Matt

  • Bone Spur

    So looks like I have a small bone spur on my heel. not a big deal, but glad I know now what to do about it. For the next month I’ll be doing a lot of stretches and icing it. Hopefully that will get things back to normal and I can start running more often.

  • Playing With Node.js

    When exploring ways to build a good chat server there are an overwhelming number of options. The old way of doing things with polling the server for new messages was simply not an option but the alternatives are a little scary.  Using a SQL database seemed a bit overkill for just posting messages. In the…

  • Foot X-Ray

    It’s long overdue but I finally accepted that I can’t fix my bum ankle problem without seeing someone about it. It’s an old injury from doing a half-marathon on not enough training. I went to see a foot specialist in late December and got a referral to get an x-ray done on my foot. It’s…

  • Going to be a Great Year

    I have a feeling that 2013 is going to be a great year. A real turning point. My achievement goals for the year is to create a top notch Farmville type game for iOS and to do a kitchen renovation. This year there is a real potential for my businesses to take off and give…

  • What to do with a Raspberry Pi

    I’m trying to think of some ideas for what to do with a Raspberry Pi. There’s just so many things that people have done with these little $35 computers that it is overwhelming to think of what to do with one. Here’s a list of ideas I’ve scoured from the web: Webcam server Vehicle tracking…

  • Good Christmas Break

    It was a nice relaxing week off for christmas this year. Having friends around to host parties made everything more festive. The week was bitterly cold with a streak of -30 degree temperatures for the week. It made the deepfried Christmas turkey a bit harder to cook. Thankfully the cold snap is over for now…

  • App Business Milestone

    With the recent addition of a new advertising platform for my apps the last few days have tipped the business passed a small milestone of having a $50 day. Even though it’s just a seasonal spike from all the advertising prices raising due to the holidays it’s still nice. Across all my apps there are…

  • New Living Room

    We made some design changes to the living room over the last while. Painted the walls and put up curtains. Before: After:

  • A Live Text Chat Server

    I’m facing the challenge of building a live chat server for use in a mobile app. It is an interesting bit of code to write and I’m finding myself learning a few new things to get it working. My first thought was to build it using websockets over HTTP but that looked too difficult to…

  • A Productive Christmas Break?

    There’s just so much work to be done that I’m really going to have to strive for a very productive month of programming. I need to update all my apps for the new year and hopefully launch a few new ones. To that end I’m planning on taking some more time off work over the…