33 is the Magic Number… 6 Jul 2013 | 09:03 pm

On the No Agenda Show, there is the theory that the number ’33′ is inserted into news stories as code.  No one is sure what the code means, though.  In some contexts, it seems to mean that the rest of...

FIBS: Functional interface for Interactive Brokers for Scala 9 Apr 2013 | 09:32 am

Announcing a small side project I have been hacking on: a Scala wrapper library for the Interactive Brokers TWS API.  The TWS API uses a message-passing design, where you pass a message asking for a q...

FIBS: Functional interface for Interactive Brokers for Scala 9 Apr 2013 | 09:32 am

Announcing a small side project I have been hacking on: a Scala wrapper library for the Interactive Brokers TWS API.  The TWS API uses a message-passing design, where you pass a message asking for a q...

Building Inline Comments for Pull Requests and Commits 30 Oct 2012 | 10:25 pm

(or, what I did over summer vacation) For the last few months, I have been working with the Bitbucket team at Atlassian.  I switched over to this team at the beginning of the summer to help build a ne...

Building Inline Comments for Pull Requests and Commits 30 Oct 2012 | 10:25 pm

(or, what I did over summer vacation) For the last few months, I have been working with the Bitbucket team at Atlassian.  I switched over to this team at the beginning of the summer to help build a ne...

Proof that Netflix is the only thing holding the USPS afloat 4 Mar 2012 | 05:11 pm

LivingSocial/Fiesta Americana Resort Bait & Switch Scam 2 Dec 2011 | 05:19 pm

UPDATE: I contacted LivingSocial about this issue, and they responded in a timely manner, and offered a partial refund, which I feels remedies the situation.  I am leaving this post up to tell the sto...

LivingSocial/Fiesta Americana Resort Bait & Switch Scam 2 Dec 2011 | 08:19 am

UPDATE: I contacted LivingSocial about this issue, and they responded in a timely manner, and offered a partial refund, which I feels remedies the situation.  I am leaving this post up to tell the sto...

Accessing Erased Type Parameter Information in Scala 3 Nov 2011 | 05:44 pm

One of the things holding scala back from being a more robust language is the fact that it runs on the JVM. (On the other hand, this is also one of its strengths–you can easily interoperate with exist...

Accessing Erased Type Parameter Information in Scala 3 Nov 2011 | 01:44 pm

One of the things holding scala back from being a more robust language is the fact that it runs on the JVM. (On the other hand, this is also one of its strengths–you can easily interoperate with exist...