IMO there are two things you have to do to become a successful programmer. Step one is to learn how to think like a programmer. If statements, loops, etc. Ideally, you learn this at a younger age using a tool that is designed to do that (there are tons of options, programs like Alice etc). For me personally, I learned…

My wife and I started 'family planning' at the beginning of the year. We just found out we are having TWINS. I'm terrified.

Wow that really is better. Going to try this on my chromebook when I get home and see how well it does.

Now this is finally a Pi project that interests me. Darnit, now I really want a RaspPi

I completely agree. I can't imagine my parents getting a new computer right now and try and explain how things are different. They barely have a grasp on windows 7. I don't think anybody has argued that it isn't intuitive for touch screens.

Hmm, I work full time for a state university. I wonder if that qualifies me for public service loan forgiveness.

I've all but ditched Firefox anymore for Chrome. The only reason I keep Firefox around is because I like firebug more than the built in Chrome for web development.

As per the change release:

That's the kicker with this type of thinking. If you are happy now, why risk messing it up? Besides telling old self to buy a bunch of technology stock that is.

I'll talk to a little younger than 20 me, as I am only just 25.

I think if you don't have a huge development team, it makes sense to try and focus one platform to get at least one app out the door sooner then waiting longer and paying for more developers to try and do a dual release. And I think historically a new fancy iOS app is more likely to get media attention then an Android…

Put my vote in for straight liquor. In my case I love bourbon. If it's hot out I'll throw an ice cube in too. I think in some cases people will tend to not drink straight liquor quite as fast as maybe you would a beer. This is just my experience of course, I rarely drink beer anymore anyways.

Don't forget to take the whole package into consideration, not just the $ part. Consider vacation and sick time and other benefits that would make up for a little bit of lacking salary. I know I'm underpaid at my current job, but we get great vacation time that we can actually use (15 days vacation the first year as…

If/when it gets push notifications, I'll check it out.

I disagree. For me, starting the idea process and thinking about all the awesome things I could do for said project and start into it is the easy part. For me the hardest part is sticking with it after that initial 'love lust' is gone and I have a started project but possess little will to keep going.

Take the app store for example. It seriously couldn't be any easier to instantly get whatever I want. It makes a ton of money, and piracy while very doable, isn't much of an issue. Because pirating it is a lot more work then just getting it the 'right' way. Not a perfect example but it was the first that came to mind.

I doubt it as there won't be any THC in hemp seeds, which is what drug tests would be checking for.

Thanks for posting this. First thing that came to my mind.

For some reason it won't let me promote you, but thank you for posting the spotify link

Its weird seeing all my old posts from 2005. Wow that was a long time ago.