Michael Earls has been programming computers since 1982, when his parents bought him his first home computer - the TI-99/4A.
He enjoys writing music and playing video games in his spare time.
Throughout my life, I have enjoyed just getting in my car and exploring the area around me. When I was 18 years old, I still lived with my parents. One night, I suddenly woke up in the wee hours of…
I am still working on a map at work and I needed to be able to zoom into a map element when a user clicks on it. Originally, I was using the dxVectorMap.zoomLevel() method, but I realized that calculating…
I was just perusing a forum about software jobs and the topic came up of companies expecting their software developers to work 80-100 hour work weeks as a W-2 employee (no overtime) in a right-to-work state (you can be laid…
Cloudinary is a cloud host for images that provides many features for manipulating images and serving them to your users in various formats. Cloudinary can transform your original images into other formats, as well as allow you to add transformations…
I am a professional software developer. Most of my spare time is spent writing code for side projects. When I'm not writing code or hanging out with my wife, I'm creating music. I'm just a music hobbyist, so my toolbox…
testing.jpg --> I spent a few hours with the Softube Modular over the weekend and I am very impressed. If you're unfamiliar with modular synthesis, I highly recommend watching the video below. Also, try searching YouTube for "Modular synthesizer…
Currently at work, I am working on creating a map of Alabama that we can use to select and display data for individual counties/school districts and points of interest within those counties. Update: May 17, 2016: As it turns…
I wrote the following on April 14, 2000. I used to sit and speculate on what the world might look like in the future. Sixteen years later, and here I am, an "elder", watching the "youth" try to replace me…
