My site went from a daily average of 60 visits to a sudden spike of over 8,000 yesterday. At one point 385 people were on the site, so I am happy my web server was able to keep up with the demand (thank you, WordPress and WP Super Cache). The 400 pound snake story caused tons of people to visit yesterday from bing.com. I was ranked third on Bing, and as of today I am...
Hi everyone, it looks like this post is getting a ton of interest, which is great. I'm getting some good comments on the post, and don't forget to check out the rest of my posts while visiting (come back and visit me at jeremyperson.com). I was looking at all of my snake postings and found I have quite a few, so if you enjoy this one, check these out. @WilliamsJoseph tweeted this out and I...
A $57 short film that won TropFest NY 2008 What did you think of this innovative short film? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
I never enjoyed C++ in college, but I got through it. It will be interesting to see if our kids grow up learning programming methodology in our schools. Since technology is constantly changing, it would be tough to teach a child a programming language they could use after graduating, but if we taught students programming methodology it probably wouldn't hurt. If you have no idea what the comic means, it is a kid who wrote...
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, we went to see Wicked on Saturday night at the Orpheum Theatre. The Safeway Employees' Association (SEA) was one of the group sponsors that night, so there were a bunch of people from Safeway. Before the show, we went to Osha Thai for dinner, which was really nice. We sat in the balcony, which ended up being great. I never once thought we were sitting too far...
Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He is best known for many revolutionary contributions in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On his birthday last week, Google dedicated a logo to honor his contribution to the world of science. In reading through the article, I liked a quote from Tesla about Thomas Edison: "If Edison had to find a needle in a...