The Mysteries of Big Data and the Orient … DB
Mapping the world of big data must be a lot like demystifying the antiquated concept of the Orient, trying to decipher a mass of...
Destiny; pulp fiction
Ideas in science fiction matter. Time and place in science fiction are never “our time” and “our place”. The location and time frame serve...
Arduino Yún – Welcome to the Internet of Things
Arduino is an open source electronics platform that makes it easy to interface with sensors, lights, motors, and much more with a small standalone...
Change the World with Laziness – The Case for Building Tiny Business Websites
Most businesses don’t have websites...
Seriously, it’s true. More than half of all small businesses have no dedicated web space, and those make up the...
New Languages: Brave New World
The tech world has seen a number of languages emerge, grow, and become super popular, but equally it has seen its fair share of...
What 6 Months with an Open Source 3D Printer Taught Me
3D printing is certainly a hot topic today, and having your own printer at home is becoming increasingly popular. There are a lot of...
Responsive Web Design is Hard
Last week, I embarked on a quest to build my first website that would simultaneously deliver on two puns; I would “launch” my website...
Exploring Module Development in AngularJS
This started off as an article about building a simple ScrollSpy module. Simplicity got away from me however, so I'll focus on some of...
Retro-Modding: Rebuilding the past with consumer micro-computers
Micro-controllers lend themselves to all kinds of projects. From home automation to robotics, the long-predicted Internet of Things is finally flashing and beeping its...
5 Alternative Microboards to Raspberry Pi
This blog will show you five alternative boards to Raspberry Pi that are currently on the market and which you might not have considered...