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Introducing My New Laptop Search Tool
Published on: 5/11/2014 - 3 min read
Introducing My New Laptop Search Tool
h4 { text-decoration:underline; font-family:Oswald; font-size: 16pt; } I mentioned this idea 2 weeks ago to a friend, as I was looking fo...
How To Make Ajax Calls In ASP.NET Using Web Services
Using the ScriptManager Creating A WebService Making a Call To A WebService Returning Data To Caller Quick Recap and Summary Ajax has be...
My First Loot Crate April 2014 Unboxing
Published on: 5/1/2014 - 4 min read
My First Loot Crate April 2014 Unboxing
After months of seeing all the awesome things being sent out to the many geeky peoplez of the world through LootCrate, I decided to jump o...
ASP.NET Web Pages Quick Start Guide
Published on: 4/29/2014 - 7 min read
ASP.NET Web Pages Quick Start Guide
Web Pages and WebMatrix Razor View Engine Database Operations Parametereized Queries @Helper and @Functions @helper @functions AJAX L...
My Home Desk Setup
Published on: 4/27/2014 - 5 min read
My Home Desk Setup
If you're like me, you sit in front of a computer all day long writing about how you sit in front of a desk all day long sometimes. And wor...
At WonderCon 2014
Published on: 4/22/2014 - 5 min read
At WonderCon 2014
It was my first time at WonderCon this year. WonderCon is a close family member to Comic Con alongside of APE( Alternative Press Expo). I...
The Process Of Redesigning A Website
Published on: 4/12/2014 - 6 min read
The Process Of Redesigning A Website
Most websites will at some point in their lifetime require a makeover, either due to newer methodologies in web development or due to user ...
How I Lost A Stable Online Community
Published on: 3/29/2014 - 4 min read
How I Lost A Stable Online Community
Ever since I learned to crawl my way around the web world I've been building and coding any idea that comes to my mind. Mainly websites for...
It's A Good Time To Look At Data
Published on: 3/25/2014 - 4 min read
It's A Good Time To Look At Data
I'm a data hoarder. I love data. The simplicity of it, and the combined massiveness of it. I'm the guy that made sure that all of his songs...
Keeping Up With Technology
Published on: 3/18/2014 - 4 min read
Keeping Up With Technology
Technology exponentially grows due to its nature. You create something that can create something. It's like bacteria replicating and mutati...
Why Is Donating So Difficult?
Published on: 3/11/2014 - 6 min read
Why Is Donating So Difficult?
I'm currently packing up all my cool stuff into neat little bins and saying goodbye to my quaint little apartment which I've had for almost...
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
Published on: 3/5/2014 - 4 min read
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
It's a question that gets posed to kids all the time. Sometimes with hilarious results. Vampire, is a popular answer. I heard a kid say he ...
My Chromebook Vs My Windows Laptop
Published on: 3/2/2014 - 4 min read
My Chromebook Vs My Windows Laptop
I purchased a Chromebook recently mainly because I needed a small and quick laptop that I could use to keep track of my websites, Analytics,...
Why you should give up multitasking
Published on: 3/1/2014 - 4 min read
Why you should give up multitasking
Multitasking has been my enemy for as long as I can remember, I just didn't know it at the time. The concept of multitasking is fantastic. ...
College Work Vs Real World Work
Published on: 2/27/2014 - 5 min read
College Work Vs Real World Work
The real world can be really really different than that which we are told in college. At least for me it was, anyway. The degree I received...
It's Not How Much You Know, It's What You Can Do With It
"Do you like apples? Well I got her numbah, how you like them apples B)" I love that moment when Matt Damon totally owns that guy who's pro...
The Pros And Cons Of Working With Recruiters
Published on: 2/20/2014 - 5 min read
The Pros And Cons Of Working With Recruiters
Recruiters have a tight hold on tech jobs these days, for a few reasons. But mainly that tech jobs are hard to fill and they pay substant...
How To Work With Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) In C#
Working with Dates in any programming language is normally a pretty straightforward task. You save a date in the database and get on your m...
Interview Questions I Enjoy Asking Programmers
Published on: 2/12/2014 - 5 min read
Interview Questions I Enjoy Asking Programmers
At my latest job I had the opportunity to interview a fair number of people. It's definitely a challenge and it takes some preparation. Some...
Published on: 2/8/2014 - 4 min read
"A Dark Room" Text Game Review
"A Dark Room" is text only game made by doublespeak games written in Javascript. It's a single player adventure/RPG type of game reminisc...