Something about a 700 mile fence to keep out Mexican immigrants seems like wasteful pork to me. President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election...
So I came across a video on YouTube for a web calendar application called Scrybe. I was at first unimpressed. “Meh, another web calendar application.” But you know as with all things that get reinterpreted time and again, Scrybe brings...
Man, IE7 gave me a good scare this morning. You see, I just put together a new development machine, and, without thinking, replaced IE6 as soon as my Windows updates were done. So imagine my surprise when I pulled up...
I guess it’s kind of like rooting for the home team. I don’t really know how it came about, though. I started programming back in high school starting from BASIC to C and eventually, at the college level, I worked...
I’ve been meaning to put together a series of articles on how to build a system to support software automation (where automation is not supported natively) after completing what I would say is my most significant project of my career...
After some drama in my life last week, I’m glad to report that things are kinda settled down, although I’m still not right in my heart. But in any case, back to your regularly scheduled programming (or not). Could it...
We all have dreams about our own lives. Where we see ourselves in a few years. The kind of life we want to live. You plan your life around these dreams so that they are dreams today, but reality tomorrow....
Quote from an AP article on the Nets: “We had a lot of conversations about the game itself and about his expectations about who he can become as a player,” Carter said. “At first it kind of seemed weird to...
There’s something kinda cool about creating games on platforms that weren’t meant for game creation; it presents a whole set of programmatic challenges that leads one to come up with creative solutions to otherwise simple scenarios in typical gaming SDKs....
I never thought I’d see the day. Rutgers football having a winning season? It was but a common joke on campus (the football team that is). But what do you know? It turns out that Rutgers is now #23 on...