Javascript Toolkits; Web Programming

So I've started working with the Dojo Toolkit -- mostly because I ran the demo for it, and I was impressed by what it could do out of the box. It does have a very nicely featured demonstration set. I've mentioned this to some friends and colleagues, and instead of thoughts or experiences with this toolkit, I got back a whole bunch of comments about why I chose to work with Dojo and not "...

6 Aug 2008 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

For My Floridian Friends

http://xkcd.net/453/ Upcoming Hurricanes The XKCD web comic is one of my favorites.

23 Jul 2008 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Me and My Enneagram [Updated]

This is a bit of a meme that's been going around one of my circles of friends. It's this Enneagram test. So, after putting it off for a week, I finally decided to take the first (and longer) of the two tests presented at the link above. I will not pretend that I've actually read through what this means or what it might mean, but - generally - I have a tendency of being very central on most personality tests, so -- I've linked the whole result set, with all of the scores, so that you can see the whole picture....

23 Jul 2008 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

First Life

So, you've heard of "Second Life"... Clark Boyd over at "The World" (BBC / WGBH) posted a blog entry with a link to a REALLY funny site, so without further introduction Get a First Life

17 Jul 2008 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink