Dev, Travel, Blogging

Over a decade of progressive professional software development experience in conjunction with more than two decades as a hobbyist developer has pushed me to reduce the burden of support and cost of delivery by writing highly-maintainable software of the highest caliber.

This blog is intended to be a personal collection of experiences/rants, journaling to tech related, things and other things that may be appropriate to share in a blog.

• "The World Has Changed"

  Posted on April 5, 2011

  Many people claim that “The World Has Changed” when they see something they don’t recognize from before. This common phrase is a cliché. It is cliché that is used, and abused, without actual regard to gradual change or reflection of major influences. The most irritating resultant of this phrase is... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • cliches
  • linguistics
  • phrases
  • rant

• Letter To Rep Killian (R) on the bill "No High-Speed Rail Money from Federal Gov't."

  Posted on March 29, 2011

  Dear Mr. Killian, [Read More]

  Tags:

  • highspeedrail
  • politics

• Selling Technology Solutions to the Classroom

  Posted on March 29, 2011

  Technology, since the introduction of a computer that doesn’t take an entire room, has always been suggested for educational purposes. Technology is sold as an existing off the shelf solution for teaching the youth of the country that it happens to be in. Policymakers and lobbyists tend to sell the... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • essay
  • market
  • products
  • technology

• Review: "Fooled By Randomness" by N. Taleb

  Posted on March 22, 2011

  “Fooled by Randomness” is a book about the negative consequences of a dynamic financial market. More specifically, the book’s focus is due to the lack of a balance criticism of the potential negative outcomes and the evaluation of performance in the market. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • books
  • finance
  • market
  • reviews
  • stocks

• Emerging QT/KDE On Gentoo

  Posted on March 15, 2011

  If you are having linking issues with building QT on Gentoo [similar to filexyz.o can not link] don’t forget to remove references to pipe in the CXXFLAGS, and the multiple processor arguments on the OPTIONS flag. (-j3 etc). [Read More]

  Tags:

  • kde
  • linux
  • techincal

• Why Data Visualization is the Wrong Solution and How to Fix It

  Posted on March 8, 2011

  Data visualization is a very useful tool for summarizing, and sometimes interacting with, complex datasets. It shifts a dataset from being a detail oriented process into a more comfortable visual process. Throughout evolution humans have had a great use for visual information. Being able to see the world and recognize... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • data
  • essay
  • opinion
  • technical
  • visualization

• Restaurant Review: The Thai House of Charlotte

  Posted on March 1, 2011

  The Thai House is a great example of how a restaurant should be run. The food is memorable, tasty, and is unique from the competition of the area. I ordered an appetizer of beef Satay, and a main entrée of Red Curry. The appetizer came with small chunks of cucumber,... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • charlotte
  • food
  • nc
  • restaurants
  • reviews
  • thai

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