January 2010
31 posts
Swiss computing lab offers free bug-immunity tool... →
And the paradigm of programming changes yet again…
xkcd - encryption comic from two perspectives →
Sigh… funny because it’s true.
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advice - be nice
The most important thing a person can strive to succeed at in their life is following their own path. Being one’s self is redundant because it is inevitable. Even a person who poses as another person or spends their life emulating the behaviors of others is essentially being themselves, granted they are very unoriginal but that is no sin. However it is necessary for an individual to...
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games - the greatest teaching tool
To learn something requires repetition. Doesn’t matter if the lesson is correct, only that the lesson is repeated. The trick is wanting to repeat the task, that’s why physical fitness eludes so many of us. The trick is to make the task enjoyable. If learning a new language or working out was as enjoyable as masterbation humanity would find itself making up languages just to keep...
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Music - The Times, They Are A Changin'
Once upon a time music wasn’t a thing. You couldn’t have a music collection; saying you had a music collection would be like saying you have a memory collection. You couldn’t tell someone to stop singing your song because it was yours. You couldn’t hear a song unless you had the talent to reproduce it yourself or knew someone who did.
Music was a reflection of the...
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Technology - HTML5 and the Google Web Toolkit
When the internet first came out there were few standards. You didn’t need some product to get on it and represent whatever you liked, just text editor and some basic knowledge of HTML and how browsers worked. Eventually CSS and Javascript helped to make pages pretty impressive and interactive. However, the lack of consistency between browsers made consistency and visual appeal an...
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Programming - Design Patterns
Learning to program is much more than learning a programming language. Having command over a programming language is only the beginning. Once you learn to program in any language you will then discover a new set of problems similiar to a technical Pandora’s Box.
Consider your first grasps at understanding programming as being similar to how a child develops language: at first it is a...
Importance of Net Neutrality →
Please watch this if you have the time. The freedom of humanity hangs on this issue.
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Social Commentary - Freedom, Democracy and...
Freedom is the only hope for a better tomorrow as without it humanity is doomed to stagnation and suffering. Freedom is the bestowed upon every concious creature that exists and yet the human race has discovered through its own intellect traps which are designed to limit or destroy this endowment. As we advance it is important that we encourage every factor that helps preserve this wonderful gift...
Chrome Experiments - Detail - Monster →
This is what HTML5 is capable of and this means that the days of being locked to a proprietary format to do amazing things are limited. Schools won’t have to rely on the generosity of corporations in order to empower the people with amazing ways of expressing themselves (and in turn the human experience in general).
NOTE: Firefox runs this kinda slow but Google Chrome runs it awesome...
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Creative - An Eternal Struggle
I stumbled into a conflict between two warriors while walking through a dark mist. They were both equal in stature and their features similiar to a point of indicating kinship, perhaps even sharing the same mother though to see how differently they were garbed led me to believe that they were certainly not raised as equals. One was garbed in humble and clean robes with a gentle face consumed by...
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Advice - When Coming Out of High School...
To the young adults coming out of high school I suggest you consider not going directly into college if your only access to higher education is through massive student loans. The current state of the education system fails to provide young adults with the experience necessary to understand themselves and the world they will be entering while encouraging them to make financially risky decisions...
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“Fans are clingy, complaining dip-shits who will never ever be grateful for any...”
– Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw
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Games - Scavenger
I’m going to tell you about a game I would like to make if someone else doesn’t make it first. If you do like this concept and make it first please feel free to send some credit, funds, a job or maybe even just a dash of discussion about the project my way.
In an attempt to give people a reason to get out and about I’m making a GPL concept called “Scavenger” gaming. In a...
“If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first...”
– Lord Sandwich (I kid you not)
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Topics and ground rules for things to come...
I want to try and keep a constant flow of expression through this blog primarily to be able to look back and remember what I’ve been through, how I’ve progressed as a person, etc. However some ground rules need to be applied in order to make sure that I don’t start rambling (as I am prone). Here they are…
1. Every day will have a different topic in order to help prevent...
Google's China Threat Jolts Internet - WSJ.com →
… from every mountainside let freedom ring!
Sadly this isn’t too big a deal because in the end the Chinese people/gov’t will just have to deal with the inconvenience of switching search engines, e-mail hosts, etc.
However, this shows Google’s dedication to free speech by doing something no other major competitor would even dream of doing for a purely ethical standard...
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How I got Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook tied...
… is really just a hack. It turns out that you can’t really do it with the standard Twitter app on FB for reasons unknown. The feature was there at the conception of the app but was taken out when they discovered that it didn’t actually work. The work around is to go to your Fan Page’s “NOTES” section and “import RSS feed” which will be your...
VICTORY
Success! Tumbler to twitter to facebook. Now I just need to get the website up. :-D
My second test with Tumblr
OK, so now I have Tumblr updating Twitter instead of Facebook in order to try and keep the blog updates going straight to my website fan page instead of my regular profile… hopefully this works out!
A test from Tumblr
I’m just trying to see where this post gets sent to…
“And so it has! :-)
Now I’m connecting my tumblr to my FB page which...”
– vittiglio
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"Crush It"
So I took my cohort’s (Keith Morgado) advice and purchased “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk and I got to admit that it’s a must read for anyone coming into the world as a professional anything. I’m not saying that I think this is a get rich quick book but just a quick overview of what any kid coming out of school should know and any adult should read if they want to do...
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“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you...”
– Ghandi
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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop.”
– Confucious