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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
BASIC and the Rubik’s Cube
Remember when the Rubik’s Cube was still new and BASIC was cutting edge? Well, for that early generation of geeks, of which I was surely a member, it was unavoidable. You just had to write your own BASIC program to solve the Rubik’s Cube. I know there are other old programmers out there who have [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Programming by David O
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Why I Hate HTML and How SlickEdit Saved the Day
I hate HTML. I know that is a little unfair, after all, so much of my life revolves around it. Like everyone in the tech industry, there is a browser open on my computer almost all the time and without it, I’d lose my major source for news, entertainment, and communication. But I still hate [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Code Editors,Programming by David O
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Classical in a Digital Age
Music distribution has gone digital, and as with any move or paradigm in the music industry, the model is designed for pop music, not real music. Argh!! I couldn’t even make it through the first sentence without my true colors showing. That’s right, I listen to classical music and I’m not apologetic about it. I [...]
