Archive for January, 2008

Jaxer: JavaScript on the Server Side

January 30th, 2008

So last night I got to play with Jaxer from Aptana for the first time. Here’s my initial thoughts…
Apache Module:
So right now it only works for Windows and Mac. I tried for about 90 minutes to compile and/or get it all working on my Ubuntu box without any success. I did however get everything ready […]

Boller! The New COBOL WebFrame

January 23rd, 2008

Well, not really, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there’s one on the way for Fortran too.
Daniel Spiewak over at Code Commit talks about the end of the ruby fad and the attitudes of those fueling the fire, or running out of the burning house.
While I agree there’s a fad, I think it’s more to […]

A Geek’s Coming of Age

January 17th, 2008

Alfred Thompson talks about teaching his 15-year old son to program for the web.
What’s really interesting is that the process his son is going through is very similiar to the path I took.
I started with an HTML Primer (from NCSA) and worked my way up incorporating frames and javascript. I still have the HTML from […]

Adobe Flash Player Lite for Mobile Devices

January 16th, 2008

One of the platforms I’m looking to for mobile development is Flash. While I’m certainly not that capable at drawing, the platform is becoming more about distributing content amongst a variety of devices. I still have to do some basic market research on the outreach of the Lite Player. It’s generally being distributed pre-installed on […]

Politics and secrets; go together like a horse and…

January 15th, 2008

Michigan Primaries
I’ll post more about this later as I’ve been following this race quite close. For the GOP, Romney won because he’s a home-boy. McCain because he’s more nitty gritty. Huckabee, I’m not so sure about. Paul actually did better than I thought despite the lack of a campaign here. Thompson and Guliani brought up […]