Nate's Programming Blog

Well I did it. I took the plunge and dropped $250 on the new PSP. I also go Need For Speed Underground Rivals also. Let me just say this…”Oh My God”, this thing rocks. The graphics are awesome, it looks so sexy, and the features are great. First I’ll go over my concerns before buying […]

Well I found out last week that my first assignment with my new job maybe .NET. I’m kind of excited at the prospect of learning the Microsoft counterpart to Java. I think it will greatly increase my knowledge of programming and make me a much more rounded developer. I haven’t gotten confirmation, but I’m pretty […]

Well I got my first taste of AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) last week and I have to say that I’m impressed. I had already heard about AJAX and the XMLHttpRequest object, but I hadn’t actually gotten a chance to try it out. Last week I implemented one of the pages on the project that […]

Well I accepted a position at Daugherty Business Solutions yesterday. It is a medium sized consultancy here in the St Louis area. I think this is a good move for me. It was a very difficult discission, because I really did enjoy working at the Post Office, but I think this is best for my […]

James had mentioned a couple of weeks ago that there was a guy (Alessandro Fulciniti) that discovered a way to get rounded corners without images. I was very interested because I don’t like the idea of having a bunch of images that’s only purpose it is control layout ie. rounded corner images. So I got […]

I think I finally have my server back to the point it was at when I was in Springfield. The last piece that I needed to setup was the smtp server. It took me most the night, but I think I have it up and functioning. I’m using an smtp server from a company called […]