Blog Posts

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The next step in my career - 29 March, 2012

Today is my last day working for the Cake Development Corporation. In my three years with CakeDC, I have had the opportunity to be exposed to awesome people, projects, and have had the opportunity to learn new and exciting approaches to CakePHP de...

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3D terrain generation with THREE.js - 30 January, 2012

I’m increasingly interested in the use and application of Perlin and Simplex style noise generation to real world problems, and even moreso for the simulation of real world environments. This has come from my personal side projects in game develop...

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2D Terrain Generation with Processing - 06 January, 2012

Yeah yeah.. You’ve heard it all before. Terrain generation. Perlin noise. All that jazz. Yes, well, I have gone and done it again, and I have used this attempt at 2D terrain generation to try and get a better understanding of the control I have ov...

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Automating deployment with Fabric - 22 December, 2011

Lately as part of my work, and as part of trying to make changes faster on my personal site, I have been trying to really ease deployment. I encourage people to release early, release often, but I have often found the systems and processes require...

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The future of PHP: CakePHP - 10 December, 2011

Elizabeth Naramore of Engine Yard has been conducting a series of podcasts on "The future of PHP". Thus far she has conducted talks with the team from PEAR and Pyrus, and Lithium. On the 12th December, 2011, she will be interviewing Larry Masters,...

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