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Ohhh, more changes!
Wow, it's starting to look like a website now!
Got the mod-rewrite and database backend working now. Gonna do more later, but I'm gonna go play FEAR instead. HAR HAR
%BLOG-IMAGES%Programmer's Pride, bitch.
Funny things. So funny.
Alright, there are a few people I know of that are into the same stuff I am. Some are legit, win/win types that actually are helping people become better at their craft. Then the flip side; the individuals who are more concerned with showing off and beating their chest to fill that insecure void in their life. Pride, pride, pride.
Guess what? Nobody cares. More people care about those who are contributing. Are you contributing, or are you just trying to make yourself look good? There's a huge difference.
Here's a strange fact: Of all the truly successful people I've ever met, there wasn't a single one that was trying to "prove something" or anything like that. Cool huh? I recommend blacklisting shady, win/lose types forever. Surround yourself with win/win friends, family, etc. I mean, if you're always "in it" just for yourself, people aren't going to want to work with you!
Anyway.
I've learned a bit about mod-rewrite these past couple of weeks. I'm going to apply it here to Rawrb.com once I get the scripts finished (hurray for testbeds). I've already started applying to Pluh.com with the articles, and the rest should be done in a few days. My goal is to completely remove all querystrings in ALL my websites and pop in keywords in a directory format.
You know, this: http://pluh.com/articles/pluhbabes/stacy-keibler
Instead of: http://pluh.com/r.php?ID=269
Looks so much better, huh? (Yes, both links work. There are tons of search engines out there that still have the ID=XXX indexed, and I don't want broken links.)
From there I plan converting all my sites to a template based system. Currently all of my scripts are set up where my PHP and HTML are all in one PHP script. Yeah, it works, but it's messy and... really hard to upgrade and add features. Instead, I will store all the HTML elsewhere and simply replace variables in the HTML file with PHP output. This gives you more control overall. Not only that, but all the PHP is COMPLETELY separate from the HTML, so editing and adding features is far less annoying.
Keeping anything stress-free helps productivity... but that's a no-brainer for anyone who has worked on anything, EVER.
*scans current blog to make sure I'm not a hypocrite* Doesn't look like chestbeating to me. Hurray!
On a more personal note, I spent about 30 minutes on myspace the other day and found a TON of people I knew in high school. It was... interesting. I saw some old friends, exchanged a few messages with them, and so forth. Many that I saw I couldn't help but laugh, because they haven't changed at all. Most got married and had kids, some ended up gay, and others are just... there. I saw a chick I used to have a thing for a long time ago, and she looks 10 years older than her actual age. Scary.
Alright, gotta goes!
%BLOG-IMAGES%Greeen, green. GREEN?!
Changes! Gonna turn this into a really cool web portal. While it's not a huge priority, it'll be a great time to expand my abilities as a programmer. I guess you could say I was inspired by that one guy I linked to below.
Rawr. I'm actually killing some time waiting for some server maintenance to finish.
%BLOG-IMAGES%One thing at a time, RAWRB! Jeez!
I've decided that every website/domain name I own or participate in has unlimited potential.
Take Pluh.com for example. Every super popular website out there has a weird name. Google, Yahoo, AltaVista - you know what I mean. The exceptions, like myspace or msn, tend to have had their popularity "bought" or something like that. Marketing 101: Love me, hate me, but do not forget me. I've decided to take a more, I dunno, "outside the box" approach with Pluh.com to figure out WHAT exactly it can do. The presentation is there, the concept is there, what's lacking is consistent original content. I alone can't do this, and the editors are all busy with other stuff.
When you step back and take a good look at what really matters about a project, which is like a "big picture" approach, you start to understand what's being done and what isn't. There are tons and TONS of humor sites on the internet. Hell, there are tons of websites about any subject you can think of. Is there a topic for COW LAUNCHING? Who knows. I bet there is! So what can Pluh.com do that is different from all the other humor-based websites?
Things came into perspective when I took a good look at Matt Cutts's's's site. This guy is a software developer at Google, and his approach to the WWW seems very genuine. He's a spam-fighter. He's a win-win "hey, let's all prosper!" type of dude. Just the way his site is set up, I get a good sense of purpose and direction that he takes. That alone launched my brain into a, "What's MY purpose?" type of scenario.
The question now shifts to: "What can Pluh.com do to create a no-competition presence?"
There is one project I am involved in that has this question answered and is practicing it fully. You might have heard of it if you found your way here through that particular project. :p
If you have a website, or a project, that is struggling... ask yourself, "What can my project do to create a no-competition presence?"
%BLOG-IMAGES%Googarl?!
How did this website get a Google pagerank of 2? Strange.
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Look what I made.
The response to this video has been crazy. It took me like... no time at all to assemble this vid. So I can do a bunch of these to keep the fans somewhat fulfilled until we hit the road.
Speaking of hitting the road... heh, we now have two big opportunities. Waiting on some more detail and confirmation. Most of it is seeing if the other parties will walk the talk. Should know something more in the coming weeks. I'm very excited to see how it'll turn out, and FINALLY we'll get to tour the US. It's very cool to see dreams turn into reality. You want to know how to make that happen for yourself? Well... just pursue what you love and never, ever give up. You will get it.
We're recording more stuff soon. There's one acoustic song in particular that I wrote I can't wait to record. The new Psychostick stuff and Evacuate Chicago stuff is all amazing.
Those blogs below suck ass (therefore they are gone). Har, I've progressed so much since then. I got annoyed at a party I went to on Saturday, but then... I realized what was really important; having fun and enjoying the time I spend with friends. So guess what? I'm no longer concerned with "it" anymore. "It" being that crap below. It'll all work itself out without me even having to put forth any of my time and energy into it. It's all out of my control anyway, so whatever. Bros before hoes, right? RIGHT? Of course.
G'night intarweb.
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