I haven't posted here in ages, mostly because I've been relatively busy. I've been trying to pick up some knowledge of php, and have made a couple of scripts that are mostly for my use. The first one was a news script based on writing/pulling information to/from a text file, in order to update things on websites at work without the use of a database system.
The second script was a variation on this, which uses mySQL, has a login system, etc. I intend to use it as a blog script, as well as using it for a news area on my main website, when I get it up and running. Steph and I have been working on making a decent frontpage area to my website…I made some little oldschool characters from pacman, etc and did some lettering, a little snake design, etc and then Steph changed up some colors and the design a bit and made it look nicer. The design portion of things seems to come a little more naturally to her. I have to have some sort of external inspiration in order to do anything visual at all. So basically, she's going to work on it a bit more and hopefully make it look nice, and I'll tweak it, make some flash effects and buttons, and put it in website form. I think that someday if we both had decent skills in various scripting languages, etc we would make a pretty good team. I still think that most of my creations will have to be functional rather than asthetic though…I don't think I have it in me…which makes me pretty sad, really. I know how to do things….but I just don't seem to be able to put ideas together in order to make something.
My third script was just a tiny one which reads another website or file's contents, so that I can read websites that are blocked by the base's proxy while I am at work.
Anyway, I'm sure it won't be too long before my site is up, and then I'll have various areas where anyone interested can see what I'm working on/learning. I'm still pretty new to it all, so it won't be very exciting, I'm sure. I'd just like to learn as much as possible by doing various projects before I get out of the military, and as soon as I have a better grasp on php and mySQL, I can try to learn a proper compiled programming language like C++ or something to give me a better chance of getting the kind of job I want on the outside. I'd also like to maybe do occasional work online on the side for extra income, and I'd like a job at a small company that would allow me the time and freedom to pursue things that interest me while at work. I'm sure it would benefit them as well, in the long run.
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