Category Archives: Technical

Computer or Internet related with very technical or in depth content

AWS 101

An intro to AWS. I guess I should explain the learning curve bit. When I started learning AWS, I did not really have a mentor and the documentation was either too vague and filled with propaganda for other services or too verbose and not at the level that I needed. An AWS admin can interface …

02 February 2013 – 14:04:53 | By Jonathan | Posted in System Administration | Tagged |

Developer Alone Time

There is an aspect of programming that is essential to productivity. It is the time it takes a developer to get into their “zone” where they are most productive (much, much more productive than at other times). There are two articles in particular that expound upon this principle. Cringe from crossing a concentrating coder The …

01 August 2012 – 14:52:26 | By Jonathan | Posted in Programming |

Arduino Prototyping Shield

I finally finished soldering the Arduino Prototyping Shield from the kit that Lada Ada sent me. Before I started soldering The back of the finished board The finished board

10 March 2012 – 20:28:35 | By Jonathan | Posted in Electronics, Programming |

List of AJAX element on a Facebook New Feeds page

If you are up for a little pop quiz, and you have a Facebook account, visit the “News Feeds” page and make a list of everything on the page that you consider to be using AJAX.

11 January 2012 – 16:09:11 | By Jonathan | Posted in Programming | Tagged , |

Prisoner Restitution

Citizens of the United States of America have rights. Such as the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When a citizen commits a crime, they do so in trade for some of their rights. In other words, were I to kill someone, I would give up my rights to liberty and the …

20 July 2011 – 11:44:58 | By Jonathan | Posted in Economics, Energy, Philosophic, Political, Religious | Tagged , , , , , |

Git Notes

I have recently taken the plunge into learning Git. These are my notes thus far. I know there are plenty of git write-ups out there on the web. I started this one mostly for myself as a quick cheat sheet. I figure it may be useful to someone so I am sharing it. My typical …

14 June 2011 – 08:42:10 | By Jonathan | Posted in Education, Programming, Software, Unix/Linux | Tagged |

My Vim Cheatsheet

A while ago I read some Vim tutorials that were written by Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier and found them to be an excellent source of quick tips for a cheat sheet. So I set out to create a cheat sheet I could hang near my computer. I finally got around to finishing it. So I am …

25 February 2011 – 15:08:55 | By Jonathan | Posted in Programming, Unix/Linux |