Marcela channeling Margeeka

BarCamp Orlando 2012 Mark your calendars for April 14th. This...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:07:00 -0500

BarCamp Orlando 2012

Mark your calendars for April 14^th. This will be my 4^th BarCamp and my 1^st time presenting.

Sometimes, I feel pretty jaded about technology. My iPhone has a...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:11:05 -0400

Sometimes, I feel pretty jaded about technology. My iPhone has a better computer than the one that first sent men into space. Cool story, bro.

But my co-worker sent me this link today, and I was just blown away.

GiveCamp.Orlando - Home

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:21:36 -0400

GiveCamp.Orlando - Home:

I’m only just now finding out about this event (via Caike from the Orlando Coding Dojo). But I’m glad they’re still accepting volunteers.

DJ marGEEKa on the ones and zeroes

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:47:30 -0400

I’ve switched to a “standing desk” setup at work. Frees up my body to dance a little while I listen to music/work. I kind of feel like a DJ.

Monterey Bay Aquarium truck

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:21:13 -0400

Monterey Bay Aquarium truck:

This is one of the “funner” projects I worked on.

The user connects to the truck’s wi-fi connection on their touch-enabled smart phone (we tested with iPhones and Androids). Then, they can log in as a male or female diver and swim around the tank full of sharks, turtles, penguins, sardines, and jellyfish. When the user encounters one of the creatures, the diver and creature react and the user wins a “badge.” At the end of the interaction, the user can then post an image of the badges they won on Facebook.

Wild Card - The Daily WTF

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:25:26 -0400

Wild Card - The Daily WTF:

Just reading this gave me a rush of adrenaline.

Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls” | Gender News

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:53:06 -0400

Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls” | Gender News:

An interesting read about the history of females in computer programming.

"Not everyone understands the purpose or appreciates the training to chop perfectly good lumber into..."

Tue, 24 May 2011 11:06:13 -0400

“Not everyone understands the purpose or appreciates the training to chop perfectly good lumber into pieces with their hands and feet. Chuck Norris does. I’d like to think that if he was a programmer, if he lived in Orlando, and if he could bring his own Chuck-Norris-proof keyboard, he’d come to the dojo.”

- David Rogers, on how Coding Dojo isn’t for everyone.

"Setting up a server to communicate with the XMLSocket object can be challenging. If your application..."

Thu, 12 May 2011 13:52:03 -0400

“Setting up a server to communicate with the XMLSocket object can be challenging. If your application does not require real-time interactivity, use the URLLoader class instead of the XMLSocket class.”

- flash.net.XMLSocket - ActionScript® 3.0 Reference for the Adobe® Flash® Platform

Challenge accepted!

Seriously, though: what kind of racket is Adobe running that they’re trying to sway developers away from using such a powerful feature?

Take your URLLoader class and shove it.

(via xkcd: Marie Curie) “… you don’t become...

Mon, 09 May 2011 11:23:13 -0400

(via xkcd: Marie Curie)

“… you don’t become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.”

Today’s XKCD got me a little choked up.