Nathan Scott Smith
The inside scoop on Nathan Smith.
The Cheating Mentality
Essay about cheating in online games, using hacks in multiplayer games.
2013 in Review
Newsletter about 2013, including various losses in our family and other news.
Notes From Cali
Words from a friend absentia.
Renaissance Man
An essay on the extinction of the Renaissance Man or polymath in human history.
Information Overload
An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age
An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.
PHP Traits for Implementing Interfaces
PHP 5.4 introduced traits. Traits are in many ways like code-assisted copy and paste. They are ways to mix code into a class without inheritance. But what are they good for? When should they be used?
Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization that can be done in-house, as well as advice for higher rankings.
MySQL Sort Order with NULL
Learn how to force NULL values to the end of a sorted list
