Warning: Big-time nerder alert! If you find overt nerdyness offensive, zone out now or just click right on through.
I’m neither a computer scientist not a mathematician (and it probably shows), but I’m curious enough to poke around a bit. Lately I’ve been having fun with combinatorics.
One of the programs I often write as I’m learning [...]
Congrats to “Mr. E” and KFactor Technologies on the recent 5.0 release of their popular open-source flagship product, AgoraCart. AgoraCart is a secure e-commerce solution written in Perl and included in CPanel. This new version has a lot of new features and is going to get some massive distribution, but you don’t need to wait [...]
Ian Roberson will present on Jamon, a text template engine for Java, tonight at the Utah Java User Group (UJUG). The meeting starts at 6, but Ian’s presentation isn’t until 7.
Ian is one of my Overstock.com colleagues. He’s very smart and real approachable. If you’re in Utah and into Java, you should check this guy [...]
I’ve been fascinated with Netflix ever since I did a giant research paper about the company for my senior project for business management. Particularly fascinating to me were the technologies Netflix uses to estimate demand and the Netflix Recommendation Engine (Cinemax), which I have posted about previously.
Well now it looks like Netflix has placed a [...]
Here is my comprehensive list of Utah Tech Organizations. If you find any broken links or any missing information, please let me know so I can keep it updated. Check back soon for the collaborative Utah Tech Calendar.
General Tech:
CTO Breakfasts
CodeAway
Utah Tech Spotlight
Utah Tech Watch
Rocky Mountain Voices
Linux User Groups:
Provo Linux Users Group (PLUG)
Utah Valley Linux Users [...]
Google’s Summer of Code is a great opportunity for IT and CS students to learn new skills, improve their resume, and make a little money during the summer. Plus, it offers students an opportunity to work with some really big-name open source software organizations.
Google is not taking applications yet, but it should be really soon, [...]
