CodeUpdate2.0

Oct 12 2010

I am in the process of diagramming out the new CodeUpdate4U.com.  This will be my first project based on a framework, and I have chosen Symfony for that task.  I chose it becauase it seemed to be in the top 1-2 of a lot of developers out there and, with some further reading, I believe it can meet all the goals I have set out for it.

CodeUpdate2.0 Use Cases

Oct 12 2010

This entry will describe the use cases developed for the site.

Drupal Ubercart Modifications

Dec 21 2009

I have been racking my brain on how to best implement form validation on user-entered attributes on products in Drupal's Ubercart module.  I finally settled on modifing the uc_attribute module itself to support the functionality.

Welcome to the Bionic Age

Jun 14 2009

Take a look at these two inventions:

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/heightened-reality

http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/heads-display-embedded-glasses

With tools such as these, we can interact with our environment in ways never dreamed of.

Mischief or Malicious Act?

Apr 27 2009

A friend of mine recently pointed out this article to me...why haven't we all heard about this already?

http://perens.com/works/articles/MorganHill/

Slashdot discussion here: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/22/2043235

Keeping Your Data Close at Hand

Mar 17 2009

When life handed this enterprising young man lemons, he made a prosthetic thumb drive!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7949018.stm

Train Thief Takes Joyride

Mar 15 2009

I'm a big fan of trains and so I try and keep abreast of train related information on the web.  Thought I had seen it all...

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/950631.html

Coolest Error Page Ever

Mar 02 2009

While browsing iStockPhoto for images for a project, I apparently made the cartoon octopus angry!