Everytime year or so I come up with a tired epiphany that I need to write more. The fact is I suck at writing, but it brings me joy. Despite my affection for trying to get my thoughts out into words. I begin to lack motivation and become reluctant to write after a troll orContinue reading “More writing”
Author Archives: Dan Martin
Protecting hardwood floor from my evil office chair
Up until last week I have spent the entire new century struggling to protect our floors from my office chair. The bane of my existence is the stupid plastic mat that always ends up curling slightly at the edges. Just enough to catch your unsuspecting toes (or in between toes) in surprise attack. That produceContinue reading “Protecting hardwood floor from my evil office chair”
Angular JS – Combining two http requests into one promise
As developers we often find ourselves doing things we shouldn’t be doing, and putting best practices aside for the sake of a “solution.” In my case I found myself needing data that was not in our API end point, because it was customized to suit another application’s needs. So I had to make another APIContinue reading “Angular JS – Combining two http requests into one promise”
Mt. St. Helens Trip
After months of rain the skies parted and we decided to take an impromptu trip up to Mt. St. Helens so the kids could see it for for the first time in person. Got to take a little hike from Johnston Ridge observatory hike. Managed to even get a little sunburn. A post shared byContinue reading “Mt. St. Helens Trip”
Cross Country – Mount Rushmore
On day three of our amazing trip cross country we started the day off in beautiful Rapid City, South Dakota. The monument didn’t allow dogs and we had two crazy dogs in tow. My son, Atharv and I made a quick dash through the monument speed reading plaques and snapping off shots as quickly asContinue reading “Cross Country – Mount Rushmore”