Resurrection, and updates

I could tell from the sheer number of WordPress updates that awaited me that it’s certainly been a while since I wrote here on this blog. But part of my pre-New Year’s resolution is to start writing here more – hopefully I can develop some more interesting ideas and keep growing as a writer.

I’ve learned a ton from my first semester at Harvard – where I think I’ll study computer science, though I don’t declare a major till next year – and I’ve developed an interest in seeing how technology impacts other fields – politics, economics, education, sports, wat ook al – in addition to technology for its own sake. So with this reboot of the blog, so to speak, I’ll work to explore the intersection of technology and other fields.

hathix.com se tweede verjaardag & oorsigjaar

happy birthday cake elephant box cartoon
Dit is een gelukkige olifant.

hathix.com is besig om sy 2de jaar van die bestaan. Soos geword het tradisie, Ek maak 'n blog boodskap beklemtoon alles wat ek gedoen het in die afgelope jaar en die neem van 'n blik op wat in die winkel vir die volgende jaar.

Check uit last year’s recapthe first everand follow me into some stats and news from hathix.com’s sophomore year.

‘Tis the seasonto not visit websites

Here’s an interesting tidbit from the life of a web developer.

Jy sou dink dat mense sal gaan op die internet met daardie blink nuwe selfoon / tablet / broodrooster hulle het vir die vakansie seisoen.

Blykbaar, niemand doen wat. Hier is 'n blik op my jongste treffers (nie die band tipe, Ek bedoel die aantal besoekers aan hathix.com):

hathix visitors graph
As die feestelike gees styg, besoeke aan webwerwe gaan sit.

Van wat ek gesien het, Dit blyk die geval te wees met pretty much elke webwerf en app: besoeke of downloads skerp afname gedurende die vakansie seisoen. Vir wat dit werd is, things return right back to normal once the new year begins.

Sorry for downtimealso, props to WebHostingHub

A closed box package cartoon clip art
Error 404, elephant not found

tl;drhathix.com had some downtime but my super-helpful host WebHostingHub cleared it up immediately. Also, I apologize for the fanboyishnessit’s just that WHH is that awesome.

I was recently working with some so-called cutting-edge web programming techniques (parsing JSON using PHP from client requests using JavaScript and jQuerytold you it was gory) and realized I needed a new version of some software on the server that hathix lives on.

Introducing Sprinkle Safari, a web adventure game

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The logo for Sprinkle Safari, the awesome web game finally released to the public.

I’ve got a dirty little secret. Wel, not so dirty, regtig, morecreamy. Sugary. Frosty. Sprinkle-y.

Here it is: for the last year and more(computer searching reveals since January 29, 2011even before hathix.com was founded), I’ve been working nonstop on alittleweb-based adventure game. And it’s never been formally released to the public until now.

Here’s a look at the making of the game. It’s taken 16 months and over 100 hours of development.

Cabra wen die PA Hoërskool Computer Fair

A cute goat cartoon with big eyes
Balke met vertroue, kind.

Skaamtelose advertensie: Aflaai Cabra, die nuwe bekroonde flitskaart program!

Goat, my verbasend nuttige kaarte-program, het 'n nuwe veer in sy hoed. Dit is nou ook 'n bekroonde flitskaart program. Ek is nie kind-ding (jammer oor die bok woordspeling.)

Dit March ek gedeel Cabra by my plaaslike rekenaar billike (geborg deur die land se Intermediêre Eenheid) en is bekroon met 'n reis na die Wide rekenaar billike.

Dit bring my by gister, Toe ek in Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. Groot kampus (Dickinson is die 16 oudste kollege in die land) en mooi klein dorpie. Dit is 'n kleiner kollege, maar baie goed beskou, en sy fasiliteite was groot vir die regverdige se doel.

Happy eerste verjaardag, hathix.com! Die jaar in oorsig

Cute elephant in box with birthday cake and hat
Blow out those candles, cause hathix.com is turning 1 year old!

Can you believe it? hathix.com is turning 1 year old- yup, it was registered exactly a year ago todayah, fond memories! In just a year, hathix.com het van net 'n gedagte in my kop 'n volwaardige (en hopelik goeie) webwerf.

Jy weet, dit is moeilik vir my lewe te dink voordat ek het hathix – Maar dit was net 'n jaar gelede. My ouers sê hulle voel dieselfde; dit is moeilik vir hulle om die lewe te dink voordat kinders. In elk geval.