alvincrespo: Archive

Professionalism and Happiness

Let me start by saying that becoming a professional is a very difficult thing to do for many people - including myself. I wouldn’t say that I am a professional at what I do, instead I am on the path to becoming a professional. To become a professional one must form several core values, and these should help you along to achieving your professionalism - whatever that may be. Being happy with...

Jan 4th

Introducing filer.js

ericbidelman: Some 1300+ lines of code, 106 tests, and a year after I first started it, I’m happy to officially unleash filer.js (https://github.com/ebidel/filer.js); a wrapper library for the HTML5 Filesystem API. Unlike other libraries [1, 2], filer.js takes a different approach and incorporates some lessons I learned while implementing the Google Docs Python client library. Namely, the...

Dec 27th

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Learn ze Javascripts!

Javascript is pretty amazing, to say the least. I’m not saying that just because it is my favorite language, only Ruby occupies that space, but because its actually pretty damn easy to learn and apply daily. There are three things that make javascript amazing today: The community The frameworks The support - browser support of course Now I started learning javascript back in college -...

Oct 7th

Updating...to Tumblr!

Updating my site to tumblr. - Wordpress was just getting to complicated for the simplicity I demand.

Oct 4th

“A good analogy to software design is the process of building a home. You would...”

– Beginning C# Object-Oriented Programming by Dan Clark and published by Apress

Sep 27th

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Verizon your Exchange Policy Sucks

Verizon’s exchange policy sucks, and I’ll tell you why. First, a little background information always helps. I was a satisfied AT&T customer for the past two years, with an iPhone 3GS. Yes, dropped calls would happen here and there, and I wouldn’t get reception everywhere I went. Especially when I visited friends and family in the shire of New Hampshire, yes it is a magical...

Aug 22nd

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Strength to Carry On

Ill make this short. Or maybe not, depends. My life was taken away from me when I lost my best friends to a very unfortunate circumstance. Since then I’ve become who I am now, a person lacking the ability to maintain faith in what I was raised in. This is mostly due to not trusting people because we all make mistakes, but I have learned to forgive and forget. Its times like these that I...

Jul 20th

Reconnecting with an old friend

I’ve reconnected with an old friend of mine. Its been so long that I’m actually kind of shaky. The rush of emotions of this is like a tidal wave knocking you off your feet and losing your breath before you even hit the water.

Jul 20th

The Struggle for or against 'Fair Use' →

Jun 24th

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Jun 19th

Your Startup Sucks: How to (Fucking) Hire... →

startupsucks: This is a fairly coarse article. There’s a gentler version posted here. This is a topic that has really gotten out of hand. There are all sorts weighing in these days — along with far too much jowl waggling by middle managers and idealist super hackers. So let’s cut the shit and get…

Jun 17th

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Jun 15th

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SAM Busker Fest Experience

Last night I attended the SAM Busker Fest here in Long Beach, CA. Overall the show was quite spectacular, with many artists coming out to showcase their best. As usual there were the one or two bands that really didn’t stand out, lacking dazzling performance and musical innovation. However, the main event turned out to be spectacular. I had the delight to be in right in the front, dancing...

Aug 29th

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Psychology and Post Secret

http://www.postsecret.com/ One of my favorite websites ever. This is probably because I am very interested in our inner personality. I feel that society resctricts us so much that sometimes we feel that we would not be accepted by our family or friends. Although, there is much debate about why this happens, including religion or societal beliefs, this is a problem that deserves much attention. ...

Jul 31st

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Jul 30th

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Initial ActionScript 3.0 Library for Facebook...

Lately Ive had to do alot of research into the Facebook API or rather API’s. At the moment two API’s exist, the old Rest API and the new Graph API. If you are new to the platform and have found this review, I can tell you right now, all Facebook developers feel your pain. It is a very immature and unorganized architecture, and looks to be lacking direction for improvement. My...

Jun 23rd

Mass for the Dead

Lately Ive been listening to Requiem Mass in D minor by Mozart. Requiem stands for ‘Mass for the Dead’ or ‘Mass of the Dead’. In my opinion, this is the best work completed by Mozart, right before his death in 1791. Mozart is my favorite composer of all time because his music speaks to my past and future. As I listen to Requiem Mass in D minor I can’t help but...

Jun 23rd

The Victim

You are the victim. We are the victim. The victim.

Jun 11th

Oddly Enough

Oddly enough, I miss RIT. I wont be going back anytime soon, but I do miss it. Perhaps I miss the people the most, and If I were to go back now, Id miss it even more.

Jun 10th

Cross Country Trip Album

Currently uploading photos from Janice and I’s cross country trip. Will post a link soon!

Jun 5th

New Flickr Profile →

This is my new flickr profile containing all photos I will be uploading in the future.

Jun 5th

Recently Released AMPM Widget

Jun 4th

How To Destroy Angels - Free Digital EP →

Just a reminder that How To Destroy Angels have released a FREE digital EP. It is a great album with fun sounds and great lyrics. The experimental sounds are enough to create an orgasm in your brain.

Jun 4th