Category Archives: Misc

High School Graduation Letter To My Cousin

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Doug Porter

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 →

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Meetup with Old Friends

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Doug Porter

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 →

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Pandora Music Service

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Doug Porter

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 →

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Is Retiring While Young All Fun and Games?

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Doug Porter

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 →

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WordPress 2.0 Upgrade Complete

Posted on January 6, 2006 by Doug Porter

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 →

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