Who am I?May 08, 2018 in GeneralFiguring out who we are and how to understand, describe, and present that to other people is a tough challenge. People are complex and dynamic, and rarely fit nicely into some category. Do the things…Continue reading
Jumping the FoldJul 25, 2015 in ProseImagine if the three dimensional universe we observe actually was all folded up through a fourth spacial dimension, like a paper all wadded up. While another galaxy might be unfathomably far from us…Continue reading
Breathless in a New WorldJun 23, 2015 in ProseLast night I was thinking about the E3 coverage of the upcoming game No Man’s Sky, as well as the worlds of Metroid. The following is definitely influenced by forementioned, but it isn’t meant to fit…Continue reading
Async Functions: Delivering on PromisesMay 11, 2015 in JavaScriptSince Promises were first introduced to JavaScript, I have been frustrated by disappearing errors. Due to its dynamic nature, errors in JavaScript can show up much later in the dev process, sometimes…Continue reading
Greater than the sum of its componentsFeb 19, 2013 in JavaScriptLately I’ve been working on a cool project written exclusively in JavaScript, with a Node.js & MongoDB back end, and a CommonJS Backbone front end. What I have found most fun so far is the…Continue reading
A Case Against Vendor Prefixes In CSSFeb 14, 2012 in CSSI am a web developer, and a rather impatient one too. When a new feature is available in a few browsers, I want to use it. Most of the time, these features are either experimental or not finished…Continue reading
On Pattern HatingOct 07, 2011 in GeneralI have long considered myself a Java hater. I now think it really has nothing to do with the language itself. Sure it was easy to point at slow performance (hasn’t been true for a long time now), or…Continue reading
CommonJS in the BrowserSep 22, 2011 in JavaScriptI’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to use CommonJS modules in my web applications. I even started a repository on github for my implementation. As is apparent from searching, the task is…Continue reading
Some thoughts on Web 4.0Apr 16, 2011 in JavaScriptThe web has undergone some significant changes since its inception. 1.0 consisted mostly of HTML documents, with simple CSS style, and little or no JavaScript interaction. 2.0 was the AJAX…Continue reading
Load only when needed, or Preload everything?Apr 13, 2011 in JavaScriptAs JavaScript and web application best practices have formed over the last several years, there have appeared two contesting patterns in loading the scripts needed for an application: Don’t load any…Continue reading