Web Using Ports in Elm Last week I had the opportunity to speak at a local meetup here in Portland about my favorite new technology: Elm! Specifically how to use your Elm code in connection with other JavaScript
Code Dictionaries are made from Tries cs50 pset 5 was all about data retrieval and memory management, so the challenge was to implement a searchable dictionary that could be used to quickly implement a spell checker on entire books
Code Modifying Images in C Next up in my CS50 psets was a fun project working with files in C. First up was a challenge to find a hidden clue in a picture. You had to check the
Game of Fifteen I'm slowly catching up on write ups of my cs50 psets, and next up is the next challenge from pset3, the Game of Fifteen. It's fairly simple, it draws the current state of
Code Binary Search, Selection Sort, and Merge Sort Since I spend most of my day building websites, I don't often get the chance to test my algorithm skills and figure out the most efficient sorting or searching methods. I usually reach
Code The Journey in C Continues - CS50 pset 2 I know it's been awhile, I've been sidetracked with work and fell behind on my classwork, but better late than never! Here are my solutions to the second problem set for CS50: Initials.
Code Beginning to Program in C - CS50 pset1 I've been continuing my way through Harvard's CS50 course, and have begun programming in C! Again, since I've already had quite a bit of experience programming, I've been flying through the coursework, but
Web Programming in Scratch I've been working through some more online classes recently, thanks to the awesome curriculum from the Open Source Society, and am finally taking a class where I'm learning some C! Already I'm making
Web Swiss Tournament Pairing System - Relational Databases After many weeks, I've finally been able to finish my Intro to Relational Databases class! It certainly didn't help that we've been dealing with moving apartments the last few weeks, but this class
Web Getting Started with Git I don't know about you, but using Git, especially from the command line, has always been intimidating. At least until recently. I've known for awhile now the importance of source control for your
Web Put Child Page Content on Parent Page in WordPress The other day I was working on a documentation site in WordPress and came across an interesting problem. The documentation was lengthy in certain sections, so I wanted to find a way to
Web My Intro to Computer Science Final Project I have finally completed my final project for the Intro to Computer Science course on Udacity! It is a really simple python program that takes a very specific data input and creates a
Web My Web Development Toolbox When I'm working on websites, or just about anything involving code, I find myself consistently using the same tools over and over. I thought it might be fun to share what apps and
Web My First WordPress Theme: Bingo If you've visited my blog in the last few days, I'm sure you will have noticed things look a little different around here. That's because I thought I would finally take a stab
Web My First Guest Post is Up! Thanks to the amazing Melissa Gutierrez I had the opportunity to guest post over on her blog. Guest posting is certainly a different experience than just posting here, mainly because I wanted to
Web Dubacano Wines Website I recently built a website for Dubacano Wines, showcasing their wines and events, as well as building in functionality for allowing them to do event registration on the site in the future. It
Movies + TV Louis C.K. and the Rise of the 'Laptop Loners' I ran across a fascinating article today, Louis C.K. and the Rise of the 'Laptop Loners' by Adam Wilson, delving into the effect of shrinking screens on our viewing experience. Here are
Web Playing Around with Pixelmator Playing around with Pixelmator's new features, primarily its Vintage looks and Miniaturize effect. Cool stuff! Almost like Instagram for my DSLR...with lots more control! If you haven't already, you should really check
Movies + TV Madagascar 3 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlkWVkpP59U] Today is an exciting day for me: Madagascar 3 is in theaters today and that means for the first time my name is in the
Web My Wedding Website In less than 3 months I'm getting married to the love of my life :) And I just launched the website for our wedding! It was probably the most fun I've had making a
Web Seth Godin on Change Seth Godin wrote in his post, "The quickest way to get things done and make change": Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don't demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.
Web Codecademy: Great Intro to Programming Looking for a great way to learn some programming? Codecademy is an awesome place to start! Right now they only have lessons for JavaScript and HTML/CSS, but Python is coming soon and
Film Discussion Film Discussion: Next Steps (This is part of my series on how to better dialogue with and about films. See more here) Congratulations, you have made it through the entire series! Hopefully by now you have learned
Film Discussion Film Discussion: Viewing Experience (This is part of my series on how to better dialogue with and about films. See more here) As we get closer to wrapping up this series, I'm going to pull away from
Web Dubacano Website Yesterday one of my first websites for a client went live! It was for Dubacano Export Import Inc. and you can check it out here. They deal largely with the importing and exporting