Web programming is intense. It seems that there is a new language and framework born every day. It’s a good thing; I mean new technologies, new ways to get things done with new flashy and shiny additions. However with every switcher to these new technologies there is a departed technology or product. This is wherein the problem lies that this article is all about. For some reason, when someone decides to change their sweaty, greased up and saturated PHP t-shirt for a Ruby on Rails jersey or a Django hoodie. …

I think following a sport or joining a club is an excellent way to make sure one gets outdoors every week. Forcing you to acknowledge that indeed there are other human beings on this planet and not just night elves fending off the Horde. No, I don’t play WoW, but it has unfortunately however infiltrated my brain thanks to the bad habits of neighbouring friends. Anyways, I love going to the game, keeping track of where my favourite team is on the ladder and who needs to lose each week …

I was recently overseas in North America for a holiday a few months back. It was a wake up call to be honest. For a long time now I had wondered how commercial and consumer driven the American public was. I always had this idea of pizza monsters roaming the food courts munching down on fast food and slurping down mega gulps to fuel their oversized behinds. However I was in Canada, the baby of America. Could it really be what I thought America would be like, compared to my …