Apt142’s Blog

I recently read/re-read the book Flowers for Algernon. I remember reading a short story of it in school a long time ago. I liked it quite a bit then. However, the short story didn’t delve into quite the number of complexities as the book.
For those that haven’t read it… Flowers for […]

I recently found out about Google’s Chart API. For those that don’t know what an API is, it’s an interface for programmers to pass information or request information from another application. It’s like a user interface, except for programs.
Anyways, this great tool will help me a lot around the office. […]

If you’ve ever had a job dealing with the public in any capacity then you’ve dealt with them. Or if you’ve ever had an office job, you’ve worked with them.
Dumb People.
They’re everwhere. They walk around just like everybody else and they don’t even know they’re dumb. You see them […]

A strong theme in a great amount of our literature, past, present and future is the idea of protecting the weak from the strong. Stories even as far back as Beowulf and the Arthurian Legends all have this central concept that those with power should protect those without. In addition, those with power who prey […]