HI SYN!

Since I left the GGL back in January and moved down to Washington DC to my new job I still feel this urge for working on a project, even on the side, that gives back to gaming and, just maybe, helps gaming grow in some way.

So I’ve been tinkering with some ideas I’ve had recently, some old but most are new. I’ve taken that opportunity to start using new technologies (to me).  I’ve been a LAMP (and FAMP) guy for over 10 years now.  I’ve looked at PostgreSQL in the past but wrote it off and never really gave it a chance until now.  I’m just getting started but it’s pretty interesting so far… consistency, stability and correctness have never been so nice — even if it means I need to (re-)learn a few things about databases

I’m also fooling with a new framework more and more, Yii. The design fits my requirements pretty well, but more on that as I need to tinker more to make a proper post about it.

What a difference a year makes. At this time last year, I was laying on a table getting surgery on my left elbow and wrist.  It still amazes me how messed up I was from simply falling while playing tennis.

The doctors have all said that I, and I quote, “hit the lotto for this injury” due to the fact that people rarely fall in tennis and when they do they at most fracture their wrist — and they are usually like 70 year olds.  I guess I hit the lotto in something… still amazes me how long this past year has been and I’ve still got a road of recovery left to travel over the next couple of years.