In the Field system I built with Python (covered in the Field Encapsulation Pattern series of posts, found here), I ended up coming across an interesting problem. I thought I’d post my thoughts on ...

On Monday, August 6th, 2012, we all stood with anticipation, talking, excited. Champagne is being prepared, and some is being drunk somewhere. Anxious glances at the countdown clock, at JK, at each...

If you’ve followed the tech world as it pertains to start-ups and code deployment strategies, one of the buzzwords you may have heard is “service-oriented architecture” or “SOA”. You can get quite ...

Since I got a new phone (Samsung Galaxy S5) and since it’s my first foray into full-time android use (I dumped my iPhone for this one), I get to learn all about new apps! Sometimes this is exciting...

TL;DR: Riveting without a plot and stunningly beautiful If you’ve ever seen a film that has amazing cinematography with a less-than-stellar story and were still glad you saw the movie, then Baraka...

Shanin and I went to San Francisco for a delayed anniversary and to get away for a while. We had a great time, though we did walk a long way! On Thursday, we did two round trips from our hotel behi...

TL;DR: Man, I really wish they made more movies like this. Amazing! First off, I wanna say this: virtually every synopsis of this movie that I’ve read has said something about a plot twist. Don’t ...

So, I like making rings. I’ve been working at getting better at it, but I haven’t done too many lately. The only problem with making rings is you kinda have to have places to put the rings. Now, I ...

So, I came across something pretty interesting while coding in Python today. I was writing a system in which I have to pass a function as an argument to be called later; a.k.a. a callback. I’ve don...

I missed the update last Thursday. Well, not so much “missed” as “decided not to do”; I was beat. I’ve had this week off, so I’ve done more physical work than usual. But, to make up for it, a doubl...