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Wow, no updates in a long time. I recently posted this to NewbieNetwork.net for various reasons, and thought it would be good here.

Well, here we go again! I have been messing with Drupal, and I love it. And not only that, but it is very secure, and is professional to say the least. Hats of to the developer Dries on this one folks. Well done indeed.

Now onto what is going to happen here at NewbieNetwork. I have decided to evaluate where we were going, and what we are doing, and I have decided for NewbieNetwork to continue to grow as it has, I need your help. Duh! Not in the form of volunteers, though these people are always appreciated, but in the sense of a community.

Building a community of like-minded developers is what I envisioned with NN from the beginning. These are some of the ideas I envision:

PHP is a solution, but not the only solution. To fully harness the power of PHP, you need to learn other skills, like SQL, JavaScript, Linux, IIS (Yes, evil as it may seem), and may other technologies. While our focus on PHP will never waver, NN will start to open to other technologies, with your help.

A community approach has proved successful many times over. With a community oriented approach, NN has the potential to be a high-quality store-house of information. NN want's to assume the position of not on being the PHP coders online community, but also a community of developers eager to learn more. We are all newbies at something.

An oriented approach at giving back as much as recieving. Before, NN was tied in to its technology. With Drupal, we can harness a more robust setting where my original vision can be manifested more cleanly. A community that gives back to itself is a strong community indeed.

An open community. Not soley in the sense of Open Source, but in the sense that all things are equally treated here (except for Java and ASP, both of which are always fun to poke fun at, eh Brando?).

A community tied to not only technological development, but also personal development as well. Friendships and romances are made on the Internet, and why shouldn't they happen here with people who are just like you? A community, a home, a place where "everybody knows your name"TM.

A powerful vision, and on not firmly set in technology. Don't worry, the old NewbieNetwork won't go away, we just want to build on what we have.

In other news, I am working on bringing all the tutorials back online soon enough. Fear not, we will not falter!

Hey, just felt like I should update.

So, NewbieNetwork.net is still going strong, and even cooler is the fact that I am now running the only weekly PHP Newsletter. We just released issue 8 today, and I have over 350 subscribers.

Scary, huh?

I am also still working on Echelon SQL scripter, which is cool, and school is rocking along. I should have a 4.0 this semester. Hehe..dean's list, here I come.

Hehe..haven't posted anything in a while. Thought I should. Well, still rocking in school. 4.0 all the way, baby!

I am now an official developer on the Echelon project. I helped develop the MySQL Version, as well as the Functional versoin, 1.1, and 1.2 releases. =)

I am also taking a personal approach to developing Echelon Scripting Language, or ESL. It will sit on top of PHP, a scripting language itself, and will be used primarly for content retrieval from Databases (databi?). Any ways, it should be interesting. It uses an simple HTML like syntax, and so far works. Just need to set things up for content retrieval from the database. It has its own looping system. =) I am working on developing a mini variable system as well, all geared at allowing non programmers to 'program' in a simple simple simple goal-oriented programming approach.

All OGL of course.

Ever notice: www.goOGLe.com? Hehe..

NewbieNetwork.net is coming along amazingly well, the PHP Newsletter is a success. PHP Webmaster is slowly moving along, and will probably be the flagship product running on PHP Echelon SQL and the ESL. Who knows?

Haven't posted in a while. Might as well. =)

Firstly, the PHP Webmaster project is going great! Very happy with it. I am on vacation for a week and a half. Enjoying this time off immensly.

School is going well. C++ class is a joke. Visual Basic as well, though I can't blame them, I am taking this course more for the paper than anything, though I admit I do learn a few new things here and there. Its also nice to help the newer people learn how to program. =)

Right now I am working on a program for PHP Developers, a C++ IDE, though I am still in the development phase. Need to do some work on the Syntax Highlighting. I can't figure out how I am going to do it...if anyone has any advice, psuedo-code, etc, let me know. Please! It is so irritating that I can do so much, and the little thing like syntax highlighting of a code is something that just boggles my mind! haha, the joys of programming.

Jesus Saves! And redeems valuable coupons for cash and prizes.

Today I spoke with an old friend, and found out she had cancer. Old friend is a bad term, as she is more than that, a lifeline, a verbal lover, a true friend. The kind of person you can tell the worst things you have done too and they will only love you more.

If you read this, please, offer your prayers, whether you follow a religion or not. Thank you.

Well, cleaning up the house today. Got my grades back from school for this semester:

• Visual Basic: A
• Unix: A
• Oracle: A

Big surprise, huh? hahah.. so I am feeling pretty hyped about that.

Um..lets see in other news...PHP Webmaster development is going very well. Complete seperate of code and design has been accomplished, and I have started work on the admin area. I am getting ready to release a developer's version of the code, for all those people that want it. But yeah, its turning out very nice.

Haven't updated in a while. ho hum..been busy. Still working on PHP Webmaster, and getting a lot of good feedback on it. Coming along very well. Thanks to deekayen for inspiring me to write my own CMS (though I don't think he actually knows that he did that..haha =)). I will have to give him credits though when PHPWM does finally get released for the inspirtation.

Cut my finger today at work. Nasty cut, bleed forever. Not good.

School is just too easy. Blowing through the classes. Next Semester we finally get to C++.

Interview tomorrow for a job at a local web design company. Junior Webmaster position to fill. Requirements are below me, but its better than where I am at, and I need to get back into my career field.

Also, did some more research for my JCD project. Anyways, out to the coffee shop. Cya

Work....you know, as much as I like cooking... it can be so boring when you have so much other stuff to do that you love so much more, like coding. Going to class tonight, need to talk about financial aid. I hate that stuff, I meant, I wish I could have just dealt with it all the first time out... I just want to go to school, finish up, graduate and then pay off my loans. Argh...

Well, you do what you have to do, right?

Quote for the day... I realize what I am now to smart to mention. Fionna Apple

Actually, March 14 where I live...1:17 AM

Another night, another day...ho hum.

If you are bored, do a search on google for your name and see what you come up with. It can be fun. Also, have people you haven't seen in a while...do a search for their name..and you will come up with some good results. =)

4:30 Didn't feel like going to school today. Its unix..and can get very boring when you are pretty much familiar with the stuff anyways. So I will be working on a few things, namely PHPWebmaster as well as my health sites, LehighHealth.com. I can put some more work into that...yes..good stuff. =)