Category Archives: General News

General information about patorjk.com or Patrick.

2008 Is Coming To A Close…

The end of 2008 is approaching. It’s been a good year for this site. I’ve learned a bunch of new things, and the site grew significantly in its content and daily traffic. Right now I’m enjoying the holiday, so I … Continue reading

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patrickgillespie.com – What Should I Do With It?

Not many people search for the phrase “Patrick Gillespie”, but those who do find that the first listing is a short little article about Patrick Gillespie failing to register as a sex offender. Once you read it you can see … Continue reading

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Souping Up WordPress and TAAG Updates

I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 weeks since I last updated. It seems like every day I think about something new I could do for this site, yet I only get to do a small portion of what I … Continue reading

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StumbleUpon-ed

I received 10,765 visitors yesterday, which is pretty good for a small site like this one. Late in the day yesterday I checked my stats and kind of had to do a double take. As soon as I saw the … Continue reading

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JavaScript Snake

During my senior year of high school, I took an independent study course in C++. Originally it had been a full fledged C++ course, but since only 4 students signed up, the school put us all in its independent study … Continue reading

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Today I am 26

Knowing that I’m 26 makes me feel old. When I don’t think about the number, I feel like a young guy. At work, I’m the only person on my team who’s in their 20′s. Less than 2 years ago I … Continue reading

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Forums!

It’s late and if I don’t get to bed soon I’m going to be sincerely sorry in the morning (I’ve got a 9:30 meeting – only early if you consider the fact I’ll be going to bed at 2). So … Continue reading

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A Story, An Update, and Some Blogs

A Real Programmer? “I’m not one of these younger guys who don’t really know anything. I’m an older guy, a real programmer with real experience.” So those weren’t his exact words, I’m paraphrasing from memory, but it contains the basic … Continue reading

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New Web App: Image Color Palette Generator

After upgrading to PHP5, which was much less painless than I thought it would be, I decided to take a deeper look into how to do image manipulation in PHP. This is usually done with the gd library, which provides … Continue reading

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Slider Puzzle Source Code and Other Nonsense

I’ve finally gotten around to releasing my Slider Puzzle source code. Hopefully someone out there can find a good use for it. I was tempted to set up a Jessica Alba puzzle on some free web hosting site and then … Continue reading

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