The first MtB post was merely an introduction of the idea for this series. In this, the second installment, I will describe the MySQL schema used to store post information. Future MtB posts will go into the coding behind the various public and tools-oriented pages used to display and update the...

I’m currently sitting on my plastic covered couch waiting for the cable guy to get here. Besides the couch, there’s also a microwave, two folding chairs, and a TV set in here. It’s beautiful. I’m also “borrowing” my neighbor’s wireless network to make this post. I thought that I might have “Making...

This was made using the “Old Guy-Mean Guy” technique and another photo of me from the Dominican Republic (it’s the only photos I have on this computer). [](http://sites.strangerstudios.com/therealjasoncoleman/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2007/01/jason.gif) The piece is significant because it...

While messing around with some logo ideas for a possible client, I came up with this pic: This was done in Photoshop. I basically drew a bunch of circles on different layers, outlined them with the “stroke” layer effect and did some choice “spherizing” to make things look less flat. It’s a nice...

At the Barnes&Noble the other day, I came across this Eric Meyer book on CSS and skimmed through it a bit. ‘turns out, there’s this great big controversy over laying out websites using CSS instead of tables. I’ve been away from the “web development scene” a bit since I started my new job last May....

I created this website to give myself an outlet for my creative urges. I imagined myself writing fictional masterpieces weekly and creating scores of compiled computer games, all of which I would upload to this site. Well, that’s only partially happening. I’m actually encouraged with my...

I figured some of my writing pieces and whatnot were going to be too long to fit into the typical blog-post design. So I created a page suited for my longer-winded engagements. I surfed through my trusty OneNote mess for a suitable piece of writing. The result of that search is the feature I...

I’ve just started an affiliate program with Amazon. To celebrate, let me post a link to Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. This is the book I’m going to read next. I will probably sit in at Borders or Barnes&Noble and read it. If you’re not as cheap as me, you can click on the...

So I needed to have a sixth post to test my “show only 5 posts” or “recent posts” function. I didn’t have to tell you all this. I could have just added a sixth post and written about any old crap that came to mind. Well… I’m basically talking to myself here. In other ‘news’, I’m thinking about...

…on the beach…with a beautiful woman. That’s a picture of me in the header now. I’m sitting on a beach chair on the Atlantic shore of the Dominican Republic waiting for sunrise with my girlfriend Kim. (links above)