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, elimu, 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 mapokeo, Mimi nina kufanya blog post akielezea kila kitu nimekuwa kufanyika katika mwaka wa mwisho na kuchukua kuangalia nini katika kuhifadhi kwa ajili ya mwaka ujao.

Angalia mwaka jana recap – kwanza kabisa – anifuate katika baadhi stats na habari kutoka hathix.com 's mwaka sophomore.

‘Tis the seasonto not visit websites

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

Ningependa kufikiri kuwa watu wangeweza kwenda kwenye mtandao na kwamba shiny mpya kibaniko simu / kidonge / got kwa likizo ya msimu.

Inavyoonekana, hakuna mtu gani kwamba. Hapa ni kuangalia hits yangu karibuni (si aina bendi, I mean idadi ya wageni hathix.com):

hathix visitors graph
Kama roho sherehe huenda juu, ziara ya Nje kwenda chini.

Kutoka kwa nini nimeona, hii inaonekana kuwa kesi na tovuti pretty much kila na programu: ziara au downloads kasi kupungua wakati wa msimu wa likizo. Kwa nini ni thamani, 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. Vizuri, not so dirty, kweli, 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 mafanikio PA High School Kompyuta Fair

A cute goat cartoon with big eyes
Bleat kwa kujiamini, mtoto.

Shameless tangazo: Shusha CABRA, wapya kushinda tuzo-flashcard mpango!

Mbuzi, kushangaza muhimu flashcard mpango wangu, ina feather mpya katika cap yake. Ni sasa pia kushinda tuzo- flashcard mpango. Mimi nina mtoto-Ding (pole juu ya mbuzi pun.)

Hii Machi mimi pamoja CABRA kwenye kompyuta yangu kikanda haki (kufadhiliwa na Unit kata ya kati) na alikuwa tuzo safari ya jimbo lote kompyuta haki.

Ambayo huleta mimi jana, baada ya mimi kufika katika Dickinson Chuo katika Carlisle, PA. Kubwa ya chuo (Dickinson ni chuo 16 kongwe katika taifa) na nzuri mji mdogo. Ni chuo ndogo lakini vizuri sana kuonekana, na vifaa vyake walikuwa kubwa kwa ajili ya haki ya.

Furaha ya kwanza siku ya kuzaliwa, hathix.com! mwaka katika mapitio

Cute elephant in box with birthday cake and hat
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 has gone from just a thought in my head to a full-fledged (and hopefully good) Tovuti.

You know, ni vigumu kwa ajili yangu kufikiria maisha kabla nilikuwa na hathix – lakini kwamba alikuwa tu ya mwaka mmoja uliopita. Wazazi wangu wanasema waliona sawa; ni vigumu kwa wao kufikiria maisha kabla ya watoto. Anyway.