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, obrazovanje, sports, whatever – 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 drugi rođendan & godine u pregledu

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To je jedan sretan slon.

hathix.com završava svoju 2. godina postojanja. Kao što je postao tradicija, Pravim blogu ističući sve što sam učinio u posljednjih godinu dana i uzimanje pogled na ono što je čeka za narednu godinu.

Provjeri prošle godine ponovimo – prvi ikada – i prati me u neke statistike i vijesti iz hathix.com a drugoj godini.

‘Tis the seasonto not visit websites

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

You’d think that people would go on the internet with that shiny new phone/tablet/toaster they got for the holiday season.

Apparently, no one does that. Here’s a look at my latest hits (not the band type, I mean the number of visitors to hathix.com):

hathix visitors graph
As the festive spirit goes up, visits to websites go down.

From what I’ve seen, this seems to be the case with pretty much every website and app: visits or downloads sharply decrease during holiday season. For what it’s worth, things return right back to normal once the new year begins.

Sorry for downtimealso, props to WebHostingHub

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Error 404, elephant not found

tl;doktorhathix.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.

Predstavljamo Sprinkle Safari, a avantura web

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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. Dobro, not so dirty, stvarno, 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 osvaja PA High School Computer sajam

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Bleje s povjerenjem, dijete.

Shameless oglas: Download Cabra, novo nagrađivani Flashcard program!

Jarac, moj iznenađujuće koristan program Flashcard, ima novi pero u kapu. To je sada također nagrađivani Flashcard program. Nisam dijete-zvoniti (Žao mi je zbog kozu pun.)

Ovo marta zajednički sam Čabra na mom regionalni sajam računalo (pod pokroviteljstvom Intermediate jedinice županije) i dobio je putovanje u cijeloj državi fer računalo.

Što me dovodi do jučer, kada sam stigao u Dickinson College u Carlisle, PA. Veliki kampus (Dickinson je 16. najstarijih fakulteta u naciji) i lijepo gradić. To je manji koledžu, ali vrlo dobro smatrati, i svojim objektima su veliki za sajam je svrha.

Sretan prvi rođendan, hathix.com! Godini u razmatranje

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Blow out one svijeće, uzrok hathix.com se pretvara 1 godina!

Možete li vjerovati? hathix.com se pretvara 1 godina- yup, je upravo registriran prije godinu dana danas… od, uspomene! U samo godinu dana, hathix.com ulazi iz samo misao u glavi u punopravno (i nadamo se dobrom) sajt.

Znate, to mi je teško zamisliti život prije nego što sam imao hathix – ali to je samo prije godinu dana. Moji roditelji kažu da su osjetili isto; to je teško za njih zamisliti život prije nego što djeca. U svakom slučaju.