Race Resume

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I was recently asked to put together a race resume for a cycling team I am interested in joining. As a web developer, I thought I could have a little fun with it. Take a look

War Bikes

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I can’t think of anything more align with progressive values than the bike. The weapon of choice for the modern day bohemian - with it’s obvious practical use as a means of transportation augmented by the enormous health, environmental and economical benefits endowed to the rider. Not to mention biker’s butt. Nay, it appears there is nothing but butterflies and sunshine surrounding the subject of the cycle.

Except that a bicycle is a machine and a machine’s utility is defined by it’s use.

Scanning with the Digital Anarchists

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Scanning with the Digital Archivists

Noisebridge. I’ve only been there twice now and it’s already become one of my favorite places to hang out in San Francisco. Noisebridge is a unique place where the anarchistic ideals of my youth and my current love of technology exist in tandem. Not only is there amazing hacking going down but I’ve also found myself once again doing things like trash talking Crimethinc and comparing dumpster diving stories. Ah, it feels good (and smells bad!).

Best Songs of 2013 With Three.js

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Best of 2013 with Three.js

I have to admit my favorite thing about the new year has to be all the awesome “Best Of” remixes and lists that come out just in time for the NYE parties.

I decided this year I was going to make my own. But instead of a boring list, why not make it interactive? So, I present to you:

Best Songs of 2013 with Three.js

Who Redirects to HTTPS?

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I was browsing Twitter yesterday, following some people I met at the Aaron Swartz memorial hackathon over the weekend when I came across this tweet:

Nobody seemed to be able to verify that number, so I fired out Geany and wrote some python to attempt at a verification myself.

Nomads and Racers on Two-Lane Blacktop

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Two-Lane Blacktop

I remember sliding into the passenger side of my good friend Michael Smelser’s 1973 Chevy Nova in Albany, Oregon. The first thing I noticed was there wasn’t much car - at least not much in the way of cupholders or GPS units. Instead I was sitting on a lightly padded bucket seat surrounded by a bare metal frame and unsafe looking glass. To my left was a shift nob, an extremely minimal steering column and what I hoped to be a competent driver.

The Nova roared to life and I suddenly found myself in a world of deafening, explosive sound and a vibration so violent I thought my organs were going to shift places.

The smell of exhaust all of a sudden became overpowering and immediately I understood that I loved the car.

Cryptonomicon

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When I first pulled Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon out of the Amazon box, I was a little intimidated. The book is heavy - physically. I was a little skeptical about the idea of finishing a 1100 page novel, but I’m glad I decided to go for it. This book is well worth the time.

Speaking of time, I could go on a lengthy review but there are better written ones out there, so I won’t waste your’s. I would like to note some neat stuff that I either learned from Cryptonomicon or subjects that I became interested in as a direct result of reading it.

Goodbye Wordpress

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For the past 6 years this blog has been running off the same Wordpress install on a 1&1 shared hosting account without interruption. It was a good run, and speaks to how well Wordpress upgrades work.

But a Wordpress install is just so uncool. I decided to hop on the Jeykll train. This blog is now 100% static, which is pretty refreshing after years of dealing a massive PHP application. It doesn’t even require a database and it allows me to tweak to my heart’s content. Wordpress always seemed like a bit of a black box. Sure, the code was there, but it was daunting to even think about touching it.

Playing Around With Codepen

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See the Pen Dripping WD-42 by Austin Riba (@WD-42) on CodePen

 

Sort Table of Contents Style Strings In Java

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This is for when you have String likes “1.1”, “1.2”…”1.10” such that