Quote Panel
Yesterday while looking at the new blog header I decided to have a hand at adding a quote mechanism. I have always been fond of the hilarious tongue in check The Tao Of Programming series – the first self titled … Continue reading
Nothing to Say
It was an arid posting week here at the blog trying to come up with something fresh to say. In the process of looking around at the ship shape of the blog the realization that the header and logo look … Continue reading
Nikon D90 Learning Tools
In have been eying the Nikon D90 DSLR for the better part of three months. At the start of March, 2010 Nikon Rumors reported some deep online discounts were in the works and with my birthday pending at the end … Continue reading
GoF Design Patterns
As a programmer and all around nerd dating back to my teen years I have covered a fair bit of computing terrain. However, at a recent job interview requiring Java skills I completely floundered when asked, “Talk to us about design patterns and illustrate some instances where you have applied them?” Continue reading
Math Combinations, RDBMS and Perl
Recently, while developing a web charting application I ran into a problem involving combinations and permutations. The application mimics an existing paper charting method with it’s own meta language to describe certain visual biological markers. One subset of the meta … Continue reading
Back Injury Re-Diagnosed
It has been just over six weeks since injuring what I thought was my Latissimus Dorsi. After four weeks of total rest from all sports I was nearly pain free except in the late evening when the wear and tear of the day would lead to some aches. Continue reading
Design tweaks
About a month ago I revised the website look. Today I fixed a few subtle things: ‘Featured Posts’ widget images in the sidebar now link directly to the post. Padding between all the sidebar widgets (e.g., ‘Featured Posts’, ‘Recent Posts’, … Continue reading
Latissimus Dorsi Climbing Injury
Monday January 18, 2010 I hiked into the remote Diamond Head crag in Eldorado Canyon State Park with a few friends to try some obscure climbs that I had long dreamed about. Just as we arrived at the base of … Continue reading
Design Reload
This is probably the third site re-design in the last six months or so, but for the first time I can honestly say this one just might stick. First, let’s give due credit to WooThemes design team for this fabulous … Continue reading
Cruising
Two months ago in early November 2009 Heather, my wife, and I attended our Church’s annual school auction to support Holy Trinity School. The auction concluded with a hat drawing for the grand prize – an all expense paid cruise to the Bahamas. Continue reading