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Doug Porter -
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Certified PowerBuilder Developer
Mobile, AL, United States
The views expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of my current employer(s), friends, family, or people I have never met. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Category Archives: Misc
High School Graduation Letter To My Cousin
A short while back my cousin graduated from high school and was poised to head off to college at the University of Alabama. I wrote her a graduation letter to try and distill the things I thought she needed to … Continue reading
Meetup with Old Friends
Got a call last week from a friend I hadn’t seen in about a year with an invite to dinner with another long lost friend. Holly Miller (former University of South Alabama Volleyball extraordinaire and CIS graduate), now Holly Hunt … Continue reading
Pandora Music Service
Most of the developers I know work much better with soothing tunes playing in the background or through some good headphones. Now this may be because programmers are artists and artists appreciate good music, but it may also be because … Continue reading
Is Retiring While Young All Fun and Games?
ArsDigita founder and MIT professor Philip Greenspun has put up a great article on his site about retiring young: Early Retirement It makes you think. Many of these things I realize are potential problems with retiring completely (especially every time … Continue reading
WordPress 2.0 Upgrade Complete
This blog is officially upgraded and running on WordPress 2.0. Pretty painless upgrade. Backup, copy new stuff over, run upgrade.php file, replace some custom content in my template files (my contact info, statcounter info, etc.), done. Not sure yet what … Continue reading