The HTC Rhyme just came out for Verizon. It seems to be a good phone and HTC is a good company but honestly who cares? It’s another Android phone with a big hi res touch screen and cameras and an LED light and a cool interface. It has all the features of an iPhone which […]
Author: jmccarver
Beale Street
When you talk about Beale Street do your friends say things like “Uuugh, why would anyone want to go there?” Do you say those things? I don’t understand it. Beale Street is fun. It’s really fun! There is live music all the time. For free anyone can walk down the street and hear 2 to […]
Been a While
It’s been a while since I wrote anything. The last post on programming languages was a bit difficult and the break was nice. I’m always open to topics people are interested in learning about and you can submit them via comments here. I have been more active lately exercising and doing parkour. In fact my […]
Programming Languages for the Internet
These aren’t all programming languages and this list doesn’t have every web programming language possible on it but this is generally (in no particular order) what you will encounter in the world of web design, development, programming, or whatever else you want to call making things online. This list is more like what you’d see […]
Google Silently Launches Chromebooks
The google laptop has come to retail. There was a stir a few months ago when google gave a select few chrome OS laptops out to testers. Today I went to read an article on The Register and saw an ad to buy one. It took me to this amazon page. Apparently they are available […]
Analysing Euclideons Graphics Engine
Note: This is an article on 3d graphics technology. I will try to keep it as approachable as possible but it’s not the easiest material in the world. There’s a new graphics company that wants to change the video game industry. Euclideon is an Australian company working on a point cloud based approach to 3d […]
How Much Website do I Need?
The first question is do you need a website? If not do you just want a website? Either way how much can you afford, and how much can your customers actually handle? Finally you need to think about things that aren’t a website at all but they are part of your web presence. If you […]
What’s an app?
The word has become ubiquitous. The iPhone has apps, Android devices have apps, the Chrome browser has apps and now Mac OS has apps too. So what are they? How can they be the same things in all these places? What if you want one of your own? I’ll start by lifting a convenient definition […]
A Brave New Website
This is it, the new jonathanmccarver.com. It’s not fancy (yet), I don’t really plan on making a pretty looking site because that’s not what I do. I make things work but in this instance I am trying to spread some of the knowledge that is natural to me. I’m making a technology blog as the […]
List of Memphis Statues
This is a work in progress. Once it’s done I’ll add it to wikipedia. Please add any you know of by commenting. 4 elvis statues downtown Nathan Bedford Forrest Buddha Religious statue of liberty Ramses W.C. Handy E. H. “Boss” Crump greek statues at the courthouse facing adams Tom Lee (in tom lee park) Soldier […]