Question of the Day Recent events such as the October 25th Singularity Summit in San Jose, California and the military favoring drones not just for spying, but for offensive tactics as well, not to mention the release of the G1, it seems that the age of our robot overlords may soon be upon us. My [...]
10.31.08 | technology | bradley
To say that my website sat vacant for three days this week would technically be incorrect. To say that my site was only visited by people interested in dressing as Joe the Plumber for Halloween and that no new content was added would be far more appropriate. Granted, the truth is a bit more long [...]
Well, that’s what I jokingly refer to it as. In addition to this website, I’m also running a second blog hosted off site. Why? Well, the first and foremost reason was to generate links both in keywords and using the titles of each of my posts to the posts themselves for SEO purposes. But, as [...]
Twelve days from right now the polls across America will officially be open. By that evening we will hopefully know the results of the election, and all partisan bickering aside, we’ll be glad to see it over with. This election session has been best described as a contact sport, and one in which several words [...]
In a recent (online for about twenty hours old at the time of this being published) article in Wired Magazine, Paul Boutin urges people to stop blogging. Why? He posits that blogging has passed through the trend phase and that it is now dominated by traditional media outlets in vague electronic disguises. The Huffington Post, [...]
10.21.08 | technology, writing | bradley
MVC, Model-View-Controller is a design practice theory that, according to Wikipedia, was pioneered by one Trygve Reenskaug in 1979 as method for developing object-oriented in a smart fashion. How smart? The development of any project is broken down into three separate areas, each of which can independently be changed without affecting any of the others. [...]
As mentioned earlier, I’ve postulated that the YouTube comment might just be the lowest form of the written word. This tragic genre often lacks any sort of tact, substance, or quality, transforming it into the written version of the racist and homophobic rants that linger across headsets of Xbox Live games. While YouTube took a [...]
10.20.08 | technology, writing | bradley
Ah, the internet. Thanks to a general leveling of the playing field, genres can split to their illogical extremes, allowing those with a very specific interest to connect with others that inexplicably share the same interest. In a lot of ways, it’s a product of the law of large numbers. The end results are that [...]
In this day in age, Wal-mart get its fair share of lumps in the press. However, the behemoth that is Wal-mart does have what can only be described as a world-leading supply chain, the technology that moves products from warehouse to store shelf. The system hinges both on automation – when you buy a product, [...]
Meet Joe the Plumber. Obama loves him, McCain loves him, and he’s the guy every American wants to be this Halloween. How does one assemble a Joe the Plumber costume? Unless you’re committed enough to shave your head, you’ll want to pick up a bald cap. The Woochie Bald Cap should do you just fine. [...]
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