Mountains & Mole Hills
A cartoon of a mole reading a self-help book entitled How to Make Mountains Out of Mole Hills.
PHP Traits for Implementing Interfaces
PHP 5.4 introduced traits. Traits are in many ways like code-assisted copy and paste. They are ways to mix code into a class without inheritance. But what are they good for? When should they be used?
2013 in Review
Newsletter about 2013, including various losses in our family and other news.
Bruce Lee's Philosophy
A review of Bruce Lee's philosophical outlook.
Junk Food won’t make you Chuck
A review of musical group Chuck's Junk by Shawn Olson, originally in the Westside Messenger.
Importing Methods from an unrelated Class in PHP5
Sometimes you need to steal a method from an unrelated class without becoming a child. Here's how.
Apathy and Entropy
Essays dealing with cultural and personal apathy.
Chapter 4: Faceless Clues
Investigators find a terrible scene on the wrecked Rogue 5... and a mystery threat is born.
Gabrielle Burson
Gabrielle Burson was born to Faith and Doug Burson on July 30, 2003.