Now Reading
Planned books:
None
Current books:
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Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python by Maria Litvin and Gary Litvin
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Statistics In Plain English by Timothy C. Urdan
Recent books:
- Practical Machine Learning in R by Fred Nwanganga, Mike Chapple
- Statistical Inference via Data Science: A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse by Chester Ismay and Albert Y. Kim
- The Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
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Category Archives: Programming
Number One Is The Only Natural Number
I’ve just finished reading Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung and the final chapter concerns how mathematics does not represent reality. After thinking about it, I realized that numbers are purely conceptual. The number two is purely conceptual as … Continue reading
Saying Goodbye To Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 reached its end of life today and will no longer be supported. So today at work I migrated my databases to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and uninstalled Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I figured I might as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Databases, General, Programming
Tagged Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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More Startup Progress
Today I began work on the web site for users to sign up for my service. I plan to use the built-in Membership system of an ASP.NET web application. Unfortunately I’ve never really used this and it has changed a … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, Databases, General, Programming
Tagged ASP.NET, Azure, Identity, Membership
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Startup Progress
Today I made some more progress on my startup project. Today’s task was to research JSONP. JSONP is a method of padding the JSON data with a function call as a way to work around the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing restriction. … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, Business, General, Programming
Tagged API, Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, JSONP
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Working On My Startup
I have been working on my startup idea. I have been making excellent progress. First I converted some code for mashing up RSS feeds into an ASP.NET HTTP Handler so it acts more as a proxy service and a web … Continue reading
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Planning A Startup
My freelance web development work has pretty much dried up. I am currently selling stuff on eBay to reduce the clutter in my house and make a little extra money. You can check out the stuff I’m selling at http://www.ebay.com/sch/rrobbins/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General, Programming
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Working On The Web Site
I have not written about my freelance work in a long time. Business has really dried up. I am down to just one client who is not giving me much work. While things are slow I have been working on … Continue reading
The Best Minds of My Generation Are Writing Code
Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem Howl begins: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly … Continue reading
Posted in General, Programming, Writing
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YouTube Data API
Google has changed their YouTube Data API and broken my web pages; YouTube Favorites Back Up and YouTube Subscriptions Back Up. I did manage to rewrite the YouTube favorites back up. It actually backs up a playlist and it can … Continue reading
Posted in General, Programming, Web
Tagged Google, Google API Client Library, YouTube, YouTube Data API
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ASP.NET 1.1 Is Broken
Recently I came across the first instance I’ve seen of Microsoft dropping support for its legacy web application technology. ASP.NET 1.1 is now seriously broken. Officially, support for ASP.NET 1.1 ended on October 14, 2008. What I am talking about … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, Programming, Web
Tagged ASP.NET 1.1, Authorize.Net, POODLE attack, SSL 3.0, Storefront 6.0, TLS, UPS
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My First GitHub Repository
I have begun to do my research on San Francisco which will be the next major city I visit. San Francisco is a particularly interesting city because it is close to Silicon Valley. A large number of technology companies are … Continue reading
I Am Studying NHibernate
I have not blogged about programming for a long time. That does not mean that I have not been improving my skills. I frequently come across something new and document it for my notes. For example, I recently discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in General, Programming
Tagged database, Microsoft .NET platform, NHibernate, object-relational mapping, SubSonic. SQL
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Offline Database On iPhone Using SQLite
I like to take my iTouch with me on my trips to New York City so I can listen to music during the long bus trip. I also copy my compiled HTML notes on New York City to my iTouch … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, Mobile, Programming, Web
Tagged databases, iPhone, iTouch, offline web applications, Safari, SQLite
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New Drupal Services
I have not been blogging enough about my business. I have been blogging about my travels just to let clients know when I am unavailable. At least that is my justification for blogging about my trips. Recently I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Drupal, General, PHP, Programming, Web
Tagged Drupal, mobile browsers, modules, NetBeans, SimpleTest, web forms
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How To Appear To Be A Sophisticated Programmer
During the economic apocalypse it will be increasingly important to stand out from all the other programmers applying for the few remaining jobs. It would certainly help if you appear to be the most sophisticated programmer. There are many ways … Continue reading
Posted in French, Programming
Tagged buffer overflow, French, programmer, sophisticate, tampon, Wikipedia
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Elgg 1.5 Widget – Amazon Wish List
Yesterday I upgraded my Amazon Wish List widget for Elgg 1.5. You can download it at http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/rsrobbins/read/230079/amazon-wish-list-widget Now that I’ve finally completed my work on the threaded comments for Elgg 1.2 it is time to move on to Elgg 1.5 … Continue reading
Elgg Threaded Blog Comments
I have finally finished my work on a threaded comment system for Elgg 1.2. You can download the plugin at http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/rsrobbins/read/228544/threaded-blog-comments This must completely replace the existing blog plugin because the change from an annotation comment to an ElggObject comment … Continue reading
Elgg 1.6 Threaded Blog Comments
Elgg 1.6 has been released and I’ve created a new version of my threaded comment system to work with the current version. You can download the latest plugin at http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/rsrobbins/read/242714/threaded-blog-comments-elgg-16. I made a few improvements while working on the new … Continue reading →