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Category: Theory

  • My First Experiences with Kinect for Windows – @KinectWindows

    I recently had the pleasure of some free time recently – with three kids this does not come often – so I decided to finally plug my Kinect into my PC.  I find it kind of funny how long it actually took for this to happen.  Over a year ago I finally joined the real world and made the decision to finally make a new console gaming purchase.

    Like everyone, I had to choose between the PS3 and Xbox 360.  Each of course has their pros and cons.  But when it came down to it, I could develop for the Xbox and Kinect for free and this became the deciding decision factor.

    So finally over a year later I finally plugged my Kinect into my PC’s USB port!

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  • MSConfig – What Would I Do Without You!

    Being a web developer typically means you’ve probably been around computers your whole life.  This means that you’ve troubleshooted them, broke them, fixed them, fixed them for others, etc…  As time has gone by and I’ve dedicated myself to the art and craft of development, I’ve slowly drifted away from supporting computers.

    However, I recently upgraded my work laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8 – what a frustrating experience this was!  But not the purpose of this article, just part of the train tracks of a good story!

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  • Simplifying the buzz word “Responsive Design”

    Every so often there is a new buzz word in the web development/design industry.  A few years ago it was HTML5 and CSS3.  Now it seems to be “responsive design”.  And of course this makes a lot of sense.  With more and more Internet users accessing the content on their laptop or desktop PC, tablets, and mobile phones, websites need to be able to be ready to serve up the content in an appropriate fashion.

    In this article, I want to take a step back and help simplify this process because by stopping and thinking just a little bit, it doesn’t need to be complicated.  In fact it’s quite simple.

    At the time of writing this article, my blog is only about 50% responsive, I am planning a new design soon that will take it to the next level.

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  • 2012 Year in Review

    Wow!  I can’t believe 2013 is coming.  It seriously feels just the other day when I sat down and wrote my 2011 year in review…

    Thinking back, 2012 is probably a more average year.  I don’t feel like anything new and major really happened in the industry that I was a part of.  However, in my personal life, I welcomed my third child in late October – hence the lack of website updates since I’ve been extremely busy with my growing family. (more…)

  • Node.js Versus Nginx: Bare Bones Test

    This is a quick follow up to yesterday’s post on Node.js Versus Apache2: Bare Bones Test where I performed a straight HTML test of Node.js tutorial versus Apache.  With my recent switch to Nginx, I thought it prudent to perform this exact same test swapping out Apache for Nginx.  The results are much more interesting to yesterday’s since there is no total destruction (sorry for the spoiler if you didn’t read yesterday’s article).

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