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12/13/2005 18:47 #32405

My new application
Category: work
Well, my learn a bunch of new language in a week and make an application with them application is coming along. I had a glimmer of hope that i might start to be able to use PHP 5 at work as my supervisor had me add it to the list of languages in the coding shairng application. I named it r:share. I'll keep my fingers crossed. In the mean time at least I made an application where we can share code and leave notes for each other about the code that we write.

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I cannot wait to get the new computer and deisgn software so that I can make prettier stuff and not have to wait ten hours for the computer to think everytime I do something. Also I think the CRT is killing my eyes. The new one should have a flat panel. If not I am going to bring my own in.

My next project besides the treo/blackberry mobile site and this code sharing application might be to make a flash video xml reader. I love flash and xml. This job is fun because everything is always so different and the people are awesome. I makers me kick myself for all the time I waste din the past.

Today I had Beef on Weck with onion rings. It was so super fantastic but I forgot to take a picture. You will just have to believ me how delicious it was.

In other news, surebert was downloaded 120 times so far.


shawnr - 12/13/05 22:13
I think it's clear PHP is the preferred language online, in spite of recent newer languages. It's certainly more popular and widespread than ASP or VB. Also, I'm using Surebert in my MMORPG game, and I just turned some other cool folks onto it...

12/13/2005 00:31 #32404

ASP, blah
Category: work
I have this habit of being getting to be really good at something just as some other circumstance takes me elsewhere. It started when I was really good at Botany and got a scholarship to go to Germany. Before I ever got to become a botanist, I switched to German and got really good at German language. Up until the point when I needed money and there were no German jobs in Buffalo so I started at Canisius.

In order to move on up, I began to get really good at doing 3D modeling and a couple years went by. At that point, I was extreemly proficient n 3D modeling and texturing. Then as the jobs for 3D weren't happening in Buffalo and I needed money , I switched to back to web design. I spent about 12 hours a day for 2 years learning the just about everything about XML, Javascript, PHP, AJAX and MySQL. I even got a lot of job offers to continue my work in PHP based web development. But none of them were in Buffalo.

Then I got the job at Roswell and now I am back to beginning something new to make the apps in ASP and Jscript. I seems really lame in that this time I am switching to something new, but not really something different enough or better. The application I am developing now could have been done last week in PHP 5.

Luckily, I get paid enough to just deal with it. Oh and the food is still great. Today I had chicken florentine.

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twisted - 12/13/05 00:42
That chicken floretine definitely looks worth it.

12/11/2005 16:48 #32403

christmas tree continued
Category: holiday
I think the best part of the entire experience was having (e:matthew) pinned on the floor under the tree saying

We are never getting a stupid real tree again. Next time it's a plastic one.


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Trees are so expensive. Between the tree and the minimal decoratons and stand it came to around $100.
jim - 12/12/05 10:46
How tall is that tree? It looks huge.
ladycroft - 12/12/05 10:18
we've used the same tree and ornaments since 1975.
jim - 12/12/05 10:09
I just got my Christmas tree, and I felt shocked that it only cost $100 for the tree and decorations. :)

I was picturing a bigger hit than that.
metalpeter - 12/11/05 17:06
Nice tree, I hope it is all decorated by the party on Sat. That is one picture I hope to take.

12/11/2005 16:41 #32402

City Tree Shopping
Category: holiday
(e:matthew) said there was some Christmas Tree place in the city so we decided to try again today. It's at the corner of 19th and Rhode Island.

The trees were much cheaper and they had a variety of kinds. We ended up with the kind that has soft needles. It was nice to not have to trek back to the suburbs.
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12/11/2005 15:05 #32401

Christmas Tree
Category: holiday
I decided to let down a little on my anti-christmas tree stance so that (e:matthew) could get a tree for his star trek ornament collection. He now has almost the entire collection and he never had a big tree to put them on.

We went to go look for one yesterday on the way home from searching for a USB microscope. Does anyone know where to buy one locally.

I guess you have to think of them like buying flowers. They were grown to be picked. I suppose one every five years isn't so bad.

We were going to buy a potted one but they are like $60 at the coop.

So we went to go get a tree yesterday but (e:terry) kind of freaked out about the tree and went in the car, so we didn't get one afterall.

Does anyone else eat at Solid Ground. I love that place but when we got there at 2:30PM, it was already closing so we ended up at Ambrosia.
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jim - 12/12/05 10:10
The hours at Solid Grounds seem so strange. I guess they cater to the hospital crowd for morning and lunch, and that's it.