Official Random Incident / Fact Thread 2 - Electric Boogaloo

[Bad Sector]

Since i was small (since ~7) i wanted to live by writing computer games. Now i'm 25 and although i've finished some, i still can't live from my own games*

(*=exception: 2 months before joining track7 games i was actually living from a couple of webgame sponsorships, although "living" is a relative term, since i was basically starving and had only enough money to avoid getting kicked out from my house - eventually i got kicked out, but that was because track7 games stopped paying people and they were owing me about six months worth of payments - i got them, but that was too late).

At least in my current job i do realtime 3D and the place is nice...

[Rizimar]

I've been trying out PHP lately, which is an excellent language. I just need to get MySQL installed properly on my personal server and figure out how to use that.

[Boone]

PHP keeps popping up in job ads, so that's a good idea Riz. ^_^

[Bad Sector]

If you use Windows, check WAMPServer. Its a single installer that puts Apache2, MySQL, PHP and PHPMyAdmin in a few steps. Also includes a nice tray icon to start/stop stuff, edit configurations, open the web directory in explorer, enable/disable plugins, etc.

Its a must if you're developing in PHP under Windows

[Rizimar]

PHP keeps popping up in job ads, so that's a good idea Riz. ^_^

That's pretty much why I'm interested in it

If you use Windows, check WAMPServer. Its a single installer that puts Apache2, MySQL, PHP and PHPMyAdmin in a few steps. Also includes a nice tray icon to start/stop stuff, edit configurations, open the web directory in explorer, enable/disable plugins, etc.

Its a must if you're developing in PHP under Windows

Awesome. I'll have to check that out. I only have Apache and PHP running so far, so this should be useful. Thanks

[chiQ]

I prefer remembering decades that I wasn't even a part of. Like the 70's! Man, those were the days, I tell ya!

The 70s did rock

[Rizimar]

PHP isn't bad! I just made a script that will help me keep track of my CD collection. Originally, I was using a C program that would, for whatever reason, corrupt the entire index when I tried entering particular albums, but the problem no longer exists with the script.

The only problem I'm having so far is forgetting to start all of the variables with a $.

[Bad Sector]

Well.

The next step would be to try and use Python instead of PHP for web programming .

[Rizimar]

What are the advantages over PHP?

[jleeto]

thanksgiving day...  time to have an EarthWorm Jim Marathon!!  And maybe read some old X-Men comics from 1994.

[Unconscious]

The worst thing about being a teenager is when I have my birthday party, I swear someone is going to spoil it by suggesting we all do drugs.

-_-

[HuntingBull]

I prefer remembering decades that I wasn't even a part of. Like the 70's! Man, those were the days, I tell ya!

The 70s did rock

I was a teenager in the seventies and man did we ROCK!!!
Played drums in a garage band, played drums in the school band, just didn't make it to professional, dang it!!!!

But those were good times.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone....................

[Boone]

You were once a teenager? Don't lie! ^_^

[Unconscious]

Rizimar knows what he's talking about when it comes to women.

Fact.

[Rizimar]

Rizimar knows what he's talking about when it comes to women.

Fact.

Hahaha