Stephen Malone hangs out here sometimes.
We've got our fancy-pants high-level templating system established, so it's time to look at the low-end of the spectrum and start playing with sockets. Leverage will be Leviathan's server foundation, responsible for handling all the raw information moving in and out of our webstack.
Read MoreI thought it would be prudent to talk about what kind of material I'll be writing for Malone Dot CC (at least for the foreseeable future).
Read MoreBefore I write a single line of code for Leviathan I want to write a series of posts establishing each part of the system. This is mostly for my own sanity but I'm hoping some of you will also find it interesting.
We'll start with what I'm calling Levity: a HTML templating system that Leviathan will depend on for its output.
Read MoreI think I'm going to like it here.
Edit: I did it! Is it working? Are we all shiny and clean now?
Thanks to my tiny little windfall I'm able to move this blog over to SquareSpace. It'll take a day or two, but it should be worth it since:
So yes. I should have everything pulled over by Thursday; the same website with the same content, just nicer looking and way less janky.
Stay tuned!
I don't know if I should panic or celebrate. Probably both. You guys are so lucky I installed a caching plugin before I made that post.
I've had some free time this week, so I've been reading the archives of my favourite bloggers (particularly John Gruber, Marco Arment and related Apple guys). After binging on these sites for some time, I've come to a strange conclusion.
These clever bastards all have sponsorships.
Read MoreThomas Sowell in an intriguingly retro video dissects the usual handling of statistics in conversations of equality. It seems the data is worthless unless you drill down immensely.
Oh, now this is much better than Facebook-y blue. Nice and clean and shiny.
Alright, we've got a basic HTML model up (after ditching the horror that is Twitter Bootstrap) and the data back-end is up and running. Now if you'll excuse me I need to not stare at code for the next six hours.
This movie may have happened thirty years ago, but I can see this scene (and others) happening even today.
Progress is being made! I'm not sure about using blue for the main colour though, I'm also considering using the same layered colour effect with something heavier like orange or purple. Right now it's very "Facebook-y". Still, going from notepad to vector in half a day is pretty good.
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I have an idea. Normally when I have an idea I abandon all my other projects (i.e.: this very blog) and devote all my time and attention to it. But that’s been happening far too often lately; all I have to show for my constant reshuffling is a pile of husks and very little actual product. I figure that from now on the safest way to deal with my spontaneous ideas is to write about them on here as I develop them alongside. Worst case scenario? Someone better equipped to handle my ideas comes along and does it for me.
Read MoreWords to come. For now, let's just enjoy my terrible, terrible handwriting.
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Some words on the recent Google Glass video, as promised.
Read More"911, what's your sexy emergency?" I have so many words about this. TL;DR: Glass will be fun for people to use by themselves, but terrible for interactions. No barista is going to stand there and wait for you to navigate your personal GUI.
