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iPhone Delegate Gotchas and Best Practices
I feel like Newton must have felt when the theory of gravity presented itself to him.  I witnessed an event that I've observed many times before but never understood, but this time I noticed an imp...
Scorch 1.1 Now Available Free!
The long wait is over, and Scorch 1.1 is now available for free on the App Store. Congratulations to all those who won promo codes over the last month. There's a lot of good stuff in the developmen...
Dreams of Progressive Sustainability
Last night, while driving to the Tampa Ruby Brigade meetup, I saw something that triggered thoughts about our social and cultural dependence on electricity. We Americans live in a world of constant...
Free iPhone App Giveaway Extended Another Week
Due to delays in the App Store review process, I'm extending the free giveaway by a week. Some may say that the app review process is frustrating, but I want to take advantage of the delay to reach...
Scorch 1.1 Coming Soon
I just submitted Scorch 1.1 for review on the App Store.  This version is full of new features, improvements, and uses a whole new purchasing model. Now, you can get the app for free with a limited...
Get Ready for Scorched Earth 1.1
First, I want to thank all those who have downloaded Scorch.  I feel proud to be a part of the rebirth of something we all cherish from the early days of PC games, and I want you all to know that I...
Artificial intelligence using Ruby on Rails
When I first began learning about neural networks, many of the techniques were foreign to me. All I had ever known about computers was that logic must be pre-defined in procedures comprised of line...
Multi-column indexing of large database tables
In my previous article, I described a project I recently finished involving a simple web application backed by a large database. The database has over 12 million records, with almost 40 columns for...
Using Ruby on Rails to web-enable a large database
I recently did some pro bono work for People United For Medical Marijuana (http://pufmm.org), a non-profit political action campaign dedicated to changing marijuana legislation at the state level, ...
Pucker Lite released
I'm proud to announce the public release of our new iPhone game, called Pucker Lite, available now for free on the App Store.  This is a free version of our new puzzle strategy game.  The paid vers...