Author Archives: travis

Back to Freelancing.

Well, I’m freelancing again. I think I’m better off in this situation, and I have the privilege of working with some great new clients. Continue reading

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How I Skyrocketed My Web Traffic Last Month

Holy bandwidth, Batman! Last month was a record for this humble, personal blog o’ mine. It all started around the 17th of February when some sluggish page loads prompted me to check the load on Hoogyweb’s servers. It turns out … Continue reading

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Duty Calls

Oh I do so love XKCD. While I don’t normally post links to comics, this one makes a great point… one I could stand to learn. So I decided to give it it’s own blog entry. Permalink: Duty Calls (xkcd.com)

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First Impressions on the MacBook Air

OK, people, let me start off by sharing that amongst my circle of friends I am THE biggest Mac snob. So it will come to them as a great surprise when I have something negative to say about an Apple product. But let’s look at the MacBook Air objectively, shall we? Continue reading

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Secondary Subdominants? …and other harmonic devices

I’ve been working on a lot of music lately. Sometimes, ideas and concepts come from unusual places. This time, it came from software. I was trying out Sibelius, an excellent music notation program. I usually don’t go about writing music … Continue reading

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On Internet Broadcasting…

Recently I saw a positive review of Hulu.com, the joint effort of media giants News Corp. and NBC Universal, which is currently in beta testing stages. With these two mega media giants come a wealth of network content, from NBC … Continue reading

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Trav’s Diagonal Scale Method (w/examples)

It was recently asked of me by a former student how I play multi-octave scales on the guitar. The answer involves a seven-note scale system I developed about 10 years ago while a in college. With it, I can fly … Continue reading

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Die, Barney, DIE!!

New category for my blog! I added “Comics” to my blog, and to start it of, I dug up a comic from my old High School news paper. Expect more comics soon. Check back often!

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Boston Trip – 5/4/07

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HoogyWeb is up an running!!

Well, friends, I finally revamped my website, and this time I did it the right way. The new HoogyWeb is based on a full featured content management system. I can log in, add and organize pages, and post to my blog all inside … Continue reading

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