Year: 2012
Dear Santa
Hey there Santa. How ya doin’? I hope your “off season” treated you well. I’ll skip the BS this year Santa. 😀 Here’s some ideas for what to bring me. Random Stuff: Starbucks gift card Amazon gift card gift cards for stores with kitchen stuff or decorating stuff chocolate (preferably dark; favorite brand is Ghirardelli) … Continue Reading
Actually, I’m just ignoring you
A while back, I bought some noise canceling headphones to use at work. I got a good deal on them from NewEgg, and I needed some new ones anyway. They’re not completely noise canceling, but they do a pretty good job at blocking things out. I share an office with 3 co-workers, and my back … Continue Reading
Hazards of being a web programmer
I have been meaning to completely re-do this place since WordPress 3.0 came out. The current version is 3.4.2, and I *still* haven’t managed to get this place redeveloped. Oops. I work on other people’s websites all day at work. I get ideas for my own sites (this one and my professional site) from time … Continue Reading
PC vs Mac. Which is right for me?
My laptop will be 5 years old at the end of this year. It’s a Dell Inspiron 1520 (running Windows 7). It has served me well, but it’s been wigging out on me the past few months. The video driver has been crashing and it won’t run more than an hour (if even that) on … Continue Reading
Stressed Out
A few months ago I started on a new project at work … developing a mobile application for a client. They wanted both an Android app and an iOS app. I was happy to learn something new … something to put on my resume. Then I found out the timeline … We decided to work … Continue Reading
Overwhelmed
I recently got an opportunity to venture into mobile application development at work. Â I had 2 months to develop an Android app for a client. During those 2 months, I had to build a website to manage the data that would be pulled into the app, an API to get the data from the website … Continue Reading
Bass Ackwards
Why is it that when I’m feeling at my loneliest … when I feel myself falling down the rabbit hole … I retreat … I hide from my friends … I hide from my life? These are the moments that I need to lean on my friends. Why can’t I just learn to ask for … Continue Reading