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.
Most Recent Blog Posts
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.
Brasstown Bald, the highest natural point in Georgia.
Brasstown bald is the highest natural point in the state of Georgia with a summit elevation of 4,784 feet above mean sea level .. and...
Semantic UI
It's time to remove the often obtuse vocabulary overhead required by certain UI frameworks
Grasshopper Escapement
I started creating my main escape gear measured it to have 30 teeth and made a jig to help. Sure enough, 29 teeth.. Damn it!...
Banjo Clock: It's Alive!
I have been lugging around this broken banjo clock for something like 15 years. Well it's finally on the wall!