Random Quips
Have you ever noticed how mobile sites are taking longer and longer to load? When I want read the news on the LA Times, they first load all the fancy animations (while I'm staring at a white page), and then finally the article appears. I understand why it
Programming
I 100% admit that I don't know any programming language 100%. I have to look at a cheat sheet every single time I program. Especially for students in high school like me, I don't really see the point in memorizing all the functions and syntax structures
How To
I recently got a Raspberry Pi much to my delight... until I realized that as a software-focused developer, the Pi has very little use for me. Sure it's great to have, but honestly it's pretty useless. I looked at a lot of open sourced projects but
Java
This is referencing to UIL computer science programming contests in Texas with PC^2 Common Misconceptions: * "Let's do 1,2,3 first" * DO NOT GO IN ORDER * There is no pattern in the order of the problems. The last problem might be the easiest. If it
Thoughts
As I’m analyzing the books my English teacher has assigned, I often wonder how other people interpret each sentence. Simple sentences are easy to decipher and understand, but when I get to the abstract statements, I pause: There is a reason I’m asked to read these books. These
Data
In February of 2016, I published an app called Mispelled (It's free on the AppStore). The goal of the game is quite simple, determine whether or not a word is misspelled or correct. Now half a year later, I've looked back at the data that I&
Rants
I've been looking at a lot of school websites recently, and I've noticed that many of these institutions don't bother keeping their online presence up to date. Most of the school websites that I've been too aren't fitted with Responsive
How To
The Chromebook I have has the not so great stats. I thought it would be worth my time to see if it was possible to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my computer. Turns out it wasn't. Especially for my laptop, it simply didn't have the speed
Books
[Spoilers at the end] The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau is an exhilarating novel that combines Hunger Games and Maze Runner in an post-apocalyptic world. Reading this book, I thought that it closely resembled the two other books mentioned above because of there very similar elements of world destruction, a unified
How To
Watch a YouTube video Links (1) https://discordapp.com/developers/applications/me (2) https://github.com/izy521/discord.io (3) https://github.com/izy521/discord.io/wiki (4) https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=157730590492196864&scope=bot&permissions=0 (REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE CLIENT_ID!!!) Creating a
Swimming
I read this article Already this week, he has watched several old Olympic comrades struggle in signature events. This years swimming Olympic trials in Omaha was pretty surprising. Other than Michael Phelps, the older swimmers from the 2012 Olympics haven't been doing so hot (although they are still
Swimming
You can win a race before you take your first stroke. It's that simple. The first 15 meters of your race is so important, because even a slight advantage gives you that mental assurance and power to finish. Also it is easy and free speed, with very little