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March 7th, 2010
I was a teacher, once, for a year, at a high school where I learned that:
There are students who will succeed no matter what you do, how you teach, or how hard you work.
There are students who will fail no matter what you do, how you teach, or how hard you work.
These two facts do [...]
February 25th, 2010
So my friends and I are putting together this little ditty that, really, is going to be quite the big ditty. We are holding a Web & Mobile Apps competition that is designed to highlight the programming/nerdy talent in the area. It’s open to everyone and the prizes are pretty major.
We are doing two categories: [...]
January 15th, 2010
And here’s the trick: Take all of your first reactions — all of them — and don’t let them come out of your mouth.
Your replies, your first thoughts, your first facial expressions. None of them are original. They’re too ingrained. They’re expected now. Stop doing them.
That small thing, the act of shutting the hell up, [...]
November 30th, 2009
This post is not about the swine flu. This about real illnesses and real people. Some of them live next to you, or in the shanty behind your house. Some of them mow your lawn and clean your pool. Some of them have fixed your cars with five-dollar parts from the “swap meet”. Most of [...]
November 25th, 2009
Don’t get too excited, I didn’t design this myself. I just modified it until I liked it enough to use it.
More importantly, stay tuned in the coming weeks for some news about some of these things:
Mexican Medicine
The Birthday Season
Fresno’s First Ever Web & Mobile Apps Competition
Pantherslive
Gratuitous Thoughts on Geekery
Until then, have a safe Thanksgiving (US [...]
September 29th, 2009
It’s been a while since we last spoke, hasn’t it? No need to place blame. I think we both know what happened.
Let me bring you up to speed:
I know you know about grandpa, no need to go into a whole story about that. Say hi to him for us.
Your son got married (Jeanine, thank the [...]
September 24th, 2009
I’m just going to lay it down in small words: “If you build it, they will come,” is a crock of shit.
To borrow a phrase, if I had a nickle for every time a website launch was delayed on account of the imperfections…
As a web programmer, I see a lot of projects come and go. We [...]
September 1st, 2009
Downloadable script to perform a find and replace operation over all the tables and fields in a database.
August 21st, 2009
My stance that the one reliable way to determine if your audience is learning is by eavesdropping.
July 31st, 2009
Still means very little to me, though.
For the last two months, I’ve been on a super low-fat/cholesterol diet. I also go to the gym six days a week for a minimum of 25 minutes of cardio. On top of the diet and exercise, I take aspirin and statins on a daily basis. This regimen is an effort to reduce my already normal level [...]