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technology
Setting up a new development machine
5/25/2021
What an exciting past couple of days. A brand new development machine was delivered to the doorstep after a 3-week wait for it to be built. The new toy is a Dell XPS 15, complete with 32 Gb of RAM, an Intel i7, and Windows 10 Pro. While this is not…
reflection
technology - career - career-change
Making the switch - Part 3
4/17/2021
This is a continuation of a blog post series to talk about my path from mechanical engineering to software engineering. If you have not already done so, check out out part one and part two. I do not believe there is a perfect execution of a plan…
open
technology - career - career-change
Making the switch - Part 2
4/13/2021
As we closed out part one of this series, I was working as a manufacturing engineer full time. Then, in the evenings going to night classes for a Master's degree in computer science. Before too long, I felt as though I was unable to make the impact…
change
technology - career - career-change
Making the switch - Part 1
4/10/2021
I had recently graduated with Bachelors's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Physics. I was working as a Manufacturing Engineer at an organization that engineered, machined then assembled safety equipment for non-automotive applications. There was…
camera on desk
blog-startup-series
Looking for Stock Photography
3/17/2021
When I started this project I knew I was going to need some photography. But, I was not quite sure what to do at first nor was it all that important to get the blog off the ground. So, I kicked this off with nothing but screenshots. Now that…
apple and blocks on desk
technology - learning - teaching
Lessons Learned from Teaching a 6-year-old
2/26/2021
How did I learn these lessons? I am certain that I am not unique in this aspect of life where I have a 6-year-old family member that is interested in video games. This person just so happens to be my nephew. One afternoon we were together the younger…
world
blog-startup-series
Setting Up A Domain
2/19/2021
Until this point in time, I was falling back on the GitLab Pages domain. There is nothing wrong with this domain. It was as personal as my GitLab username. However, it was missing a personalization aspect that I want. So why not buy a domain and use…
blocks on the floor
theory - patterns
Introduction: Partial Views
2/7/2021
As we saw in earlier posts, Hexo supports the idea of partial views. For a reminder here is an example of a partial view: <head> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <title><%= config.title %></title> </head> Then we can reference the above partial view…
tall grass
blog-startup-series - shrebv
Simple Styling
2/6/2021
Once the new theme was deployed out to GitLab pages. I began scrolling through it, thinking how painful it is to read through this. It is difficult to determine where one post ends and the next begins. It just feels like a big blob of text. What do…
junk plane
blog-startup-series - shrebv
Now things are UGLY
2/5/2021
Scratch that, this theme is REALLY UGLY right now. You may ask, "Why would you ever do this?". Which is a fair question. Recall in my earlier post about a theme, where this theme is going to be approached with an agile mindset? Then how…
terminal
blog-startup-series - hexo - javascript
What is an EJS file
2/4/2021
Before getting started with Hexo and poking around at the existing Hexo theme. You could have walked up to me and proposed "Tell me what a *.ejs file is and I will give you a million dollars.". I would have not become a millionaire. I had no clue…
walkway
blog-startup-series - shrebv
Things Are About To Get Ugly
1/28/2021
Until now this blog has been relying on the default Hexo landscape theme. It is time for that to change. While one could go to the library of Hexo themes and choose one off the shelf. But, where is the fun in that? Also, that would shorten this blog…
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