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, 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’s second birthday & year in review

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That’s one lucky elephant.

hathix.com is finishing up its 2nd year of existence. As has become tradition, I’m making a blog post highlighting everything I’ve done in the last year and taking a look at what’s in store for next year.

Check out 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.

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;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. Maayo, not so dirty, really, 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.

Kanding daog sa PA High School Computer Fair

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Bleat uban sa pagsalig, nating kanding.

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Kanding, ang akong kahitingala mapuslanon flashcard nga programa, nga adunay usa ka bag-o nga feather sa iyang kalo. Kini karon usab ang usa ka award-winning flashcard nga programa. Ako dili nating kanding-ding (sorry sa mga kanding nga lake pun.)

Kini Marso ko mipakigbahin kanding sa akong regional computer fair (gipaluyohan sa county sa Intermediate Unit) ug award sa usa ka biyahe ngadto sa sa mga computer statewide fair.

Nga nagdala kanako sa kagahapon, sa diha nga ako miabot sa Dickinson College sa Carlisle, PA. Dakong campus (Dickinson mao ang ika-16 nga labing karaan nga kolehiyo sa nasud) ug nice gamay nga lungsod. Kini usa ka mas gagmay kolehiyo apan sa kaayo-giisip, ug ang iyang mga pasilidad sa mga dako nga alang sa fair sa katuyoan.

Malipayon unang adlaw nga natawhan, hathix.com! Ang tuig sa review

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Huyop sa kadtong mga kandila, hinungdan hathix.com ang milingi 1 tuig ang panuigon!

Mahimo ba nga kamo nagtuo nga kini? hathix.com ang milingi 1 tuig ang panuigon- yup, kini narehistro nga gayud sa usa ka tuig na ang milabay karon… sa, fond mga handumanan! Sa lang sa usa ka tuig, hathix.com na gikan sa lang sa usa ka hunahuna sa akong ulo sa usa ka full-fledged (ug unta sa maayo) website.

Ikaw nahibalo, kini malisud nga alang kanako sa pag-hunahuna sa kinabuhi sa wala pa ako may hathix – apan nga lang sa usa ka tuig na ang milabay. Ang akong mga ginikanan-ingon sila sa gibati sa sama nga; kini malisud nga alang kanila sa pag-hunahuna sa kinabuhi sa wala pa mga bata. Anyway.