still working on strength, minor random pains when pushing on it too hard or stretching it wrong, but way better than being stuck in the splint, and way better than it was when the splint first came off for stretching.
started mocking up a website for a friend from high school musicpatrons.com/static/luke.html and it turns out not using css for a few years leaves one rather rusty. at musicpatrons.com/static/grad_borders.html I was playing around with a randomized border design I trying to go for the music idea. getting myself an intro to soundcloud api in the process, potentially useful for the whole music patrons ideas thing ... yeah thats what Ive been doing the past couple days.
wooowhoo functional finger.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
blahgs
is blogging for the sake of blogging worthwhile. I was consistent until it seemed like I was getting consistent, but was it helping me do anything.
currently reading*
https://github.com/craftyjs/craftyjs.github.com
figure if I want to make a game may as well check out game engines. sort of want to go ahead with my barebones idea.
oh thoughts. also spending some time exploring the glorious world of github, but what projects to explore, what direction to I want to be going... should I focus on what Ive been doing for the past 4 years c++ and python or should I be looking ahead at new languages, should I be mastering some library or gaining exposure to many, should I be ... not writing blogs is probably the best answer to that one.
*while in reading I hit ctrl a and the following d broke up what I was writing, and I had to stop and think ... sorry my hand is bothering me ... efficiency's sake just do things that dont use my hands... right.
currently reading*
https://github.com/craftyjs/craftyjs.github.com
figure if I want to make a game may as well check out game engines. sort of want to go ahead with my barebones idea.
oh thoughts. also spending some time exploring the glorious world of github, but what projects to explore, what direction to I want to be going... should I focus on what Ive been doing for the past 4 years c++ and python or should I be looking ahead at new languages, should I be mastering some library or gaining exposure to many, should I be ... not writing blogs is probably the best answer to that one.
*while in reading I hit ctrl a and the following d broke up what I was writing, and I had to stop and think ... sorry my hand is bothering me ... efficiency's sake just do things that dont use my hands... right.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
so Im sitting here at midnight
and I eant to be writyinhg code, but my hsnf is ... really fuckinh irritzting. and Im intentionally not fizing whats going on with my hand and the typing thing becausre it is too frustrating to ctually go back and fix shit. the real problem is all the control srqunced with ctrl shitf and slt where the left hand just bounces off the keys. and I make adjustments, but it still fucks me up.
yeah fixing things is better than just letting shit slide, but every few characters I need to backspace revert double check where my hand is and do all sorts of maintaining whats going on instead of just flowing, previous estimates of 60% efficiency were greatly exagerated. fuuuuuuck. well ... doc appointment in ... tomorrow as of midnight, so ... hopefully Ill get a more accurate prognosis and timeline of when this will be off and maybe Ill just need to learn to deal with it till middle of september ... and at that point I guess working till then ... I guess partially just excuse making but holy shit is it annoying to go from proficient typist to 3rd grader who may accidentally type rm -r * or accidentally bork things in some other way with a stray hand
yeah fixing things is better than just letting shit slide, but every few characters I need to backspace revert double check where my hand is and do all sorts of maintaining whats going on instead of just flowing, previous estimates of 60% efficiency were greatly exagerated. fuuuuuuck. well ... doc appointment in ... tomorrow as of midnight, so ... hopefully Ill get a more accurate prognosis and timeline of when this will be off and maybe Ill just need to learn to deal with it till middle of september ... and at that point I guess working till then ... I guess partially just excuse making but holy shit is it annoying to go from proficient typist to 3rd grader who may accidentally type rm -r * or accidentally bork things in some other way with a stray hand
Monday, July 8, 2013
a Week later
went to soccer monday ... broke my finger. dealt with ER bs. insurance situation still isnt resolved. just got a new splint that locks two of my fingers in place, really pretty difficult to type. ... But followup appointment let me see the xrays, and it looks worse than the er guys initially made it seem. shit. so tuesday was spent trying to figure out the insurance issues, filled out cobra paperwork but needed to wait for wife to print out some forms from online at work, so didnt submit stuff till wed. so that was preoccupying me til then, then the inlaws came for a fourth of july visit, and left yesterday evening. good weekend, but just trying to explain the lack of posts for a week. broken finger is a giant wrench in my plans for this month. so ... fuuuuuuck.
so, had doctors appointment today, had lunch with the wife.
she also just sent me this http://www.builtinchicago.org/blog/recruiting-tech-chicago-part-1
downloaded a gameboy emulator written in javascript, so looking at that as a potential resource to use, but after looking it over and thinking about it ... not ideal ... but still interesting to me. https://github.com/grantgalitz/GameBoy-Online
but maybe Ill look at using somebody else's framework to write my own game, currently trying to learn how to type with this thing attached to my hand. efficiency will not be high.
so, had doctors appointment today, had lunch with the wife.
she also just sent me this http://www.builtinchicago.org/blog/recruiting-tech-chicago-part-1
downloaded a gameboy emulator written in javascript, so looking at that as a potential resource to use, but after looking it over and thinking about it ... not ideal ... but still interesting to me. https://github.com/grantgalitz/GameBoy-Online
but maybe Ill look at using somebody else's framework to write my own game, currently trying to learn how to type with this thing attached to my hand. efficiency will not be high.
Monday, July 1, 2013
monday monday
wife sent me http://www.educationpioneers.org/become-an-analyst-fellow
as Ive expressed interest in education.
I was happy to read http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130627/21100323647/nyc-council-angers-mayor-bloomberg-passing-two-bills-aimed-curtailing-nypds-stop-frisk-program.shtml getting rid of stop and frisk would be a major boon towards ending racial discrimination in policing, but its really just a first step.
Im downloading ruby / rails because I started to work on my js game, ... set up repo started to type the base html page and thought ... why? want to see what rails offers for ease of use, Ive heard its nice,
while that download starts up, and since actually getting it ready will probably take more than a few minutes, Im going to start with the raw html and js for nothing...
#continuing
and now my chromebook pixel chroot is starting to feel like a real dev box.
as Ive expressed interest in education.
I was happy to read http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130627/21100323647/nyc-council-angers-mayor-bloomberg-passing-two-bills-aimed-curtailing-nypds-stop-frisk-program.shtml getting rid of stop and frisk would be a major boon towards ending racial discrimination in policing, but its really just a first step.
Im downloading ruby / rails because I started to work on my js game, ... set up repo started to type the base html page and thought ... why? want to see what rails offers for ease of use, Ive heard its nice,
while that download starts up, and since actually getting it ready will probably take more than a few minutes, Im going to start with the raw html and js for nothing...
#continuing
and now my chromebook pixel chroot is starting to feel like a real dev box.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Even though this isnt a technical blog
I've decided to link it to my resume for developer auction ... it is on the internet, and anybody savvy would find it looking for me anyways. I hope they also see my associated blog for poetry... but trying to figure out somebody else's valuation methodology will always be tricky, and I may as well attempt to associate with people who share similar values. I doubt the five minutes per resume somebody in HR will spend wont include much time looking over what are essentially my notes to self jotted down during unemployment.
sunday night
Trying to prep a profile for a job finding website and having issues. I do not want to be rambling and incoherent. That's what this blog is for.
But yeah, trying to focus on it, but it is sort of bothering me with every edit. Need to convey technical expertise, can't point to a concrete example of ... buzz words ... not sure if that matters.
here is what I wrote so far, but Im thinking of just restarting based on the examples.
What projects have you worked on?
Developed risk management software which integrated data from multiple trading platform APIs, as well as multiple clearing firms, and proprietary data sources. Project included databases, Windows GUI programming, COM/OLE,
In the past I developed a number of websites primarily using Drupal and some custom modules.
Any technical challenges you've overcome?
I know that I have had some complicated technical issues, but I am not sure what level of detail conveys that. Debugging multi-threaded code can be challenging. Some times the most challenging part of shipping a new version is the realization that the MSDN documentation is not correct, at least with a given codebase and included libraries. Sometimes digging through layers of include files to realize why something isn't quite right is the challenge. A database redesign can be challenging when you are supposed to keep things functional while simultaneously not losing any data. Yeah, I don't know how to specifically answer this.... COM/OLE variants and IDispatches can be a terrible way to spend your day, pointers can be evil, or your best friend, not every library behaves as it should, but rolling your own takes longer than you expect, in the real world just because you've solved a problem once does not mean it is solved forever... and I'm rambling.
"Technical challenges" is a funny term to me. Based on the definition that popped up from Google (Technical: 'Requiring special knowledge to be understood') once you have gained the appropriate knowledge it isn't so much of a challenge, so in my mind gathering the right information is the problem, but saying that the hardest part of my previous jobs was gaining the appropriate knowledge from coworkers is disparaging and not 'technical' by the understanding of the question.
Do you have any personal projects?
Currently working on a personal chrome browser extension to streamline my own internet experience.
I also have a website I'd like to start, but it is music industry related and Id rather not get sued into oblivion so I have hesitated to pursue it.
I've been doing some of the projecteuler.net puzzles, but Im only about 20 into them, and can not say it is a huge priority for me.
What's your philosophy?
That's a loaded question.
Short answer, if we can educate the world most of the problems we face will go away.
My personal philosophy is that the current state of affairs has everybody wanting the world to be fair, and everybody wanting to provide their loved ones with better than fair opportunity, and the average person does not realize why there is a disconnect, so I am trying to work towards the first part without personally sacrificing the second part, while thinking about the third part.
But yeah, trying to focus on it, but it is sort of bothering me with every edit. Need to convey technical expertise, can't point to a concrete example of ... buzz words ... not sure if that matters.
here is what I wrote so far, but Im thinking of just restarting based on the examples.
What projects have you worked on?
Developed risk management software which integrated data from multiple trading platform APIs, as well as multiple clearing firms, and proprietary data sources. Project included databases, Windows GUI programming, COM/OLE,
In the past I developed a number of websites primarily using Drupal and some custom modules.
Any technical challenges you've overcome?
I know that I have had some complicated technical issues, but I am not sure what level of detail conveys that. Debugging multi-threaded code can be challenging. Some times the most challenging part of shipping a new version is the realization that the MSDN documentation is not correct, at least with a given codebase and included libraries. Sometimes digging through layers of include files to realize why something isn't quite right is the challenge. A database redesign can be challenging when you are supposed to keep things functional while simultaneously not losing any data. Yeah, I don't know how to specifically answer this.... COM/OLE variants and IDispatches can be a terrible way to spend your day, pointers can be evil, or your best friend, not every library behaves as it should, but rolling your own takes longer than you expect, in the real world just because you've solved a problem once does not mean it is solved forever... and I'm rambling.
"Technical challenges" is a funny term to me. Based on the definition that popped up from Google (Technical: 'Requiring special knowledge to be understood') once you have gained the appropriate knowledge it isn't so much of a challenge, so in my mind gathering the right information is the problem, but saying that the hardest part of my previous jobs was gaining the appropriate knowledge from coworkers is disparaging and not 'technical' by the understanding of the question.
Do you have any personal projects?
Currently working on a personal chrome browser extension to streamline my own internet experience.
I also have a website I'd like to start, but it is music industry related and Id rather not get sued into oblivion so I have hesitated to pursue it.
I've been doing some of the projecteuler.net puzzles, but Im only about 20 into them, and can not say it is a huge priority for me.
What's your philosophy?
That's a loaded question.
Short answer, if we can educate the world most of the problems we face will go away.
My personal philosophy is that the current state of affairs has everybody wanting the world to be fair, and everybody wanting to provide their loved ones with better than fair opportunity, and the average person does not realize why there is a disconnect, so I am trying to work towards the first part without personally sacrificing the second part, while thinking about the third part.
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