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My name is AJ, and I'm a web developer and software engineer out of Southern California.
one month ago
This blog is going offline. It has served its purpose and I'm moving on.
one month ago
Some days I had believed I'd seen the worst atrocities that have ever existed in code. Other days I'd be proven wrong, when something much worse showed up. I found both joy and nausea in the same moment.
one month ago
Happy Festivus! Just as I did last semester, I've parsed CSULB's Spring 2010 registration calendar, imported it into a Google Calendar, and am sharing it with you. Hope it helps
four months ago
tl;dr: everything you experience is your choice because your perceptions are entirely your choice. My job is not what it was made out to be, and I struggled with that to an unhealthy end. I'm learning to accept the situation, and leave work a happier, healthier guy.
six months ago
Finding the registration deadlines took minutes, both times I've tried to do it. Seems to be a common problem, so here's my solution.
three months ago
I finally got around to tackling Joe Armstrong's Ring Benchmark challenge. In my tests, it outperforms every other erlang ring benchmark from the first few pages of google results. There is one benchmark I found that ran about 1500x faster than mine, but it exits after doing absolutely nothing. I'm not counting that one =)
one year ago
I'm applying to go back to school to get another degree, and I found myself needing to fill out a lot of PDF Forms. That's evidently a difficult task on Linux. I couldn't find any simple ways to do it, anyhow. So my options were either A) print out the forms and submit my chicken scratch handwriting, or B) hack together a solution for myself. Enter GhostScript and Inkscape.
one year ago
For all you working-class heroes out there: a tool to quickly calculate an annual income and play with the numbers. Written entirely in jQuery, and as always, free for the taking.
one year ago
A selection of CakePHP goodies I've written over the past few months. Components, Behaviors, Controllers, and a bit more.