Author: Chris Blackwell

Coding · 3 MIN READ

Staying off Stack Overflow

I spent a lot of time programming over the holidays. I was doing mostly PHP programming using the CodeIgniter framework, but I also spent some time delving into Ruby and the Rails framework.

Technology · 2 MIN READ

New Dell U2412M 24″ Monitor

I am working on a new website for Fuel Multimedia this week, and the Photoshop design that they gave me was HUGE. We are talking 37,000 pixels wide! With that size of a concept, even my 27″ iMac looks a little small.

Apple · 5 MIN READ

My Top 10 Mac Applications (2011 Edition)

I have literally dozens of applications installed on my Macs. Everthing from productivity software to full 3D games. I rely on most of these apps every day, some more then others. While all of these apps are important, there are always ten apps that I just couldn’t live without.

Coding · 2 MIN READ

Writing a Catering App on Sunday Night

A few weeks ago I lost my laptop. That sucked, obviously! On that laptop I had the code base to the latest project I was working on, a catering application. I didn’t have the code backed up (idiot), nor was I using a version control system like Git, or a remote repository like GitHub (moron). […]