Playa Bike all Ready to Go

August 22 20083 comments | post comment

Woo!

We got our shopping done, got our supplies in order, and I am wrapping up loose ends before we head out for home. Tomorrow we get the tent trailer in order, then relax until monday morning. 

Chemical Party

August 22 20082 comments | post comment

Trajan is the Movie Font

August 21 20080 comments | post comment

Kinda old, but this video is great. Trajan is everywhere

Internet Lists are Bullshit. Except for mine.

August 14 20080 comments | post comment

I was sent an article about “Top 5 programming languages you should know in 2008” and to be honest I have to disagree with it almost completely. Number 5 is Ruby on Rails. I have no idea why Ruby on Rails is there, it is not a programming language, it’s a framework for Ruby. Should just say Ruby, but then no one will give a fuck. Anyways, that one is off my list. Strike one.

Number 4 is MySQL/MSSQL, and again, this is not a programming language. SQL stands for Structured Query Language, and while you can argue that writing stored procedures is like programming I am going to have to call you an idiot and then ask you to write me a program using SQL that will massage my balls while i piss in your coffee. Strike two.

Number 3 is Javascript/AJAX, and again, what the fuck is up with this list? Javascript is a scripting language, yes, but ajax is not. According to Wikipedia:

Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), or AJAX, is a group of interrelated web development techniques…

Techniques != Programming Language. Strike three.

Number 2 and 1 are PHP and C#, respectively. Should have just called this list “Top 2 programming languages you should know to have some marketability, oh and here are some other things that you should probably know as well”.

My list looks something like this:

Some shit you should know about to be a decent web developer


  • Learn a couple programming languages, ie PHP, Python, Ruby, etc...

  • Learn about the different layers of the front end of a website, and how to write the code & markup for each (Markup, Presentation, Behavioral)

  • Learn MySQL. It’s free, easy to get up and running, and is a great springboard to jump into other relational database management systems

  • Get familiar with Apache and/or IIS

  • Don’t base the next move of your career/education on some list you found on the internet

Psilogod vs Ecsyle - a Playa Gift

August 13 20081 comments | post comment

Psilogod approached me with an idea for a playa gift for Burning Man this year. He put together a cd of original music and wanted my original artwork to go along with it. Kind of a way to share our art with everyone in one nice package. This is the final product. Kind of a good vs evil, journey to enlightenment feel to it. 

Check out the original sketch.

I can’t wait to see it printed and hand them out. The music is incredible and I am honored to be able to share my work along side it. 

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