how things pan out in that regard over the next few months. We've got a demo due by September 9th, so that should be the ultimate judge of whether someone will be able to take our project to the next level.

On a completely different subject, I just found out about Omaha Steaks. They ship meat and other foods by mail. Supposedly, they have some pretty good steaks, but I'm not sure I have money to burn to try them out.

Seems like a good idea if they're really of good quality. It doesn't seem like Wal-mart here in town has very good quality meat... maybe I'll end up giving it a try, who knows.