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New PHP Tutorial

Chris — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:12:03 +0000

Well, I finally got around to writing another tutorial after all this time. And, guess what? It’s my first PHP tutorial. It covers protecting your website from spam attacks, specifically for custom made websites. If you’ve got a few seconds to spare and are a developer, give it a read. It’ll make me happy. <3

In other news, I ship out on the 18th for football… Life is about to get real interesting. Hopefully I can keep up with everything that is going on, both online and offline.

First of the new year

Chris — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:34:59 +0000

Well, I’m glad I’ve got a new post to write up, but it’s been waaay too long. Quite a bit has happened recently, but I’ll try to keep the list short and sweet.

To begin things, my senior year is finally winding down. My last day of school is this Friday (the 15th). It’s also a half day because of Prom. Track season is winding down with Districts on the 14th. If I have a good day, I may make state in both discus and shotput. It’ll be a great experience, but a little hectic… state track takes place over two days (22nd and 23rd). Among those days, I have Honors Day (where they recognize honors for the whole school) on the 22nd and Graduation on the 23rd.

In other news, I have officially matriculated to MIT. I had been fairly certain I would for quite a while, but after I visited MIT during Campus Preview Weekend (CPW… the C might have been College, can’t remember), I had decided that it was the right fit for me. I loved the campus, the atmosphere, and, of course, my fellow pre-frosh. I’m definitely looking forward to that this fall. I’ll be heading out a bit before most of the other freshmen so I can play football. I’m contemplating doing track there as well. I figure I can give it a try my freshman year when everything is either Pass-No Record or A,B,C-No Record as far as grades go. We’ll see how that goes when I get there though. I might not be good enough or I might be amazing. You never know.

Anyways, that’s just kinda a brief update on my life. I’ll hopefully start blogging more soon… hopefully. >.< I do hope to write briefly about my experience with the Omaha World Herald’s All-Academic Program. That was an interesting experience that I’d like to share.

Merry Christmas! (Late as usual)

Chris — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:56:04 +0000

So, I guess I’m just really bad at the whole “updating your blog” thing. I’ve probably got tons of things I can write about, and a few of which might be interesting even. It’s not that I don’t have time, I’m just lazy and forgetful… and distracted by video games. It’s mostly that last one I’m betting.

Anyways, only one small update from my life to mention: I got in early to MIT. I found out about nearly two weeks ago and just now got around to blogging about it… figures, doesn’t it? But yeah, I was really excited to say the least. Definitely did not do much sleeping that week, despite the fact we had finals. Oh well, who cares about sleep anyway?

And to finish up… merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! And happy holidays to those who don’t! Let’s hope for a fun and interesting New Year celebration while we’re at it.