Day 3 of Trip to Google IO – In The Court of The Crimson King

What a difference a day can make! All the tech snobbery in the world couldn’t hold a candle to the handful of legends I came across today. Before I go any further and risk losing your attention, shout-outs go out to the following heroes of life…

Abdul-Karriem Khan spells one passionate and energetic developer. At the end of Steve Souder’s presentation (mentioned below) Abdul stepped up to the microphone to voice his disagreement as to the source of IE’s (Microsoft Internet Explorer) dilemma, accusing IE developers of being irresponsible and apathetic, failing to resolve a crippling memory leak that has plagued the browser ever since the word “Firefox” Read more

Day 2 of Trip to Google IO – First Day of Conference

Waking up at 6:30AM is not something I do very frequently working a late shift. However, doing this on the west coast made it seem like 9:30AM, which is a lot more agreeable. Arrival to Google IO was just about what I expected it to be. So many nerds and people with laptops, all my kind of people. My kind of people except for those rude international types, you know who I’m talking about, haha. On my way to the bathroom, I got big props for my t-shirt from this one dude, a sure sign that I’m rep’n the east coast proper. Read more

Day 1 of Trip to Google IO – San Francisco or Bust

Leave it to me to have airport security remark, ‘this guy’s got a lot of electronics.’ As my carry-on passed through the x-ray, this dude’s remark was understandable and probably the right reaction upon seeing a bag containing a digital camera, Nintendo DS and games, a PDA, a cell phone, MacBook, and all the chargers and cables to fuel them. Anyone that has traveled with me knows that’s just how I roll, but to my surprise, I passed through without being searched. If I was working airport security and saw someone with so many wires, I would probably pull them aside to at least visually inspect the bag. Maybe it was my charm at the metal detector that let them know I was a friendly, or maybe it was the dude’s keen eye for quality electronics. Read more

I’ve Been Messing With Plesk!

I admit that I haven’t been too good lately at writing and updating this blog. Apologies go out to anyone that has been greeted with disappointment and that gnome graphic from my last post eagerly awaiting an update. I can’t be too hard on myself though because it’s not a product of laziness, I have been working on some websites and other things behind the scenes or as the developer community calls ìthe back-end. I use a virtual server to host this website and other various projects. It basically means that I exert an amount of control over the computer that is hosting my websites to the internet. Like other computers, servers and virtual servers run some form of an operating system. Most servers run a linux/unix based OS, but my insatiable desire for an intuitive and idiot-proof back-end resulted in choosing a Windows Virtual Server with a Plesk control panel. Read more

Why Do I Own So Many Domains? Is Domaining Even Real?

Over the past two years, I have spent over $1,000 acquiring approximately 160 domain names. Recently, I renewed most of them despite earning little to no revenue and receiving zero offers or inquiries from interested parties. As I write this, my skepticism as to the profitability and legitimacy of domaining has reached a peak, but is counterbalanced by the certainty of a finite amount of character permutations. I still do not know whether or not domaining is a scam or needs time to accumulate value like other investments. Read more