Author Archives: craiget

I spent awhile beating my head on this one today and couldn’t find the answer on Google (I know!), so just documenting here for future generations – in Safari and Chrome (so probably anything webkit-based), window.pageYOffset is zero (or something … Continue reading →

I’ve been shutting down my app business since it doesn’t really make enough money to be worth the hassle of properly running a business, filing taxes, etc.. Part of that process is closing all my accounts, including the Android Developer … Continue reading →

Read an interesting article on Ars Technica this morning. Looks like Bitcoin had already made the rounds earlier this summer, but I guess I missed it. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/symantec-spots-malware-that-uses-your-gpu-to-mine-bitcoins.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/bitcoin-inside-the-encrypted-peer-to-peer-currency.ars http://www.bitcoin.org Bitcoin is the first legitimate crypto-currency, an idea first suggested in … Continue reading →

Often times you reach a point in a project where it is handy to have some real data. So today I wrote a little program to grab one page worth of Want Ads from the venerable Craigslist. Having served its … Continue reading →

I think our internet is rate-limited. That’s annoying because I don’t do any of the stuff that maybe deserves it (looking at you BitTorrent!). I haven’t exactly quantified the problem yet, but the main symptom is a very reasonable rate … Continue reading →

I love finding out that some fluttering thought has a proper name. Reasonable people should agree that simply having two sides to an issue doesn’t make them equally correct. If you disagree, just take any issue you feel strongly about, … Continue reading →