php is making me lazy

by owen on Fri, 06th Feb 2004 at 8:37 pm

Anyhow I for one spent quiet some time writing my GUI code in turbo pascal. Hours upon hours would be spent trying to achieve something as simple as making a line appear and disappear on screen. But since I started PHP the brain to code transfer speed has improved greatly. If it can't be done in 0.08 seconds it's simply not efficient.

You simply get things done faster. With Java you have all these rules you have to think about. Pointers are a part of nature, somebody has to deal with them. Everything is a string, whether you say so or not. Forcing you to do something doesn't make you write better code.

PHP has the tendancy to make you extremely lazy though. Practically all web programming is lazy code. Short cuts abound. The internet is a big short cut to the real problem with software.
Another thing about php that appeals to me is that it doesn't force you to use/learn other people's stupid coding standards to reach a new solution.

It feels like new code - That's why we code isn't it?

The updates to the website continue. Stay tuned.

life in black and white

by owen on Tue, 03rd Feb 2004 at 12:55 pm

I've been messing around with the website again. Moving around some of my CSS tags adding the new sections which have been long overdue. And yes, I realise that there are no colors. As soon as I pay my hosting fees I'll be good to go.
I plan to allow people to add photos to various sections of the site. I'll be adding some as well which I'll be talking with my brand new digital camera (serious bids only). I bought a 64 mb SD card as well. It would have been a 256 mb card but I ran out of money - twice.
Hopefully if I ever go outside in the day light I'll be able (God's willing) to take a picture.

turning japanese

by owen on Wed, 28th Jan 2004 at 10:07 pm

I'm almost totally tired of american media at this point. I wish I had some foriegn chinese cable. All this american media is turning me into microsoft - really it is. I also almost totally stopped watching local television. not because of the crime nor WMDs we have stashed. But mostly because school challege quiz just doesn't seem fair anymore.
I'll probably move to japan and learn japanse. They have much better mobile phone services. That is unless I get married on the 29th. Then I'll have to wait till she dies in 8 years. I've definately been watching too much television. I need to get out more. What does love have to do with it anyway?

friday night at the arcade

by owen on Mon, 26th Jan 2004 at 8:04 pm

I skipped my usual friday night - night club / code fest / church for a trip to the arcade to see what was new. As usual nothing had changed much. No women there whatsoever. On a rare occasion there would be a new machine to waste your money on or player who has found a new way to cheat the crowd.
As I could only play one game and didn't I much respect for the like of street fighter. The arcade was not the same without challengers. Guys who would hang out at the arcade seemingly for days with the sole purpose of kicking your ass in whatever game you played.
So far after 4 years of playing the same game over and over again, I can safely say that I'm better than 90% of the population. Some girlfriends would say it a complete waste of time but they have problems. All things considered I vaguely agree with thier point especially when I have 3 kids waiting on me at home, when I go out to the night club. Go shorty it's your birthday.

gal no uptodate wi deport dem

by owen on Thu, 15th Jan 2004 at 11:00 am

I being trying to thing up some new content (again). Especially for people who are hip on todays local culture, looking for porn or listen to dancehall music.
I've been informed that my website is too geek. While I was really going for the simple look - which it seems I have achieved. If you don't this this site is simple and easy to understand then your just crazy fool.
AS for new content I'm planning to have a wheels section with pictures of really expensive cars and shit. Plus random pictures of people I see in the local morgue or dance.
As my nephew was kind enough to inform me - di site need hype

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