Jason Ellis
RandomStringOfWords.com
a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.
Support the Country You Live In or Live in the Country You Support
A country without borders is no country. This isn't a far-right rant — it's historical pattern recognition from Rome to Sweden.
Out of time, Site Future Plans, Life Goals, Etc..
Well, it's that time again. Time for me to talk about how I never post any more and how I have no time. Life is...
Democratic Socialism
I feel that this socialism road people are trying to take us down will have a very bad ending...
Livable Wages and Unreasonable Client Expectations
I work in an industry that demands highly skilled laborers but are constantly bombarded by accusations of greed or people that scoff as the costs....
Modifying Jekyll to track my RV-10 Build Log! Sorta...
I started writing a special custom plugin that would allow me to have a new post type but the more I got into it the...
Sometimes you just have to fire a client
Most people don't really think of clients as "fireable", including clients themselves... Think again. Sometimes the best thing a company can do is get rid...
Learning to fly!
I have always wanted to fly and have taken several steps towards doing just that in the past, but each time I would run out...
Coins: Pyramid or Poniz - Both? Neither?
I have been pondering this at length -- Is bitcoin (or any of the alt-coins) a ponzi or pyramid scheme? Ponzi maybe, pyramid no. How...
I want to go soaring
I can suffer flying commercial to go back and forth to Texas when I need to go because it's only $300 round trip, but to...
Hardware Review: Oculus Rift
After my first 48 hours with the Oculus Rift; Holy crap. It's awesome. Not perfect by any stretch of the meaning, but as developer kits...
State of the Industry Concerns
When your software goes from 'magic' to just another tool in your toolbox that you fully understand, then you can call yourself an expert. Until...
Software Development Costs
You get what you pay for and people some how refuse to learn that lesson with software.