Paul M. Jones

It’s been pretty hot in Memphis lately — 100 degrees Fahrenheit today, but with the humidity it felt closer to 105. Often, I’ll leave the dogs outside while I’m at work, but in this heat that’s dangerous (even though they quickly retire to the much-cooler under-the-deck climate).
So for the first time in a couple [...]

A few bug fixes, a couple of new methods, but most importantly: more unit tests and documentation.

The Solar wiki has a lot of new end-user documentation up.

I just got this via email: “Congratulations on passing the Zend PHP Certification exam! ” Woohoo!
But please, no applause; just throw money. ;-)

New docs, a unit test set, package2.xml, and other under-the-hood goodies.

The Supreme Court has just ruled that governments can seize private property under eminent domain and give that property to other private holders.
The case in question was about a developer who claimed he could generate more tax revenue for local government with a particular piece of land, except the landholder wasn’t selling. The Supreme [...]

Not only is Batman Begins the best film/TV Batman, it’s one of the best action superhero films ever, on par with the first Superman, Spider-Man 1 and 2, and Unbreakable. Genuinely moving and powerful. I give it my highest rating: worth full evening price, twice. In fact, you will enjoy it [...]

This is late notice, but: Solar 0.3.0 was relased a while ago, and we’re working on none-code tasks now (such as documentation).

Of course wikis are for documentation — but your requirements may vary.

I went to see the DreamWorks movie Madagascar this weekend. I’d been looking forward to it for some time, if only because I like good computer animation. Unfortunately, the storyline in Madagascar is not that great; while fun for the family, it’ll be more-so for the the kids than the adults. (The [...]