Reviving the Blog

Apart from not being able to find a reason to post outside of Facebook, 1 I normally reserve the really lengthy posts for the blog, but short FB posts seem to get more interaction, so I ended up spending more time there the plugins that were integral to the blog functionality were sorely outdated and no longer maintained/updated – which opened the blog up to code injection and SPAM.

Instead of cleaning up the code, I decided to just take it down and start from scratch with new (hopefully more secure) plugins, and a less complex layout. 2 Another reason why I couldn’t just “update” the original code to match the newer requirements Read More

Notes

Notes
1 I normally reserve the really lengthy posts for the blog, but short FB posts seem to get more interaction, so I ended up spending more time there
2 Another reason why I couldn’t just “update” the original code to match the newer requirements

Kickscraper

Hi, long time no blog! I’m terribly bored – so might as well post something useful.

So for anyone who knows me, I’m a Kickstarter whore. As of this posting, I’ve backed about 51 projects and am still constantly searching for the next interesting and unique thing I could back/support/get.

Kickstarter is basically a crowdfunding site. If you want to produce something but have no budget, you submit your proposal to the site and the community can choose to pledge some money to fund your project – usually in exchange for getting the you’re offering for themselves – at heavily discounted costs. People who pledge only get charged when the funding goal is reached. If it doesn’t make it, then no harm, no foul. So in that sense it’s a very risk free way of getting cool stuff.

I guess it’s the whole uniqueness of the products that really appeal to me. While I do appreciate good consumer products, 1 And while a lot of Kickstarter products end up commercialized over time I guess the prospect of being one of the few people (and in some cases the only one) who has some awesome doodad you can’t find anywhere else. Read More

Notes

Notes
1 And while a lot of Kickstarter products end up commercialized over time

Financial Extrapolator v1.3

I’ve updated my homemade extrapolator. The purpose is still the same, so you can read all about what it’s used for from past post

  • Fixed a bug where the budget in the main menu includes expired expenses.
  • I also added the the ability to specify the starting month/year – some people may find it useful.

Download the mac or windows application (built with Flash)

HDS EDC Custom Rotary

April last year, I decided to buy an LED flashlight. After all, having at least one useful flashlight in one’s life makes sense.

But me being me, I wanted a “premium” one. So naturally, I went to the best enthusiast site of all things “flashlight”, Candle Power Forums.

While it was expected that different folks would prefer different brands/models, one brand that stuck out as being unanimously respected was HDS. So I ordered their EDC Custom Rotary – and after a seven month waiting period, the light finally shipped.