Writing

After all these years, there's a DEEP ocean of projects and systems mitra62 has been involved with.

Jun 2009

Brain Dump, Rant

Exclusive DLC is Bad for ME

Really, I should call this post “I whine about how Bethesda told me to Fuck Off and hand over the…

Jun 2009

Programming

Mmmm… Feedback

There’s a pretty positive review of wp-click-track on Daily Blog Tips, written by Daniel Scocco, today and it’s official; wp-click-track…

Jun 2009

Programming, Code

Prettify Data with Open Flash Chart

Everyone likes the pretty. The pretty makes people feel nice and adds a sense of peace and comfort. The pretty…

Jun 2009

Brain Dump

E3 2009

I don’t really follow video games, except for the ones with web sites I’m working on, but I play them…

Jun 2009

Brain Dump, Programming

Sometimes, Poor Design Works

As programmers, we can get obsessed with the small things. I personally have no problem spending hours trying to optimize…

May 2009

Servers

Setting Up A Linux Web Server

I’ve been setting up my own servers for years; it’s something I’m pretty passionate about as a programmer. I’ve learned…

May 2009

Brain Dump, Programming, Rant

Just How Good Are You?

What do doctors, lawyers, programmers and strippers have in common? The need for continuing education (ok, strippers probably don’t but,…

May 2009

Brain Dump, Programming

How Do You Diff?

The other day I was working on a page that made heavy use of JavaScript. I’d been cool about it…

May 2009

Programming, Code

Advanced Bad Behavior

I really wanted to move away from Bad Behavior; there’s only so much I’m interested in this topic. But the…

May 2009

Programming, Code

More Bad Behavior

In the first post in this “series” (wtf? when did I start doing “series”? Oh, right…) I went over the…

May 2009

Programming

Simple Twitter Search with PHP

So, I’ve already gone into detail on the Arc90 Twitter API Service and it’s pretty fun to work with. One…

May 2009

Programming

Why I Hate Facebook Connect

In the Facebook Connect Primer I barely scratched the surface about the Facebook Connect service; I fully expected to research…

May 2009

Virtualization Actually Works!

I had wanted to have a full time Linux desktop for about a year now. I think I’ve gotten to…

May 2009

Programming, Code

The Bad Behavior Spam Blocker Part 1

Anyone with a blog has seen comment spam. This is the stuff that shows up talking about Viagra, written in…

May 2009

Programming, Code

Arc90 Twitter API Service Part 2

As promised, here’s the follow up to Arc90 Twitter API Service Part 1. If you haven’t read that piece yet…

May 2009

Brain Dump

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah; I've been Sick…

I know, I know… I haven’t posted during the normal schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I’ve been sick with…

Apr 2009

Programming, Code

A Look at Tweetizen

For those of you living under a rock for the past couple years Twitter is all the rage; for what…

Apr 2009

Programming, Code

Arc90 Twitter API Service Part 1

Twitter is all the rage these days; everyone’s on it and everyone seems to love it. Not me, of course.…

Apr 2009

Rant

How to Own a Mistake

I wasn’t going to post anything today, I’ve been pretty busy and am getting out of the habit of posting…

Apr 2009

Brain Dump, Programming, Rant

News Flash; Programmer != IT

This is an idea that’s a little… well, stupid really. The basic premise I’m talking about is that having a…

Apr 2009

Brain Dump, Programming

What does 99.99% mean?

Earlier this month my department was, finally, able to get approval for an upgraded Internet line for the office. Previously…

Apr 2009

Brain Dump

Fix for Vista Folder View Fail

In Windows Vista, when you’re looking at files in a folder, sometimes the layout (the tabs and fields and such)…

Apr 2009

Programming, Code

Developing Web Sites for Blackberry

The other day I read an article on Sitepoint called iPhone Development: 12 Tips To Get You Started that I…

Apr 2009

Brain Dump, Programming

How to Exploit an Online Poll

UPDATE April 20th 2009: Once again Jeff Atwood has read my mind and posted his own version of how to…