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Diving into the Deep End with Python
Where I Stand with Java Most of my professional experience in software development has centered around Java. That should be no surprise as I learnt Java in university, and all the trappings that go with it: Javadoc, the Java Standard API, Eclipse and JUnit. My professional work exposed me to JSP, Servlets, SpringMVC, Struts, JDBC,…
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Hello Again Identi.ca!
It seems that all the cool kids are using Twitter nowadays. Then again what passes as cool now sounds more like either being different for different sakes. Or that you use or do things that are “cool” or trendy or interesting to the mass public at the moment. Rarely the cool, trendy or different thing…
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Does Complexity Necessarily Translate Into Capability?
Two months ago I started work as a Java developer at Bluerush Media Group. Shifting gears back into Java EE/JSP/Servlet and mostly backend work from Android development definitely took a while. On one hand my work now is hidden behind layers and layers of servers, middleware and other “businessy” systems. I definitely miss being able…
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Happy Easter! He is Risen!
I’m on vacation at the moment. But I want to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter! For those of the Christian faith, this weekend is an incredible and potent reminder of God’s sacrifice for our sins, and the Resurrection: the reason why we believe what we believe. Alleluia! He is risen! And for those…
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Time to Retire My Snowboard for the Season
As part of a struggle to retrieve a lawn chair and folding table, to get some work done will enjoying the outdoors, I stumbled over my snowboard. This winter–yes I know that officially spring begins in a few days–I managed to hit the slopes for two solid days of snowboarding. Not enough to gain mastery…
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Website Hosting Migration
You may have noticed the recent changes on my blog & portfolio website. I am in the process of migrating my websites, domains and what not to a new hosting service. A nicer hosting service provider who doesn’t support SOPA/PIPA for one. Plus is much more responsive and nicer to work with. Anyways a lot…
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Experiments with Wine Gaming
While I was working last month (and last year), I had the need and opportunity to setup Linux properly on my laptop. Windows simply did not cut it for remote development. After a bit of fighting with some graphics issues (yes, I got bitten by the switching between the Intel and Nvidia GPUs) I managed…
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From Inside a Particle Accelerator…
Sometime last year, it feels like the pace of my life accelerated to a phenomenal rate. I would venture that just before I started working in California was when it happened. Since then much like a particle accelerated in a linear accelerator, it feels like I am moving forward at a frantic pace. Maybe it is just me, but…