Why C++ ?

I made mention of my venturing back into the world of C++, and was asked why I was interested in doing so given all the Java work I do. The best answer I can give is based on a comment which I think was made by Bjarne Stroustrup himself when asked about the advantages of […]

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Switching Blogging Modes

Every few months the burden of broken promises to write more blog posts mounts to the point that I have write a post addressing the lack of blogging. Between hitting the gym 3 times a week, my son having leg surgery, running cubs once a week (plus weekend camps) and spending at least some time […]

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I’m Back

So I’ve been on a bit of break from blogging, I’ve had lots of things going on, I’ve moved house twice, and changed jobs a couple of times. I’ve not even really been checking my email that much (as evidenced by the fact that I didn’t see my hosting invoices and the subsequent temporary suspension […]

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Update

I haven’t been writing for a while since I’ve been busy working on several things right now. First off, after a few months of job hunting, I’ve changed jobs, I’m now doing some Java contract work down in Pittsburgh. After 11 years at my old job, it was time to move on. The great thing […]

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Get yourself a reputation at work

For most of us, as programmers, we are a pretty lucky bunch. We get paid handsomely (or at least nicely) for doing something which we enjoy, will never go out of fashion and provides a great deal of benefit to the companies we do it for, if not the world at large. While we may […]

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Read All About It!

I dusted off my PHP skills and added a new custom wordpress page to list all articles for a set of tags to create a kind of index page. The articles are grouped by tag and ordered by date so you can see the whole library of articles and tutorials. You can also find the […]

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Back from the Christmas Break

Happy 2011! Well, I’m back from the Christmas break. I had a lot going on last year so took some time out. If you posted an email or comment, I’ll get back you this week. I spent a month working on a 3D terrain rendering engine that provides real time terrain and texture generation and […]

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