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Developer Income Report #4

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:03:49 -0500

The Intro:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my readers!

This month was even better and I think it has something to do with these reports. So what should I do except keep writing them.

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I Use Bing to Search, Google to Search Hard

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:00:44 -0500

I Use Bing to Search, Google to Search Hard:

There comes a point in my life where I just love free stuff. Bills are hard, employment sucks at times, but free stuff is always great.

I am a coder by day and a coder by night. I run into hard…

In Looking for a public Web Processing Service (WPS)

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:07:41 -0500

In Looking for a public Web Processing Service (WPS):

I was looking for some public WPS’s to run some tests against. Well, my searches didn’t pull up much in Google or Bing until I got more detailed, so for all the world to see here are some that I…

Developer Income Report #3

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:29:11 -0500

Developer Income Report #3:

The Intro:

Its been a better month than usual for a few reasons. While its nothing to write home about, my income over time has been getting better. I think these reports tend to help as well…

ESRI WKID (Well Known ID) List of Units

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:41:41 -0500

ESRI WKID (Well Known ID) List of Units:

I looked long and hard for the Well known Ids from ESRI for Geospatial Units. So I decided to post them here incase I need them again.

Value	Description
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Multi-Threading with C# and a Website

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:43:56 -0500

Multi-Threading with C# and a Website:

Let me tell you my experience.

I have a website at http://www.utopiapimp.com that gets hit well over 1 Million times a day. Thats 11 hits every Second. Utopiapimp works on being a Live Stock…

Draw a Circle Graphic with ESRI Android SDK

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:59:42 -0500

Draw a Circle Graphic with ESRI Android SDK:

I wrote this code a while back. The requirement was to have a user draw a circle with the ESRI Android SDK. Well, their Android SDK doesn’t currently support drawing circles. It draws all other…

java.lang.RuntimeException: Stub! On With JUnit and Android

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:11:40 -0400

java.lang.RuntimeException: Stub! On With JUnit and Android:

Running into another Error I figured I would blog about.

So im getting a Stub Error while trying to JUnit test a library I built with some Android code inside of it. The Error is as follows:

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Developer Income Report #2

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:30:40 -0400

Developer Income Report #2:

The Intro:

Starting off with my first report, well here now is my second report.

Ive been developing web apps since 2007 and while modest income has come from them, I decided to focus solely on…

Developer Income Report #1

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:46:23 -0400

Developer Income Report #1:

The Intro:

I decided that I need to start writing my income out to both the world and for my self following this the reports posted here. So A little intro. Ive been developing web apps since…

Roller Derby Penalty Timer for Android!

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:58:37 -0400

Roller Derby Penalty Timer for Android! :

afro-ec-centric:

It’s about time.

Fucking Big Company Rules

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:05:19 -0400

Fucking Big Company Rules:

So I work at a large company, with well over 75,000 people. Its extremely large and the bureaucracy sucks.

A developer and I built this state of the art product on the Android phone. It can be…

"Give me strife and suffering. And once I have grown stronger, tempered, hardened by the strife, give..."

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:37:23 -0400

“Give me strife and suffering. And once I have grown stronger, tempered, hardened by the strife, give me MORE.”

"Imagine a school with children that can read and write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a..."

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:11:10 -0400

“Imagine a school with children that can read and write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live.”

"When I was 5 years old my mom told me that happiness is the key to life. When I went to school, they..."

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:44:59 -0400

“When I was 5 years old my mom told me that happiness is the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didnt understand the assignment. I told them they didnt understand life.”

Pushing Large Files to Android Using Eclipse Tip

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:08:43 -0500

Pushing Large Files to Android Using Eclipse Tip:

I was pushing large files to the Android Emulator lately. We are talking above 100mbs a piece or more. When I uploaded them in Eclipse, they would break and not upload about half way through. It…

"Market interest fades, passion never dies."

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:21:53 -0500

“Market interest fades, passion never dies.”

Android Unit Test Tip

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:41:37 -0500

Android Unit Test Tip:

Something I had to learn the hard way when unit testing in Android.

When using this tutorial for testing in Android: …

Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session ESRI

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:44:47 -0500

Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session ESRI:

I received this error while working on some ArcObjects Code.

Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session.

It had to do with the relationships that I established inside the File…

Celebrating Valentines Day? Well, I got a Formula for you!

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:19:25 -0500

Celebrating Valentines Day? Well, I got a Formula for you!:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x^2%2B(y-sqrt(x^2))^2%3D1

Have Fun!