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, sexa o que for – 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, Eu estou facendo un post de blog destacando todo o que eu fixen o ano pasado e dar un ollo ao que está na tenda para o próximo ano.

Escribe recapitulación do ano pasado – o primeiro – e siga-me en algunhas estatísticas e noticias de hathix.com do segundo ano.

‘Tis the seasonto not visit websites

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

Pensas que as persoas van para a internet con ese brillante novo teléfono / tablet torradeira / eles ten para a época natalícia.

Aparentemente, Ninguén fai iso. Aquí está un ollo a meus últimos éxitos (non o tipo de banda, Quero dicir o número de visitantes para hathix.com):

hathix visitors graph
Como o espírito festivo sobe, visitas a sitios descender.

Polo que teño visto, Este semella ser o caso de case todos os sitios e app: visitas ou descargas descenso abrupto durante tempada de vacacións. Por que paga a pena, 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. Ben, not so dirty, Realmente, 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 gaña o Fair Ordenador PA da High School

A cute goat cartoon with big eyes
Balir con confianza, neno.

Shameless anuncio: Baixo Cabra, o programa flashcard recentemente premiado!

Cabra, meu programa flashcard sorprendentemente útil, ten unha nova pena no seu boné. Agora é tamén unha premiado programa flashcard. Eu non son neno-Ding (Sentímolo polo trocadilho cabra.)

En marzo deste ano Compartín Cabra no meu ordenador xusto rexionais (patrocinado pola Unidade Intermedia do concello) e foi premiado cunha viaxe a feira de ordenadores en todo o estado.

O que me leva a onte, cando cheguei a Dickinson College, en Carlisle, PA. Gran campus (Dickinson é o colexio máis antigo 16 no país) e agradable cidade pequena. É unha universidade pequena, pero moi ben visto, e as súas instalacións foron excelentes para a finalidade da feira.

Primeiro aniversario feliz, hathix.com! O ano en análise

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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 pasou de só un pensamento na miña cabeza a un pleno dereito (e espera que bo) web.

Sabe, É difícil para min imaxinar a vida antes de que eu tivese hathix – pero iso foi hai tan só un ano. Os meus pais din que sentiron o mesmo; é difícil para eles imaxinar a vida antes de nenos. De calquera xeito.