About
About Jonah Bishop
I’m a generally geeky guy who lives and works in Durham, NC. I work for IBM, writing test tools to validate IBM hardware. Programming is so enjoyable to me that, not only do I do it at work, but I also write code in my spare time. I’m well versed in several languages: C/C++, PHP, Perl, and all manner of shell scripts. If I had to pick a favorite language, I’d go with either Perl or PHP.
Some of my non-computing related interests include photography, music, and the occasional outdoors hike. The older I get, the less television interests me; there’s very little that I watch these days.
About This Site
Year of the Code Monkey gives me a more dynamic and personal web presence than its sister site Born Geek. In short, this is my space to do and say what I feel. Feel free to join in the discussions at any time; comments are welcome from all readers.
The odd name for this blog comes from the fact that I was born in the Chinese year of the monkey, and I happen to be a code monkey. For me, every year is the year of the code monkey!
This website is powered by WordPress and uses a custom-built theme. Site hosting is happily provided by DreamHost (learn how to save money with them).
Photography Album
The software I use to power my photo album, which I have lovingly dubbed “Monkey Album”, is a custom creation. It is written using PHP and MySQL and is, to some extent, modeled after a third-party album package I used to employ. I consider Monkey Album to be a work in progress, so don’t be surprised if you eventually see a new feature or two. At this time, it is not available to the public.
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