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Swap-bot is in need of a new platform to manage our ads. The previous application we used to manage our inventory recently went through some changes and stopped meeting our needs. As a result, I started looking around for a new system to use. After a some investigation, I decided to build my own and [ READ MORE ]
These two just make we so happy. [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been a fan of Wilco since high school. Rachel actually introduced me to them and I have loved every release of theirs since. They recently re-released A.M., Being There and Summerteeth on 180 gram vinyl and my copies just arrived. I have their complete collection an my ipod and listen to it all frequently, [ READ MORE ]
I did not have my Kindle for my commute this morning so I needed something else to read while on my morning commute (I’ve read online that the easiest way to spot a tourist on the subway is to see who brought something to read and who did not). I signed up for Instapaper a [ READ MORE ]
Tonight Rachel and I met up with Shane and Alli, who are visiting from Kansas City, for a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and some of the most famous pizza in all of NYC. Rachel and I walked across the bridge when we were here visiting before our move, but this was the first time [ READ MORE ]
Rachel does such a great job of making weekends special around here. On Friday when I got home from work, she had delicious, homemade whole wheat chocolate chip cookies in the oven and was in the middle of preparing a fantastic dinner. She has been cooking a lot of healthy meals for us lately, but [ READ MORE ]
Over the last couple months I have been exploring non-relational data stores. It began when I started playing around with Google App Engine and really took hold when I read an interesting paper on Facebook’s open sourced database, Cassandra. After some experimentation and more reading, I think I like the concept. Non-relational databases are schema-less, which [ READ MORE ]
I wrote about vi the other day as a tool I am quickly finding I can’t live without. Screen is a development tool that I use everyday and have known for quite a while that I can’t survive without. From the GNU website, screen is: Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical [ READ MORE ]
It is Thursday night again and this time Crusher offered to buy dinner. Crusher picked up the money I put aside to pay the delivery man and took it to the door. Of course, he would be absolutely terrified if he had to pay the man directly, but he really wanted his JPan! [ READ MORE ]
I am always on the lookout for ways to become a better engineer. From the books I read, to the blogs I follow, to the languages I practice – I do so with the purpose of becoming better. One area that I have given a lot of focus to lately is how I get the [ READ MORE ]