Category Archives: Programming

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

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

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.

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

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