When I was in the tenth grade in high school, a man appeared next to our math teacher at the beginning of a class. I barely remembered his face then, but soon after introducing himself, I knew who he was as I had heard of him many times....

I’ve been a big fan of Manuel Moreale’s People and Blogs for a while now. In this lovely series of interviews, Manu asks web folks he admires how they got started writing on the ol’ www and it always makes for a fun read. Today though I...

Ten random songs from my collection

Started thinking that I wanted to have an explosion after someone signs up for an email. So I started researching how one would create an explosion. Found some code similar code for jquery that seems like it may work. Like much of my...

A modest defense of the rodent So, Emacs and the mouse. This is an unexpectedly contentious topic, with discussions that end, at best, with careless dismissal. More often they turn into arguments with folks talking past one another. The...