I’m James Hall. programming, videogames, kicks and lyrics

Year In Review, 2008Posted by james on December 22nd, 2008

Hello everyone! I know it’s been a minute for me to post something, just been really busy with personal things and work.

2008 has seemed to just fly by. It seems like not too long ago I was on Himmershee Street with a bunch of my friends saying hello to 2008, and here we are already at the end of it. This year has been one of the bigger years of my life, mainly in the fact that I’ve finally landed a job that I extremely happy with, and can see myself at for a very, very long time.

What I figured to do here is list a few of my things from 2008 that I found memorable, and as well my favorite albums of 2008.

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The August Music PostPosted by james on August 19th, 2008

What’s up everyone, hope all is going well.  I’ve been super busy with a new client at work and havent really had the energy or time to post anything new.  But we go through launch, so now i’ve had some extra time, so im gonna do a music post because i’ve really heard some good stuff lately and think i should share.

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My Bells Have Been Rocked!!!Posted by james on August 5th, 2008

This weekend I went to the Rock The Bells festival this weekend, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the turn-out, and the acts.  I didnt like the sun so much.

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Attack of the NautilusPosted by james on August 1st, 2008

Sup y’all. Quick non programming post.  One of my favorite jazz songs is Nautilus by Bob James.  Its a well known fact that if you’re a producer in hip-hop, one way or another, you’ve sampled this song. The drum breaks are killer, the guitar riff is automatically recognizable.  Anyways, I’ve put a muxtape together that has the original song, and 5 other songs that sample it.  I hope you enjoy.

http://imjameshall.muxtape.com

Comments are appreciated.

Ruby On Rails, Tag Soup, Linq Love, and more.Posted by james on July 28th, 2008

In another one of my previous jobs, one of our different projects was running on Rails with Ruby, and I don’t know why, but I was always critical/skeptical of Ruby On Rails.  After getting my job at Agencynet and discussing the MVC pattern with my coworker Ben, he started to tell me how great Ruby On Rails was, so I decided that I would take on a new language.

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Hi, I’m James.Posted by james on July 22nd, 2008

What’s up world, this is the first post of my new blog.  I’m going to use this spot to talk about anything that really comes to mind, including, in no particular order:

• Programming principles, issues i face, and opinions
• Videogaming,Videogames, and the Videogame industry
• Music, mostly of the hiphop nature
• Fashion (rarely)

Im hoping to change the image above, i was going to attempt something tonight, but couldnt really find the images i was looking for, then pretty much figured it’d look like complete garbage, so i stopped.

I’m going to try and keep things going around here so feel free to comment on whatever and i hope you enjoy your time here!