MarcFriedenberg.com

Films (courtesy of EMC Productions)

• In Search of Excellence
• Corporate Welfare
• The Crystal of Ragnar: All Things In Time

Campaigns - Speeches

• A speech I gave at the tail-end of sophomore year of high school
• I said these words in an attempt to become SEB PR officer

Campaigns - Posters

• A lengthy, text-based list of the widely-acclaimed posters with which I peppered CR
• I created these to promote the Philosophy Club at CR. Not technically my campaign, but hey…

Code

• Find Songs Without Artwork. An AppleScript I wrote which identifies tracks in your iTunes library which lack artwork. Perfect for the mildly-compulsive. Downloaded over 15,000 times from the popular Doug’s Applescripts for iTunes.
• The code for Bex, a robot I helped create for a fire-fighting robotics competition (Interactive C)
• A program I wrote that uses a motor and heat sensor to create unique guitar sounds (Interactive C)
• A neato blackjack game (C++)
• A necessary header file for bjack.cpp (C++)
• A simple encryption app. Use “java e word” to encrypt and “java d word” to decrypt (Java)
• A drawing program which can also rotate your pictures (QBASIC)
• A program that interprets the file format I created and generate QBASIC code for binary boards. See documentaion in “Writings” section (C++)
• A sample set of instructions which macboard.cp can interpret (Custom file format)
• Another fire-fighting robot code. Won first place at PSU Abington trials (Interactive C)

Informed Opinions

• The Original Hallway from Hell
• What’s the Point?
• The Tales of Wintel
• I’ve Been Thinking
• Time and Its Manifestations

Writings

• An Intense Analysis of Flatland [Analysis, Honors Geometry 10]
• An In-Depth Look at a Classic Fairy Tale [Analysis, AP English 12]
• My analysis of Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, and Ishmael [Analysis, Honors Philosophy 12]
• My groundbreaking play about electronic day trading [Dramatic, Honors American Studies 10]
• Notes regarding my play, “Taking the Plunge” (see above) [Dramatic, Honors American Studies 10]
• I forget what the hell this is, but it’s neat. Possibly about the 1920s? [Dramatic, Honors American Studies 10]
• A brief piece I wrote about September 11 [Editorial, AP English 12]
• Using metaphysical proofs, I explain why my teacher is incapable of grading me [Essay, Honors Philosophy 12]
• My ideal system of government [Essay, Honors Philosophy 12]
• Epistemology/Theology Exam [Essay, Honors Philosophy 12]
• What happened to Vietnam POWs? [Essay, Honors English 10]
• A piece about one of my heroes, Steve Jobs [Historical Fiction, Honors English 10]
• A unique experiment in online communication, featuring Chris Vandegrift [Humor]
• My very first piece in the Council Rock Indianite [Humor]
• Another Indiante Piece featuring my thoughts on randomness in society [Humor]
• Some strange poem about me as a murderous babysitter. Huh? [Poetry, AP English 12]
• I explain my writing style at the beginning of a new school year [Reflection, AP English 12]
• I look back on AP English. What happened to Portfolio Assignment 2? [Reflection, AP Honors English]
• Documentation describing how my language interpreter works, and how to use it [Technical, Honors Computer Control Engineering 12]