i work with computers

I’ve been thinking, but haven’t had the courage just yet, to submit a resume with minimal information at the top, and at the bottom I’d have a link to a Google search of my name, since from there one would find my blogs, my scripts, my community involvement, and my LinkedIn profile.  Because when it [...]

Using Objects Instead of Enumerations: ASP Alliance
Interesting idea that I hadn’t thought of before, but had run into the exact same issues while evaluating code of a project I inherited.
Down for everyone or just me?
Simple way to determine if a website is up, or if there’s a bad connection from you to the site.
How to [...]

I saw this link posted on Twitter today: Keeping violent media away from boys could be a bad idea
This article is kind of like some horoscopes–through the vague connections it makes, you can see that it fits in your own life, somewhat.  After reading the first few paragraphs, I couldn’t help but make the connection [...]

I’ve “ported” my Ruby version of the Fallout 3 terminal hacking helper, and made it an HTML/Javascript/jQuery page.  I’m still working out the bugs, but you can find the latest version here: http://iworkwithcomputers.com/dev/jquery/fallout3_js_hacker/hacker.html

It’s been on my mind a lot more as of late, “I’ve always wanted to develop games, but, is it a possible business venture in West Michigan?”  And when I think about it, I don’t want to be a company that pumps out BeJeweled clones, or, 32 card-games in one.  I’d be more interested in [...]

In my quest to try out new technologies (Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Lucene.Net, etc) I took the advice of a few friends and internet buzz and began work with NHibernate a few months back.  I was trying to emulate something we had setup at Spout.com that was using another, custom framework.
I started out by [...]

[UPDATE 1.15.2009] http://iworkwithcomputers.com/2009/01/15/fallout-3new-web-based-terminal-hacker-helper-2/
I’ve been playing a lot of Fallout 3 lately, and it’s every bit as good as Oblivion and then some (Oblivion + Guns = Crazy Delicious).  My character isn’t all that good at computer-terminal hacking, so I decided to create a little Ruby script to help me out.  The script asks for all [...]

[UPDATE 1.15.2009] http://iworkwithcomputers.com/2009/01/15/fallout-3new-web-based-terminal-hacker-helper-2/
[Update]Click here for updated info and download.
I’ve been playing a lot of Fallout 3 lately, and it’s every bit as good as Oblivion and then some (Oblivion + Guns = Crazy Delicious). My character isn’t all that good at computer-terminal hacking, so I decided to create a little Ruby script to help [...]

I signed up for MobileMe as soon as I got my iPhone 3G home back in July.  I liked the concept, and thought I’d take advantage of the 60-day free trial before dropping 100-large for a year’s subscription.  As time went on, I really didn’t use any of the features, but, I left it alone [...]

While trying to change from iCal and the Mail.app to strictly Google Apps, I ran into an error while importing my ics file from iCal into gMail.  The error, “Failed to import events: Could not upload your events because you do not have sufficient access on the target calendar..” So, I created a new gCal, [...]