SubscribeCommunism, Anarchism, and Minarchism
I recently had a short discussion with a friend that illuminated a discrepancy in his interpretation of my political views and my own interpretation of them. Or, more simply, I discovered that he thought I believed something that I don’t actually believe. It was an honest mistake on his part, due mostly to a lack [...]
PDOQuery: jQuery Style Database Access and Manipulation
I’ve been working on a new database library recently. It’s written in PHP, since that’s what I need, but nothing says it couldn’t be ported to other languages (possibly Java, Python, or Ruby). I’ve had a de-facto library that I’ve used for my projects for nearly six years, but it just isn’t cutting it anymore. [...]
History and Economics Like You’ve Never Seen It
I’ve recently re-developed interest in Richard Maybury‘s book series on history, law, politics, and economics. I say “re-developed” because I’ve always been interested ever since I first heard of them—sometimes more and sometimes less—but I never actually made time to read them. I know that they are an incredible resource of clear and concise knowledge. [...]
Using Music to Boost Productivity
I often enjoy listening to music while I work. I don’t just mean physical labor like laundry or dishes; I am talking about the programming work I do for my job. While I was still in college, I would also listen while I studied. I realize that many, many people like to do the same [...]
A Non-Working Vacation
As mentioned in my post a week ago, Courtney and I had a chance to take a much-appreciated week-long vacation to celebrate our anniversary. We visited Colonial Williamsburg, the Jamestown Settlement, the Yorktown Victory Center, and of course the nearby Busch Gardens. It was my first time visiting any of those places, and I had [...]
First Anniversary
No technical post from me today, everyone! I get a free pass this week. Courtney and I are celebrating our first anniversary—one year of absolutely excellent marriage. Exactly one year ago, we were standing at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point, CA in front of family and friends pledging our love for each other. This [...]
The Importance of Multiple Options
I recently finished up an article summarizing the differences between a few of the mobile application development frameworks that are in existence today. I covered three major players, two individual platform-specific tools, one per-device shortcut approach, and my own fledgling project, AML. After researching and writing, here’s what I concluded: There are a lot of [...]
Rapid Android Development with AML
7/13/2010 update: Thanks to the great response (and many hundreds of visits to this page over the last two days), I’ve gone ahead and created a real project website for AML at http://www.amlcode.com, as well as the @amlcode Twitter account. If you’re interested in more updates, check those out. Thanks for all the comments and [...]
Getting Rid of Stuff, Revisited
I’ve had some good feedback on the How to Get Rid of Stuff post that I wrote a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to update everyone to let you all know that I do indeed follow my own advice. This weekend, Courtney and I finished going through our own stuff in a very quick [...]
Political Labels and Logical Fallacies
What do you think when you hear the term “Left-wing Liberal”? How about “tea party”? “Right-wing extremist”? “Die-hard Republican”? “Card-carrying member of the NRA”? “Reactionary”? “Obstructionist”? “Moderate”? “Libertarian”? “Independent”? “Neocon”? No matter what you believe, or what your personal political affiliation is (if you have one), the odds are good that those terms conjure up [...]
Twitter Posts
- I really like Putty, but Xshell (SSH for Windows) provides a nice tabbed interface that Putty doesn't have. It's worth a try at least.
- Cambridgify anything: can you raed tihs? http://www.cambridgify.com/?url=http://news.google.com
- One of my three LCDs is broken, and I'm now feeling very cramped with only two. I think I may be spoiled.
- FPS game name pool: black, sniper, code, down, warfare, tango, dark, metal, day, team, covert. Pick three, send name to marketing dept.
- Any Android developers out there, check out http://www.amlcode.com and see if the project looks promising! It has potential for me at least.
- Watching live webstats with @woopra. Finland, Spain, and Mexico in a 5-second timespan...I'm not used to seeing that kind of activity!
- Finding gaps in an appointment schedule table using a single SQL query: http://bit.ly/dsE2Pq
- So, about a week after I bought it, Portal is now free until May 24th. You absolutely MUST play this game. http://bit.ly/dbURmt
- Less than 23 hours left to pay what you want for the Humble Indie Bundle! http://j.mp/9WtdAm