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, 教育, sports, 任何 – 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的第二个生日 & 于回顾年度内

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这是一个幸运的大象.

hathix.com是完成了其存在的第2年. As has become 传统, 我的博客文章强调我所做的一切在过去的一年,明年看看什么.

退房 去年我们回顾一下 – 有史以来第一次 – 跟着我到一些统计数据与新闻从hathix.com的大学二年级.

“提斯的季节… 不能访问网站

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

你也许会想,人们会在互联网上闪亮的新手机/平板/烤面包机,他们得到的节日.

显然地, 没人知道,. 下面就来看看我的最新单曲 (不带类型, 我的意思是游客人数hathix.com):

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作为节日的精神“, 访问网站下去.

从我所看到的, 这似乎是几乎每一个网站和应用程序的情况下,: 节日期间访问或下载大幅减少. 对于它的价值, 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;博士hathix.com had some downtime but my super-helpful host WebHostingHub cleared it up immediately. 还, 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 softwarethe server that hathix lives on.

引进野生动物园洒, 网络冒险游戏

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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. 良好, not so dirty, 真, 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.

卡布拉赢得宾夕法尼亚州高中电脑展

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布莱特有信心, 孩子.

无耻的广告: 下载卡布拉, 新近获奖的烧录程序!

山羊, 我惊奇地有用烧录程序, 有一个新的羽毛在它的帽. 它现在也是一个 获奖 烧录程序. 我不 孩子-鼎 (遗憾的山羊双关语。)

今年三月我分享卡布拉在我的电脑区域公平 (由县级中级赞助单位) 并荣获了一趟全州电脑展.

这让我想起昨天, 当我到达 迪金森学院的卡莱尔, PA. 大校园 (狄金森是16最古老的学院在全国) 和漂亮的小城镇. 这是一个较小的大学,但非常令人注意, 和它的设施是伟大的公平的目的.

一岁生日快乐, hathix.com! 年度回顾

Cute elephant in box with birthday cake and hat
吹灭蜡烛的那些, 原因hathix.com转动 1 岁!

你能相信它? hathix.com转动 1 岁- 烨, 这是今天注册正好一年前… 的, 美好的回忆! 在短短的一年, hathix.com已经从我的脑袋只是一个想法,以一个成熟 (并希望好) 网站.

你知道吗, 这是我很难想象生活之前,我有hathix – 但是这仅仅是一年前. 我的父母说,他们也有同感; 很难为他们的孩子之前想象的生活. 无论如何.