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After having ordered and paid for a simple two-year web hosting plan from MidPhase.com for this website back in October of 2009 I finally have gotten around to actually moving the code and database across. For the past five years this website has been hosted with PHPWebHosting.com who have done an amazing job of keeping… Continue reading the rest of this article

I was at my local Fry’s Electronics on Wednesday evening and am still surprised by the street level pricing of some components. I know it is not news to most people, and this is probably the “old fart” side of me showing, but 2TB hard drives for less than $180 and Patriot 128GB SSD for… Continue reading the remainder of “Ridiculously Cheap Storage.”

I just got done reading the Google Interview Questions over at Gizmodo and came to only one conclusion about them, and it is the same problem I have with most “clever” interview questions. Why bother? So you’re asking clever questions in an interview, what does this tell you about the candidate? Can they perform under… Click to continue reading the remainder of “Interview Questions. Too Clever To Be Useful?.”

I know it sounds trivial to most people, I know I should “get a life.” But… I have lost the lanyard that I wear around my neck to tether me to my SenseCam. I am having difficulty adapting to a day without it hanging from my neck like some sort of technological military dog tag…. Needing to read the rest of “Personal Tragedy?” Click on this link!

Look, I need you to listen to this very carefully because your future career as a software developer or domain expert relies on you not doing this stuff. I know it is really difficult to come up with your own content at times, and really, why bother when anything you want to say or write… Continue reading the remainder of the post

Sorry about the weirdness with the site if you were looking at it recently. Seems that the stats plug-in I installed on WordPress choked up and began spitting out a lot of HTML and PHP nonsense at the top of the page. The statistics plug-in is not fixed yet but I disabled it so that… Hankering to read the remainder of “WordPress Worries?” Use this link!

If you’re going to set up a customer facing automated system, at least ensure it is reliable. This website, along with about a dozen other websites I host on this server all went off-line for about 10 hours due to an automated billing system unable to process the credit card that was on file with… Click this link to continue reading the rest of this article

Due to project commitments I’ve been extremely busy the past couple of weeks so I neglected to post information concerning my appearance at a video game industry gathering this coming weekend, Saturday the 28th of February at the Diamond Club, Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. Westwood College is sponsoring an event where video game developers… Continue reading the rest of “Gathering Of Video Game Legends.”

At the recent BayCon Science Fiction & Fantasy convention held in San Mateo California I had the pleasure of being moderator on several panels, one of these, which took place on Sunday afternoon, was “The Top Ten Gadgets That Changed The World.” I captured notes on my laptop and recorded audio with my Olympus DS-40… Click to read the rest of the article

A couple of weeks ago I was invited by Westwood College to speak at this year’s commencement ceremony for their graduating class. I have to say, this will not only be my first commencement speech I give but also the first commencement address I’ve ever attended. It will certainly be interesting. So why ask me… Continue reading the rest of this article