Great New European Technology Invention

One of the things that I’ve noticed throughout Europe is this really cool invention they’ve created here called a schedule. This schedule is something that is based on another piece of technology called a clock. The clock is designed to show the passing of time, something very similar to what we in America have, except... Continue reading →

Coding on Orchestrate.io & Orchestrate.js & Orchestrate.NET

First context, then I’ll dive in. Orchestrate http://orchestrate.io/ Orchestrate is a service that provides a simple API to access a multitude of database types all in one location. Key value, graph or events, some of the database types I’ve been using, are but a few they’ve already made available. There are many more on the... Continue reading →

Fixing Up Passport.js ‘passport-http’ for Express v4

Even though it isn’t in the primary trunk of code for the ‘passport-http’ Passport.js Strategy, I’ve upgraded the packages.json and app.js file for the basic username and passport authentication to Express.js v4. If you’re using Express.js and are looking to migrate to v4 from v3 or earlier a great starting place is to check out... Continue reading →

A Recap Of My Top 4 Tech Article Reads From Pocket

Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the number of articles that are in my pocket. I’ve got articles on livability, transit, cycling, auto issues, node.js, java, javascript, coding practices, software craftsmanship, feminism, heavy metal, death metal, black metal, jazz, progressive jazz, fusion jazz, NASA news, space discoveries, space research, Star Trek news, Star Wars news, information... Continue reading →

Docker Red Hat and Containerization Wreck Virtualization

Conversation has popped up around a few tweets Alex Williams regarding virtualization at the Red Hat Summit. One of the starts to the conversation. https://twitter.com/alexwilliams/status/456134531821887489/ Paraphrased the discussion has been shaped around asking, “Why is OS-level virtualization via containers (namely Docker) become such a massive hot topic?” With that, it got me thinking about some... Continue reading →