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

happy birthday cake elephant box cartoon
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

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

Elephant with donut icon png
The logo for Sprinkle Safari, the awesome web game finally released to the public.

I’ve got a dirty little secret. ផង​ដែរ, 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.

Cabra ឈ្នះ​ពិព័រណ៍​ប៉ា​វិទ្យាល័យ​កុំព្យូទ័រ

A cute goat cartoon with big eyes
Bleat ជាមួយ​នឹង​ទំនុក​ចិត្ត, ក្មេង.

ការ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​មិន​ខ្មា​ស់: ទាញ​យក Cabra, កម្មវិធី​ថ្មី​ប​ណ្ណ​បង្ហាញ​ឈ្នះ​ពានរង្វាន់!

ពពែ, កម្មវិធី​ប​ណ្ណ​បង្ហាញ​មាន​ប្រយោជន៍​គួរ​ឱ្យ​ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល​របស់​ខ្ញុំ, មាន​ស្លាប់​ថ្មី​នៅ​ក្នុង CAP បាន​របស់​ខ្លួន. ឥឡូវ​នេះ​វា​ក៏​ជា ទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់ កម្មវិធី​ប​ណ្ណ​បង្ហាញ. ខ្ញុំ​មិន ក្មេង-Ding (សោក​ស្តា​យ​ពន់​អំពី​សត្វ​ពពែ​។)

ខែ​មីនា​នេះ​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ចែក​រំលែក Cabra នៅ​ដោយ​យុត្តិធម៌​កុំ​ព្យូ​ទ័​រ​តំបន់​របស់​ខ្ញុំ (បាន​ឧបត្ថម្ភ​ដោយ​អង្គភាព​កម្រិតមធ្យម​ស្រុក​របស់) ហើយ​ទទួល​បាន​ការ​ធ្វើ​ដំណើរ​ទៅ​ដោយ​យុត្តិធម៌​កុំ​ព្យួ​ទ័​រ​ទូទាំង​រដ្ឋ​មួយ.

ដែល​បាន​នាំ​មក​នូវ​ខ្ញុំ​ទៅ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិល​មិញ, នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​មក​ដល់ Dickinson College នៅ Carlisle, ប៉ា. បរិវេណ​សាលា​ដ៏​អស្ចារ្យ (Dickinson គឺ​មហាវិទ្យាល័យ​ចំណាស់​ជាង​គេ​បំផុត​ទី 16 នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​នេះ) និង​ក្រុង​តូច​ដ៏​ស្រស់​ស្អាត. វា​ជា​មហាវិទ្យាល័យ​តូច​មួយ​ទេ​ប៉ុន្តែ​យ៉ាង​ល្អ​ចាត់ទុកថា, និង​កន្លែង​របស់​ខ្លួន​មាន​ចំនួន​ដ៏​ល្អ​សម្រាប់​គោល​បំណង​ដោយ​យុត្តិធម៌​របស់.

Happy first birthday, hathix.com! The year in review

Cute elephant in box with birthday cake and hat
ខ្លែង​ហើរ​ចេញ​ទៀន​ទាំង​នោះ, មូលហេតុ hathix.com ត្រូវ​ងាក 1 អាយុ​ឆ្នាំ!

តើ​អ្នក​អាច​ជឿ​ថា​វា? hathix.com ត្រូវ​ងាក 1 អាយុ​ឆ្នាំ- yup, វា​ត្រូវ​បាន​ចុះ​បញ្ជី​ជា​យ៉ាង​ពិត​ប្រាកដ​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​កន្លង​មក​ហើយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ… នៃ, ការ​ចង​ចាំ​ចង់​ដឹង! នៅ​ក្នុង​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ, hathix.com បាន​ពី​ការ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ជា​ការ​គិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​ក្បាល​ខ្ញុំ​មួយ​ទៅ​មួយ​លេញ​ពេញ​លេញ (ហើយ​សង្ឃឹម​ថា​ល្អ) តំបន់​ប​ណ្តា​ញ.

អ្នក​បាន​ដឹង, វា​ជា​ការ​លំបាក​ណាស់​សម្រាប់​ខ្ញុំ​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្រមៃ​មុន​ពេល​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​មាន​ជីវិត hathix – ប៉ុន្តែ​នោះ​គឺ​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​កន្លង​មក. ឪពុក​ម្តាយ​របស់​ខ្ញុំ​និយាយ​ថា​ពួក​គេ​មាន​អារម្មណ៍​ថា​ដូច​គ្នា; វា​ជា​ការ​ពិបាក​សម្រាប់​ពួក​គេ​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្រមៃ​មុន​ពេល​ជីវិត​កុមារ. ទោះ​យ៉ាង​ណា.