Z Space Blog

People tend to say that you're not "really a grown-up" until you hit thirty. I can say I managed to not die for thirty revolutions around our dear sun. Due to the simplicity of our decimal number system and our human penchant for patterns, each decade brings with it a sort of "milestone". At ten, it's more for the parents, "Congrats on not killing your kid!" At twenty, it's, "Almost old enough to drink! Welcome to adulthood!" Sitting here at thirty, it's become, "I hope you have a good day. Keep up what you're doing."

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My history of web development goes back a little over ten years. In that time, I've really not built things as well as I'd have preferred. One thing that never changed is that I continued learning and trying new things. But maybe I didn't try enough new things, and held onto older things simply because "Hey, I built that." Sporkblog is a part of that, despite it being the only project I've really stuck with. I've been questioning whether I should continue work on Sporkblog or if I should move onto something that can teach me more.

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It's been a little while since I've posted. Much of my time has been spent on reddit, since I finally caved and got an account over there. I've also been working more on my K&R exercises and working my way through Metroid Prime 3 to get all the goodies. Hypermode is pretty tough, even for me! I died five times on the Mogenar drone battle, when Veteran difficulty didn't give me any real issues! It's certainly worth playing through if you enjoy a good challenge like me.

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The build is finished! I built it on May 28th and have spent most of my computer time configuring it ever since. Here's a rundown of what's under the hood:

• ASUS M4A88TD-M, AM3 880G, SATA 6.0 Gb/s, USB 3.0
• G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1333 (2x4GB)
• 2TB HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 SATA 6.0 Gb/s, 3.5"
• AMD Phenom IIx6 1090T Black Edition 3.2 GHz, hexcore

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