Category Archives: General

Back to Basics

Posted on January 1, 2017 by keith

TL;DR: Go here: https://bit101.github.io/lab/ Long time readers of this blog may recall what existed here before “blogging” was a thing – the BIT-101 Lab. Back in the late 90’s / early 2000’s there were a bunch of people running Flash … Continue reading →

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Back to GNU/Linux

Posted on September 17, 2016 by keith

My computing platform history in a nutshell. 1984 – First significant interaction with a computer. A Commodore 128 I inherited at work. 1989 – Bought my own Commodore Amiga. Early 90’s – Was given a pc built from spare parts … Continue reading →

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I made a Chrome Extension

Posted on July 16, 2016 by keith

The other week I got a new Chromebook. Mainly just to see what the user experience was, but I surprised myself by liking it a lot more than I expected I would. But that’s another story. I started being more … Continue reading →

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Amateur

Posted on March 28, 2016 by keith

The word “amateur” has gotten a bad meaning over the years. Amateur is the opposite of professional. It has come to mean someone is sloppy, or someone who doesn’t care about what they are doing. But really the unprofessional part … Continue reading →

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New job: DreamSocket!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by keith

At the beginning of March, I was laid off, along with a few hundred others, from Playdom/Disney Interactive. Due to a very generous severance package, I was able to, and in a very real sense, was required to, take a … Continue reading →

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Hire me!

Posted on April 5, 2014 by keith

Well, as previously reported, I got caught up in a big layoff from Disney Interactive / Playdom. Considering the amount of time I was there, I got treated pretty well and that has allowed me to take a couple of … Continue reading →

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Playing With Chaos – Alternate Formats!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by keith

Since I published Playing With Chaos on the Amazon store, people have been asking for alternate formats – PDF, epub, print. Well, I finally got around to cleaning it up and formatting it for PDF. Generating an epub from the … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Magic Kingdom

Posted on March 9, 2014 by keith

Well, that was a bit fast. At the beginning of last April, I started working at Playdom, the social gaming division of Disney Interactive. As part of the Central Tech team, I wound up working on maybe a dozen different … Continue reading →

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Coding Math Application Series

Posted on February 10, 2014 by keith

Last week I kicked off a new series on the Coding Math Channel. It’s the Application series. I was thinking that it’s nice to present new concepts in each video, but there is a limited amount that I can do … Continue reading →

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2013 in Review

Posted on January 1, 2014 by keith

For the last few years I’ve done a year in review type of post near the end of the year. I guess I blew that already. But January 1st isn’t a bad time to do it. 2013 2013 brought a … Continue reading →

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