Hloov siab, thiab tshiab

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 morehopefully I can develop some more interesting ideas and keep growing as a writer.

I’ve learned a ton from my first semester at Harvardwhere I think I’ll study computer science, though I don’t declare a major till next yearand I’ve developed an interest in seeing how technology impacts other fieldspolitics, economics, education, sports, Txawm – in addition to technology for its own sake. So with this reboot of the blog, li ntawd, yuav hais lus, I’ll work to explore the intersection of technology and other fields.

hathix.com tus muaj ob xyoos & xyoo hauv kev ntsuam xyuas

happy birthday cake elephant box cartoon
Tus ntawd yog ib tug muaj hmoo ntxhw.

hathix.com yog finishing pem lub xyoo thib hav zoov. Raws li ua tau kev lig kev cai, Kuv tabtom ua ib blog tswg highlighting txhua yam kuv tau ua nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no thiab soj ntsuam saib yog dab tsi hauv khw rau xyoo tom ntej.

xyuas npe tawm dhau xyoo recap – thawj puas – thiab ua raws li kuv mus rau hauv ib co stats thiab xov xwm ntawm tus hathix.com los sis qib xyoo.

' Tis lub caij… yuav tsis mus saib cov 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.

Thov txim rau downtime – kuj, khoom mus WebHostingHub

A closed box package cartoon clip art
Yuam kev 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 rau the server that hathix lives on.

Plaug nphoo Safari, web taug txuj kev nyuaj nees

Elephant with donut icon png
Lub logo rau nphoo Safari, the awesome web game finally released to the public.

I’ve got a dirty little secret. Qhov tshij, 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 wins the PA High School Computer Fair

A cute goat cartoon with big eyes
Bleat nrog cog qoob loo, kas.

Plees advertisement: Download Cabra, the newly award-winning flashcard program!

Cabra, my surprisingly useful flashcard program, has a new feather in its cap. It’s now also an award-winning flashcard program. I’m not kas-ding (sorry about the goat pun.)

This March I shared Cabra at my regional computer fair (sponsored by the county’s Intermediate Unit) and was awarded a trip to the statewide computer fair.

Which brings me to yesterday, when I arrived in Dickinson College in Carlisle, PAJ. Great campus (Dickinson is the 16th oldest college in the nation) and nice small town. It’s a smaller college but very well-regarded, and its facilities were great for the fair’s purpose.

Happy thawj lub xyoos, hathix.com! Xyoo rov los saib dua

Cute elephant in box with birthday cake and hat
Tshuab tawm cov taws tswm ciab, xa ua hathix.com 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 has gone from just a thought in my head to a full-fledged (and hopefully good) lub website.

You know, it’s hard for me to imagine life before I had hathixbut that was just a year ago. My parents say they felt the same; it’s hard for them to imagine life before kids. Anyway.