17 Jul
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: A Day In The Life Of, Culture, Tech News
I’ve been on the fence quite awhile about the iPhone. It’s not cheap, it’s grossly over-hyped by a very fanatic fan base who seem to overlook it’s flaws, and while I’m not a terribly flashy person, there seems to be a stigma about those who own one. Those things aside, I [...]
04 Mar
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: ColdFusion, Culture, Disciplines, Django, Frameworks, Java, Languages, Python, Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Software Engineering, Tech News
As both a fan and user of the great technologies Python, and the Sun JVM (primarily via Java), I was very happy to come across this eWeek article which says that Sun announced the hiring of two key Python engineers. You can read more about the hiring of Ted Leung and Frank [...]
14 Dec
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Culture, Java, Languages, OS X, Operating Systems, Tech News
UPDATE: I was up too late, and didn’t notice that it’s update 6 for Java, not Java 6. This is just another update for Java 5… *sigh*
I’ve been up pretty late doing a little work and tying-up some last minute Christmas shopping, and out of the blue this Apple update window popped-up:
I’m super glad [...]
06 Dec
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Disciplines, Java, Languages, OS X, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Tech News, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks
For those many of you (including myself) who have been waiting almost a year now for Java 6 to be properly supported on the Mac, the wait is over if you’re a developer– Landon Fuller has released SoyLatte 1.0, which is a port of FreeBSD Java 6 to MacOS X which will eventually end-up as [...]
01 Nov
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Algorithms, Computer Science, Culture, Data Structures, Design Patterns, Disciplines, Software Engineering, Tech News, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks
Having came across several interesting stories within the past week or two which were all career related, it reminded me of all of the good resources I’ve came across over the past few years related to the craft of Software Engineering. Maybe you’re just looking to get started in Software Development [...]
29 Sep
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Culture, Languages, PHP, Site News, Tech News, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks, Tools
I’ve been heads down coding for what seems like 8 years now when in reality it’s just a few months, so I’ve been a little out of touch with what else is going on in the Boulder start-up scene. This also explains my spotty blog posting, but hopefully I’ll get a chance to post [...]
10 Sep
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: A Day In The Life Of, ColdFusion, Culture, Languages, Tech News
Although this is a topic which has gotten much coverage, to the point of beating a dead horse, I felt obligated to comment on it as someone who served on the Editorial Board of the ColdFusion Developer’s Journal until is was recently shuttered.
When I was originally asked to join the board, I had [...]
07 Sep
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: A Day In The Life Of, Culture, Geek Humor, Java, Languages, Tech News
I can’t say I’m an avid reader of Dilbert by any means, but today’s comic features a mention of Java:
Don’t bother. I already coded a Java app to do everything you do.
Good stuff.
18 Aug
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Algorithms, Computer Science, Culture, Disciplines, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Tech News, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks
One great thing about the blogowebs is that you never know what sorts of posts you might run across, and this post about self-modifying code and the Space Shuttle OS is a prime example of that:
And it reminded me of my days during the early 1990s working as a software engineer on the Space Shuttle [...]
06 Aug
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: A Day In The Life Of, Culture, Site News, Tech News
My blog postings have been fairly sparse since starting a new position earlier this year, but it’s nice to finally be able to show some of the things happening at my not-so-new job. My employer, Me.dium, just announced today the availability of an IE 7 Version of the Me.dium Sidebar, as well as a [...]
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