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December 2009
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The Yoda Pattern
I made this joke at work and some people thought it was funny. Others wanted my head. try { if($do) { do(); } else { doNot(); } } catch { die(“there is no try”); } The Yoda Pattern: An instance where an exception is unrecoverable.
More Mandelbrot
Some more Mandelbrot sets. These are, mostly, renderings of locations found within the default QuickMAN log files. There’s always something interesting to be found…
Have You Ever Made a Just Man?
“Have you ever made a just man?” “Oh, I have made three,” answered God, “But two of them are dead, And the third – Listen! Listen! And you will hear the thud of his defeat.” – Stephen Crane
A Man Said to the Universe
A man said to the universe: “Sir I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.” – Stephen Crane
In the Desert
In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter – bitter”, he answered, “But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.” – Stephen Crane
Flashy Flash
Recently, my business had a need for some Flash development and I had just come off of a rather demanding project that, today, finally went live (yay!). Now, I’d never done any Flash to any degree of seriousness in the past; however, there was a need to be filled and I’m not afraid of a [...]
Mandelbrot Dragon
Recently I’ve been a bit obsessed with Mandelbrot sets. It turns out, there are a bunch of programs out there on different platforms for generating Mandelbrot sets. One of the better optimized that I’ve found so far is called QuickMAN (get it here). Here’s a pretty high-quality image that I generated using QuickMAN: Kinda looks [...]
Quite Fulfilling…
It’s amazing how fulfilling a morning of Rockband can be. I played some drums, dropped some lyrics on the mic and felt inspired. How inspired? Only time will tell…
Why a Blog and Why Now?
That’s a very interesting question. Throughout my web existence, I’ve written, blogged, and posted photos on various sites using various platforms. After moving to DC about a year-and-a-half ago, I’d started to neglect pretty much all of it. My photography site, which I custom wrote, hasn’t been updated in over a year; and my various [...]