Alan Williamson

  • Apollo 13 (1995)

    One of my all time favorite movies that never fails to deliver on one of the most dramatic incidents in the Apollo space missions.  Tom Hanks proves he is one of our generations greatest actors as he slips into the character of Jim Lovell, who was also a technical adviser on the movie. James Horner Read Post ⇢

  • Kill Me Three Times (2014)

    This popped up on Netflix and I will confess to not knowing about this Simon Pegg comedy thriller he made last year in Australia.   It isn’t the best of his output and one can’t help but feeling he was lending his name and box office draw to this rather low budget local country movie. Read Post ⇢

  • [review] Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

    Bruce Schneier has recently released his latest book covering the use of data in our modern day world. Taking a deep dive into the world of privacy, surveilence and encryption this was a real page turner, resulting in it really difficult to put down. I had to keep reminding myself this was not fiction. This Read Post ⇢

  • We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy

    Just finished the excellent book, “We don’t need roads: the making of the Back to the Future” http://amzn.com/B00OZ0TN6I that was recently published.   It chartered the journey from inception right through making of the final film. I am a huge fan of the BTTF and can proudly quote pretty much every line so I  was excited to Read Post ⇢

  • OpenBD – for remote proxying

    The standard CFCONTENT tag has had the file=“” feature from the start.  This is where you can pass in a local file and have it sent to the client.  Extremely handy when you are giving a client access to a file that may not be in the webapp directory or if you want to add Read Post ⇢

  • I have seen many a multi-monitor setup, but when I spotted one of my team, Trace, with the tiered monitor configuration, I done a double take. Trace has a USB monitor in-between his laptop and his keyboard, low enough that he can look over to see the laptop monitor behind him.    Genius setup. Read Post ⇢

  • Tesla Motors: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Sparked the Next Tech Revolution

    The inspiration behind Tony Stark’s Iron Man business man persona, Elon Musk, is truly a fascinating and intriguing character.   I will confess that my first impression of Musk, was an eccentric rich play boy, who craved the lime light with no real substance – the technologies Paris Hilton. I couldn’t have been more wrong Read Post ⇢

  • [review] Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

    I am always fascinated at the history of companies, particularly those that we interact with on a daily basis.  Yahoo is one of the original pioneering internet companies that seems to be a poison chalice for any CEO that attempts to reform it back to its glory days. This book, contrary to the title, is Read Post ⇢

  • Amazon S3 overhaul for OpenBD

    Building on last weeks work with AmazonS3Write() function, I have just released a slew of updates and changes to the whole range of OpenBD functions designed to make it easier to work with Amazon’s S3. The following functions have been updated with new functionality: AmazonS3Write()Supports background uploads. Multi-part uploads (for larger files). Set storage class Read Post ⇢

the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.

For over 20 years, I’ve shared my thoughts whenever the muse strikes. It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, and enjoying every second.