Welcome to the Future of Mobile Server Farms

Welcome to the Future of Mobile Server Farms

I’ve turned my old iPhone 3G into a mobile Web server running MySQL, PHP and lighttp with WordPress!  (see screenshot) Here’s how I did it: Step 1: Jailbreak Jailbreak the thing. You need the freedom to fiddle deeper into the phone than Apple is interested...

The Reactive Manifesto

The Reactive Manifesto Application requirements have changed dramatically in recent years. Only a few years ago a large application had tens of servers, seconds of response time, hours of offline maintenance and gigabytes of data. Today applications are deployed on...

Kids learn coding through interactive robots

By summer 2014, robots could be teaching kids as young as five years old how to code. Play-i, a company founded in 2012 by veterans from Amazon, Apple, Frog Design and Google has created robots, Bo and Yana, designed for children to learn to how program. “Our children...

gzip + poetry = awesome

Ever wonder how file compression works?  What if you combined it with poetry? Check out this fun example: http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/10/24/day-16-gzip-plus-poetry-equals-awesome/

MojoTimer Updated. Version 1.2.1!

Skip to the chase: Download MojoTimer 1.2.1 for OSX here. Hello QuickBooks users.  Those of us in the “creative services” and the “technical services” are often billing our clients solely on time performed.  QuickBooks ships with a stand-alone...

Using Custom Fonts on Your Web Site

Let’s say you’re bored to tears with the fonts that are available to your web browser, and you don’t want to, or can’t use a service like WebInk.  What are your options? Here’s a good article that covers the issue. So, you’ve...