Dependency Injection and the YAGNI principle
One of my new personal projects involves writing an application using Node.js and MongoDB. It's going to have a RESTful interface for the services, and Mongo...
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nodejs
Logging Using EventEmitters in Node.js
I've been working a lot in node.js lately for a work project. Javascript as a language is an odd duck (pun not intended). It's got all these incredibly power...
Inheritance in Functional Languages
There's a tendency amongst proponents of functional languages, like Javascript, to consider inheritance an anachronism of older (and, by implication, worse) ...
btle.js 0.2.0 released
I just (okay, a few days ago) released version 0.2.0 of btle.js to npm. This has a bunch of API changes - the connect method now gives you a Device object, i...
Node.js Bit Operations
I was working on trying to get the barometer readings from my TI SensorTag using Node.js when I came across this problem. See, the user's guide has two code ...
Published Bluetooth LE Module
Well, I published my Node.js module for Bluetooth LE, btle.js (pronounced "Beetle Juice") to npm. Even though it's labeled version 0.1.0, it's got most of th...
iot
Using a Raspberry Pi as an iBeacon
There's an excellent blog post by by James Nebeker and David G. Young about simulating an iBeacon using a Raspberry Pi and a bluetooth dongle. Since I alread...
More Fun With BeagleBone Black
I've discovered that owning a BeagleBone Black (or, in my case, two) is kind of like owning one of those really, really nice cars that you buy but you can al...
Fun with BeagleBone Black
So, I've decided to try to play with ZigBee, and since I have a couple of BeagleBone Blacks hanging around doing nothing, I thought I'd try setting it up on ...
Node.js Bit Operations
I was working on trying to get the barometer readings from my TI SensorTag using Node.js when I came across this problem. See, the user's guide has two code ...
Published Bluetooth LE Module
Well, I published my Node.js module for Bluetooth LE, btle.js (pronounced "Beetle Juice") to npm. Even though it's labeled version 0.1.0, it's got most of th...
programming
REST By Any Other Name…
I've done quite a few interfaces which I've referred to as "RESTful", because I've done what most people call "REST" - using HTTP as the transport, modeling ...
Dependency Injection and the YAGNI principle
One of my new personal projects involves writing an application using Node.js and MongoDB. It's going to have a RESTful interface for the services, and Mongo...
Inheritance in Functional Languages
There's a tendency amongst proponents of functional languages, like Javascript, to consider inheritance an anachronism of older (and, by implication, worse) ...
beaglebone
More Fun With BeagleBone Black
I've discovered that owning a BeagleBone Black (or, in my case, two) is kind of like owning one of those really, really nice cars that you buy but you can al...
Fun with BeagleBone Black
So, I've decided to try to play with ZigBee, and since I have a couple of BeagleBone Blacks hanging around doing nothing, I thought I'd try setting it up on ...
blog
It’s…ALIVE!!!
So, I’ve let this blog languish for, jeez, 7 years now. Part of that was because I started a new job at the time (which I’m still at), which at the time requ...
The Ghost in the Machine
So, I've moved my blog over to Ghost from Octopress. I did this for a few reasons.
software architecture
Hobgoblins and Data Stores
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." - Emerson
A Foolish Consistency…
How do you scale a computer system?
bluetooth
Published Bluetooth LE Module
Well, I published my Node.js module for Bluetooth LE, btle.js (pronounced "Beetle Juice") to npm. Even though it's labeled version 0.1.0, it's got most of th...
npm
btle.js 0.2.0 released
I just (okay, a few days ago) released version 0.2.0 of btle.js to npm. This has a bunch of API changes - the connect method now gives you a Device object, i...
wifi
More Fun With BeagleBone Black
I've discovered that owning a BeagleBone Black (or, in my case, two) is kind of like owning one of those really, really nice cars that you buy but you can al...
raspberry pi
Using a Raspberry Pi as an iBeacon
There's an excellent blog post by by James Nebeker and David G. Young about simulating an iBeacon using a Raspberry Pi and a bluetooth dongle. Since I alread...
languages
Inheritance in Functional Languages
There's a tendency amongst proponents of functional languages, like Javascript, to consider inheritance an anachronism of older (and, by implication, worse) ...
apis
REST By Any Other Name…
I've done quite a few interfaces which I've referred to as "RESTful", because I've done what most people call "REST" - using HTTP as the transport, modeling ...
rest
REST By Any Other Name…
I've done quite a few interfaces which I've referred to as "RESTful", because I've done what most people call "REST" - using HTTP as the transport, modeling ...
cryptography
QR Codes for Storing Private Keys
So, storage of private keys is a problem.
kafka
Hobgoblins and Data Stores
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." - Emerson
technology
I’m Not Dead Yet
Just about a year and a half ago I decided it was time for a change, so I started looking around for something new. Not just a new job, but something that wo...
lockpicking
Locks I have known…and pwned
I’ve been doing lockpicking as a “sport” since about March of this year. Back when I lived in Austin, I got a cheap lockpicking set and played around with pi...