As a kid, I enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (and sometimes I’d even put them back together). That natural curiosity led me into software development where I actually get paid to take things apart and put them back together. Working in with computers funds my flying habit, and this section of the site is about technical things I find interesting.
AngelMap source code available
posted in Technology · Oct 06, 2007
The source code and documentation for AngelMap is now available on the new AngelMap project page hosted at RubyForge. The code is released as open source under the GNU General Public License.
The project page also provides a place to report bugs, request features, or post to forums about AngelMap.
AngelMap Released
posted in Technology · Sep 26, 2007 · Comments: 2
Nancy and I have been members of Angel Flight West for just over a year now. It’s an organization that links up volunteer pilots with people who need air transportation for medical or humanitarian reasons. Pilots review a list of mission requests and choose which ones to volunteer for. The problem is the list is … just a list. I wanted to see the list of available missions on a map.
To make a long story short, I developed an application called AngelMap which plots the Angel Flight West mission list on a Google Map. Please check it out and let me know what you think. Either post a comment to this article, or drop me a line via the contact form.
Alternative Feed URL
posted in Technology · Sep 13, 2007
For some reason, Google Reader doesn’t seem to pick up the RSS feed when you point it to http://pfactor.com/rss. It does work if you point it to http://feeds.feedburner.com/pfactor. I’ll try to figure out why this is, but in the mean time if you’re having problems with the RSS feed you can try using http://feeds.feedburner.com/pfactor and see if that works for you.
Switching to the Mac
posted in Technology · Sep 08, 2007
I don’t know what really made me do it. It was probably a combination of curiosity, those hilarious Mac vs. PC commercials on TV, and the fact that it was time to upgrade my home computer. I know several people, who (just like me) were long-time Windows users, and have switched to the Mac and simply love it. They said things like, “Things just work,” and “Once you go Mac, you’ll never go back.” Although these are people whose opinions I trust, I was still somewhat skeptical as I clicked the “add to cart” button on Apple’s online store.
RSS Feeds are Live
posted in Technology · Sep 01, 2006
You’ll find a few little feed icons 
scattered about the site now. If you’re hip to what RSS and Atom are all about, you don’t need any further explanation. Please let me know if you have any problems with the feeds.
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If you don’t want to deal with this new fangled feed stuff, you can get an email when the site is updated. Just enter your email address in the top right corner on the home page.