Category Archives: General
And The Light Bulb Goes On: Pepsi Cola
A jingle that my grandfather used to always sing popped into my head the other day: Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces, that’s a lot. Twice as much for a nickle, too. Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you. I recently heard a story—I think it was during some show I was watching on the […]
Awesome Android App of the Day: App 2 SD
Welcome to my new feature, Awesome Android App of the Day, where I will highlight some of the cool, fun, and useful Android apps that I find. Contrary to the name, it will not likely be a daily feature…I’m lucky to write more than one post every three months. Most Android devices have two locations […]
Ironic Photo
The Springfield Republican now uses the slogan “where the news hits home” on the side of their trucks. That’s kind of ironic when the truck dives into someone’s house. Irony number two: out of all the local news papers where this could have happened, it happened to the one I used to deliver. That could […]
HTTP Post vs. HTTP Get
I am currently involved, for the second time in the past few months, in interviewing for a new web programmer/analyst to join my team at work. Given that we are a web applications shop, several of our technical questions revolve around web protocols. I’ve now spoken with, between the two positions, around a dozen applicants. […]