Aug 9Member-onlyFind VR devices uncomfortable? Here is how to fix it!VR devices such as the Oculus provide a wide range of uses, from providing virtual meeting spaces and worlds, to simulations and training applications, and of course, gaming and entertainment. As exciting as those prospects may be however, if your device is uncomfortable, unreliable or difficult to use, then the…VR12 min readVR12 min read
Aug 8Member-onlyReducing motion sickness in the MetaverseVirtual reality (VR) and the metaverse are new and exciting technologies that are quickly becoming more popular for both gaming and business applications. However, for some people, VR can cause motion sickness. Motion sickness is a feeling of nausea, dizziness, and disorientation that can occur when your brain receives conflicting…VR5 min readVR5 min read
Apr 8, 2021Member-onlyHands-on with THC Delta-8: What smoking it feels likeYou’ve probably seen a lot of “buzz” lately regarding hemp plants and the many new types of cannabinoids that we are now able to identify and extract from them. CBD has been all the rage for a few years now, offering the benefits of relief from anxiety, depression, heart problems…Vaping8 min readVaping8 min read
Aug 14, 2019Member-onlyHow to quickly fix bad credit when you have high credit to debt ratios.About a year ago, I was attempting to sell my home. It’s a lovely home in the suburbs of southern California, has a swimming pool, lovely fruit trees in the backyard, is close to the best schools and is 15 minutes from some of the nicest beaches in SoCal. Perfect…Finance8 min readFinance8 min read
Feb 28, 2019Member-onlyJavaScript: Understanding the difference between var, let and constIf you’ve been coding in JavaScript for any length of time, you’ve probably typed the word var into your IDE so many times by now that you probably don’t even think about it anymore. It works, it’s easy, and unlike most strongly-typed languages, you don’t have to fret too much…JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
Apr 10, 2018Member-onlyHow to Commit Suicide by Software Engineering, and how not toPrologue: How I fell in love It was 1977, and I was 11 years old at the time. The planet was still in a head-spin over a rash of new electronic inventions such as calculators (TI started manufacturing them in 1966) and the world’s first video game, Pong, released in 1972. Up until then, computers had…Programming14 min readProgramming14 min read
Apr 4, 2018“Does the question mark goes inside or outside the quotes?” she asked.I’ll freely admit it. I mess this up all the time. At 51 years old, the lessons I learned about grammar and punctuation in my youth are distant memories, and like most people, I don’t really pay close attention to punctuation details when I’m reading. …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Mar 31, 2018Member-onlyOne Simple Trait That Will Advance Your Software CareerSoftware engineering can be an absolutely thankless job. Oh sure, it has its perks. You get to be creative and solve problems, and there is a beauty and elegance in well written code sometimes that can be hard to describe to those that don’t speak the language. Where we were…Programming11 min readProgramming11 min read
Mar 21, 2018Member-onlyDon’t Get Caught Up in a Code Framework ParadigmI was originally going to name this article “How It Took Me 8 Hours to Write 2 Minutes of Code”, but somehow I didn’t think that most software engineers would find that terribly compelling, and if there is one thing engineers like to do, it’s to determine what’s most efficient…JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
