I'm a 35 year old UIUC Computer Engineer building mobile apps, websites and hardware integrations with an interest in 3D printing, biotechnology and Arduinos.
Some Things I Have Learned Running Websites
Over the years I’ve managed or launched over 30 websites. Here is a list of the mistakes that I’ve made and hopefully will help you not make similar ones. Separate your domain company from your hosting company One day your hosting company will fail you and you will want to move, but if you run your domain through them, [...]
First Impressions of Windows 8 — is it worth it?
I wouldn’t be in any rush. I work as a web developer for a place that has Microsoft site licensing, so we get free upgrades to the latest windows. Today, I installed it to 2 non-critical machines and this is my story. UPGRADE INSTALLATION Personally I hate upgrades compared to full installations, but with the amount of [...]
Javascript JS new Date() format in different browsers
So if you ever use the command “new Date();” this is what you will get from various browsers Google Chrome: Thu May 03 2012 12:40:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Firefox: Thu May 03 2012 12:40:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Safari: Thu May 03 2012 12:40:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Internet [...]
Remote Desktop into Console Session
If you have used remote desktop to a Windows 2003 or 2008 server, you know it likes to open a new session. Which normally is great so you don’t disturb someone using the server’s console but sometimes you need access the main console because a program that can only run one instance may already be running on the console. Goto [...]
Amazon Kindle 3 – Text to Speech Improvements
The Amazon Kindle Generation 3 has a nice set of improvements over earlier editions. However, one feature that still isn’t quite there yet is the text-to-speech feature. Its functionality is very similar to Adobe Reader’s feature, present but not really useful. It appears it is thrown in meet an accessibility requirement [...]
Realistic File / Network Transfer Speeds
I don’t know about you, but I hate reading boxes with their “theorical” max speeds. Here are real tested transfer speeds using win7 as a test program of various file transfer speeds. The list will be ongoing. Please feel free to leave comments and I’ll add it to this list. Read Speeds 90MB/sec SATA SSD OCZ SATA [...]
Inside a Canon 50mm Prime Len f1.8
In case you are wondering what the inside of your Canon 50mm Prime Len looks like, I wouldn’t recommend doing what I did. Accidentally tipping a tripod over and landing the camera on its lens. Click on the image for the full-size. openanalytics 4313 views