Learning from similar blogs is one of my web goals.

I just found your PHP course and I’m going to try it. I’ve had experience in Pascal and JavaScript.

However the podcast 54 link is not working. I can stream it OK but when I to go to use the podcast client nothing happend. I even went to the URL
http://libsyn.com/media/kmrenterprises/WMcookbook54-10072005_64k.mp3
directly and got a 404 not found error.

Thanks

David harvey

it is a bit difficult to hear you during the show, but from what I can hear clearly, I do detect the desire to learn to program. Congrats, because that is an important ingredient to becomming a top rank programmer. However, if you wish to enter into the world of game development or any aspect of programming, you need to learn to pay a little more attention to details, i.e. like posting your completed assignments in the correct directories. It is the little details that will make you or break you as programmer/developer.

Now if you would enjoy a good source of information to stay current with what’s happening in the world of game development, have ChefTD sign you up for a free subscription to GameDeveloper magazine at: http://sf.tradepub.com/free/gd/.

I do look forward to watching both you & Jowl develop good coding skills & excelling as a programmer. The logic & skills of problem solving that you develop shall help you in other areas of your life too, so there are other benefits to be had. I wish you the best as your education continues & like ChefTD, I am here to help if you need it.

In the last installment of WebmasterCookbook, you seemed to be preoccupied - like your mind was on something else. This was comming across really bad & I could hear the frustration build in ChefTD as the show progressed. I kept waiting for you to say “woof woof” every time ChefTD said speak speak! You are quite capable of focusing upon the current task during show time, but for some reason you allow other things to distract you. Now recall the day when you engineered ChefTD’s other show, your voice was strong - full of excitement & you pulled off a great job! Now I’m sure that you do realize the importance of developing programming skills & how that may benefit you in a number of ways throughout your life - especially the problem solving aspect, because lets face it, everybody encounters problems. May I suggest that you try taking a more active role in the show production by becomming the engineer, because you do that well. I know that as a teen it is often difficult to stay focused or to even think about & plan for the future, but it is to your benefit to do so. Think of the things that interest you…take gaming for instance, would you like to develop games? If so, programming skills are an essential part of game development, so approach your programming education with that or any other interest in mind & it will help you through those dry listliss areas of learning to program. You can do this & I am fully confident in that! I do hope to hear the exuberant engineer Jowl on the upcoming show. Hang in there Jowl, I’m pulling for you!