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, utdanning, 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

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That’s one lucky elephant.

hathix.com is finishing up its 2nd year of existence. As has become tradisjon, Jeg gjør et blogginnlegg fremheve alt jeg har gjort i det siste året og tar en titt på hva som er i butikken for neste år.

Sjekk ut fjorårets oppsummering – den første noensinne – og følg meg inn i noen statistikk og nyheter fra hathix.com 's sophomore år.

‘Tis the seasonto not visit websites

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

Man skulle tro at folk ville gå på internett med den skinnende ny telefon / tablett / brødrister de fikk for julesesongen.

Angivelig, ingen gjør at. Her er en titt på mine siste hits (ikke bandet typen, Jeg mener antall besøkende til hathix.com):

hathix visitors graph
Som julestemning går opp, besøk til nettsteder går ned.

Fra hva jeg har sett, dette synes å være tilfelle med ganske mye hver nettside og app: besøk eller nedlastinger kraftig nedgang i løpet av høytiden. For hva det er verdt, 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.

Innføre Sprinkle Safari, en web eventyrspill

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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. Vel, not so dirty, virkelig, 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 vinner PA High School Computer Fair

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Breke med selvtillit, kid.

Shameless reklame: Last ned Cabra, den nylig prisbelønte spørjeprogram!

Geit, min overraskende nyttig spørjeprogram, har en ny fjær i hatten sin. Det er nå også en prisbelønt spørjeprogram. Jeg er ikke kid-ding (beklager om geit ordspill.)

Dette mars Jeg delte Cabra på min regional datamaskin rettferdig (sponset av fylkets Intermediate Unit) og ble tildelt en tur til den statewide datamaskin rettferdig.

Hvilket bringer meg til i går, når jeg kom i Dickinson College i Carlisle, PA. Flott campus (Dickinson er den 16. eldste høgskole i landet) og fin liten by. Det er en mindre høyskole, men svært godt ansett, og dets fasiliteter var flott for rettferdig formål.

Happy første bursdag, hathix.com! Året i gjennomgang

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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 har gått fra bare en tanke i hodet mitt til en fullverdig (og forhåpentligvis god) nettsted.

Du vet, det er vanskelig for meg å forestille seg livet før jeg hadde hathix – men det var bare et år siden. Foreldrene mine sier de følte det samme; det er vanskelig for dem å forestille seg livet før barna. Allikevel.