Posted by Jon on May 1, 2009 in General | 0 comments
Just a quick post here but my friend Rob Allen of akrabat.com has updated his Zend Framework tutoral to use the new features of Zend Framework 1.8.
This tutorial is intended to give an introduction to using Zend Framework to write a simple database driven application. It has been extensively rewritten for version 1.8 of the framework and takes full advantage of the Zend_Tool command line script and Zend_Application for bootstrapping. Other components used include Zend_Controller, Zend_View, Zend_Db_Table and Zend_Form.
Click here for the full tutorial and source code »
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Posted by Jon on Apr 30, 2009 in Development, General, PHP, Zend Framework | 0 comments
As I’m sure everyone is almost aware by now Zend Framework 1.8 has been released. This is an extra special release for me as I spend two good weeks back in March writing the Ec2 Component after being pinged by Zend to do it.
It was fun writing it and learning more that I ever wanted to know about the Ec2 API’s but all it all it was a great expierice and I’m glad that I got the chance to do it.
Other notable items in the 1.8 release are:
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Posted by Jon on Jan 2, 2009 in General, IndyCar Series, PHP | 0 comments
Like Rob Allen, I don’t really understand these tagged memes either, however, but I’m always game for something new.
Seven things you may not know about me:
- I’ve been doing HTML and web programming since late 1995 when I started using Hot Dog HTML Editor from Sausage Software
- I’ve been using some form of linux since mid 1998 after hearing about it on a show called The Screen Savers.
- My friends and I played Dr. Mario on the NES so much one day that it melted the console with the game still in.
- TV is my second love after programming and computers. I currently have two DVRs that record up to 15 hours a week of TV.
- I am an avid fan of music and I’m always listening to it.
- I enjoy watching IndyCar Series races as it’s some of the best racing out now.
- When I drink beer, I prefer to drink beer that is a micro brew.
I then get to pass on the baton to:
These are the rules apparently:
- Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post – some random, some wierd.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.
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Posted by Jon on Jan 1, 2009 in 500, Development, General, IMS, IndyCar Series | 1 comment
It seems that everyone is doing this so I will join in.
In short my year was this:
- Attended 4 IndyCar Series Races (Indy, Belle Isle, Kentucky, Mid-Ohio)
- Watched all the other IndyCar Series Races on TV.
- Attended one NASCAR and MotoGP Race at IMS.
- Worked with Zend on the Zend Framework Certification
- Attended my first (but not last) ZendCon
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Posted by Jon on Oct 3, 2008 in General, PHP | 0 comments
Wow I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since my last post but my time has been very limited to do personal things. Since my last blog post I have been on two trips and done countless other things with work and personal stuff.
Trip 1 was to ZendCon08 (http://www.zendcon.com) in Santa Clara, Ca. I had a tremendous time while out there. I also took my elePHPant with me and if you want to check out his travels you can on my flickr feed. I met a lot of the PHP community and made good contacts for any future endeavors I might have.
Trip 2 was down to Lake Cumberland in Kentucky with the girl friend and her friends. It was a total blast even it was only one for 2 days. Let me tell you there is nothing better than floating around for ~4 hours drinking beer. After talk with with everyone we have deiced to make it an annual trip at the end of September. I already can’t wait for next year.
I am also happy to announce that I was part of the Advisory Board for the Zend Framework Exam from Zend. We started working back in March and we compleated it at the start of September. I learned a lot and also made a lot of good friends in the process and I would reccomend that if you ever have the chance that you should take part in one.
I’m going to try and blog more this fall as I should have a lot more free time.
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Posted by Jon on Sep 12, 2008 in General, IMS, IndyCar Series | 0 comments
Wow it’s been a while since my last post but my life has been busy. I traveled with for work up to the IndyCar Series Race at Belle Isle Raceway in Detroit, Mi. It was a lot of fun as the race was a very good race and I was sitting about 3 feet away from the race track in the Timing and Scoring Booth.
The 2008 IndyCar season at chicagoland where Helio Castroneves beat Scott Dixon for the win by 0.0033 of a seconds which is the second closest finish in Series History. Scott still won the championship but Helio made it interesting going into Chicagoland.
Now that the IndyCar season is over with I’m going to be heading to ZendCon ’08 to learn and meet some of the people I talk with online all the time now. It’s going to be a blast and I can’t wait for it, but before I get to head out to sunny California we have to provide support the Inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Speedway.
It’s going to be fun watching the motocycles go around the road course inside the oval of the track. They are saying that they will hit 200 mph while going down the front stretch and across the yard of bricks. I think it’s going to be a very fun weekend.
Stay tuned for some blogging from ZendCon ’08!
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