March 24, 2009 I've been thinking about this for a while and I've decided that I am going to start a software company. Unfortunately, that's all I have to say about it at the moment. I'm sure it's still at least a few years away, but it's going to happen.
In the meantime, maybe I should start getting some projects finished.
February 11, 2009 
by Brian WardThere are plenty of Linux manuals out there. But from what I've seen, none of them are as well written or as well organized as How Linux Works. Author, Brian Ward, begins this book with basic shell commands and gradually builds up to configuring hardware, scripting, networking, and customizing the kernel.
One of the things that I really like about this book is that it doesn't just say "here is how you do this with Linux". This book goes a small step beyond that and explains some of the underlying technologies behind what you are doing. For example, when discussing networking, the book describes some of the protocols involved as well as how the software at the interface layer interacts with these technologies.
Linux, Recommended Reading, Software October 27, 2008 I'm a little bit late for the party on this one. That's okay though, I'm never on time for anything.
So as you probably already know, Google has launched a browser, and I've got to be honest, I'm not impressed. It's not a bad browser by any means (it's certainly better than Internet Explorer), but this is Google we're talking about! Certainly they can do better than this!
Here's my breakdown of Chrome.
October 11, 2008 [Originally published 06/04/08]
I've been messing with Adobe Flex quite a bit for the past few months, and so far it's awesome! However, I was recently working on a small application when I ran into a weird issue. Now I'm not sure if this is an issue with Flex, ActionScript 3.0, or maybe it's just something that I did wrong, but here's what's happening.
Adobe, Code, Development, Flash, Flex, Programming, Software October 8, 2008 [Originally published 11/14/07]
There are two things that keep many people from making the jump to Linux: Leaving behind their commercial software(1) and using the shell(2). Linux users love their command-line, while most others fear it. Once someone begins to use the shell, however, they come to realize just how useful/powerful it really is. As for their commercial software, it's pretty common knowledge that Linux provides various free alternatives to most win32 programs. But what most people don't consider is that there are many command-line applications that are also viable options when replacing old applications. You see, this is that whole "two birds with one stone" thing.
..... except instead of birds, we're talking about issues with switching to Linux, and instead of a stone, we're talking about using the shell.
