Tag: Personal
Why C++ ?
I made mention of my venturing back into the world of C++, and was asked why I was interested in doing so given all the Java work I do. The best answer I can give is based on a comment which I think was made by Bjarne Stroustrup himself when asked about the advantages of […]
Continue Reading...Switching Blogging Modes
Every few months the burden of broken promises to write more blog posts mounts to the point that I have write a post addressing the lack of blogging. Between hitting the gym 3 times a week, my son having leg surgery, running cubs once a week (plus weekend camps) and spending at least some time […]
Continue Reading...Back from the Upside Down
Find out where I’ve been for the last 3 years and where I plan on heading.
Continue Reading...Growing up a programmer in the 80s
Despite the fact that there are plenty of free languages and development tools available online, there is still a much larger barrier to entry for someone who wants to get started as a programmer compared to nearly 30 years ago. I have fond memories of the computing of the 80s so I thought I’d take […]
Continue Reading...I’m Back
So I’ve been on a bit of break from blogging, I’ve had lots of things going on, I’ve moved house twice, and changed jobs a couple of times. I’ve not even really been checking my email that much (as evidenced by the fact that I didn’t see my hosting invoices and the subsequent temporary suspension […]
Continue Reading...Update
I haven’t been writing for a while since I’ve been busy working on several things right now. First off, after a few months of job hunting, I’ve changed jobs, I’m now doing some Java contract work down in Pittsburgh. After 11 years at my old job, it was time to move on. The great thing […]
Continue Reading...Get yourself a reputation at work
For most of us, as programmers, we are a pretty lucky bunch. We get paid handsomely (or at least nicely) for doing something which we enjoy, will never go out of fashion and provides a great deal of benefit to the companies we do it for, if not the world at large. While we may […]
Continue Reading...Announcing CDISource
In the last few weeks I have been rather busy working on a new project with Rick Hightower, who is fairly well known for his training and writings on Spring and JSF, and Rob WIlliams who is a blogger known as much for meddling in new technologies (and getting mad at them) as he is […]
Continue Reading...Read All About It!
I dusted off my PHP skills and added a new custom wordpress page to list all articles for a set of tags to create a kind of index page. The articles are grouped by tag and ordered by date so you can see the whole library of articles and tutorials. You can also find the […]
Continue Reading...Back from the Christmas Break
Happy 2011! Well, I’m back from the Christmas break. I had a lot going on last year so took some time out. If you posted an email or comment, I’ll get back you this week. I spent a month working on a 3D terrain rendering engine that provides real time terrain and texture generation and […]
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