Happy Birthday Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (0)
3/27/12 •
Seeing Google’s doodle today, honoring Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s birthday, reminded me that several years ago I was playing around with a desktop package called Visual Reality. I’ve always admired the clean lines and simplicity of his work, so I used the application to loosely recreate the basics of the Seagram Building found in [...]
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Shortening Links with Google (0)
12/14/11 •
A recent project necessitated the use of a link shortener, which I had never used before, so I first turned to http:://goo.gl to see what was involved. I was pleasantly surprised with the ease of integrating Google’s API into my code. The following screenshots detail this simple process. 1. Get your API key from your [...]
First Steps with CakePHP (1)
10/19/11 •
Starting a new, personal project in PHP, I wanted to try out a new framework for the fun of it. After doing a bit of review on many available frameworks, and ruling out the ones I have already used (Zend and OpenAvanti), I settled on CakePHP. Installation and basic setup were a breeze, and I [...]
Mindscape in LEGO (0)
9/29/11 •
While shopping the LEGO website the other day, I ran across a free application they provide called LEGO Digital Designer. With it, you can assemble bricks from the included palette, then package and upload your creation back to the site. This looked pretty fun so I gave the software a whirl. Now, I am not [...]
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