Sorry all, I was away from my main computer and a reliable internet connection while I was away in the Philippines. I didn’t have a chance to update my blog or really work on my existing projects. I have received a few requests for an affiliate template in Magneto, so guess I will finish that up, and get that out soon. I have really been working my Video making while I was abroad. I didn’t get much of a chance to review the footage in country, but now that I am back I can see alot of my filming mistakes. I did get in some poker games over there. it was nice to play some low stakes...

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I am now running 3 Sites with Magento. Two are Traditional Shopping cart sites, but the my newest one had to be an affiliate style site. What I mean by an affiliate site is that when you click on the buy it now button you are taken to a 3rd party website to complete the sale. Magento does not do this out of the box, it took a long sleepless night for me to figure out how to do this. Not too many people are willing to share how they did this either. I have to thank Platinumtackle.com for their help. I will be releasing the template that I created to do this very soon. I need to test it some...

UPDATE 6:40AM EST We Have released Black Jack Basic Strategy v1.0 This is a chart of proper Basic Strategy in Black Jack. This is our first app we have ever released. This is still in beta and we know it needs work. We have a range of updates coming soon. Upcoming Features: - Set location (Vegas, Atlantic City, Other). - Set number of Decks in use. - And more. Thank you for trying this out, Please leave comments. Hopefully today we will release our first Android app. This post will be updated as things progress. If you have the app, please leave a comment. Bookmark It Hide...

So I have been diving thru all the java books and online videos I can find. The one thing I seem to find it that alot of books focus on getting you to start writing code and alot of the code you just don’t understand fully (Well at least I didn’t). They really don’t explain what and how things are working. I started looking more at Java text books and that really spent too much time on theory and high level coding ideas. I watched some great Videos on line, but they started with test driven development, but I really needed the basics in simple to understand english. What I needed...

I took a detour on my way to learning Android and Java. I have been busy working on permanent employment things and other nagging issues. I have also been working on my Poker game. More Android antics to come soon. Bookmark It Hide Sites

In continuing my Android Programming saga. On 6/10/2009 I started doing some of the samples on the Android Dev site. At first it was pretty easy, but soon the instructions starting using terms that I didn’t understand. It was now time go back to where I should have started and learn Java. I was soon following some beginner tutorial videos, but found the Videos really skipped the Meaning of certain terms and ideas. I needed a book. Tho I am generally not a fan of the For Dummies books, the Java for Dummies (4th ed) really helped clear up some confusion I was having. I was now able to...

In continuing my Android Programming saga. On 6/9/2009 On my main machine, now running Windows 7 RC I installed the following: Java JDK The Eclipse IDE The Android SDK The Android plug-in for Eclipse. I set up the Virtual device and got the hello World running on the Android emulator. Bookmark It Hide Sites

I have to say that Microsoft’s polish of Vista to turn it in to Windows 7 was remarkable. I love Windows 7. After years of playing with Linux and other OS, I can say that my main machine will be Windows 7. It is fast and easy and I just don’t have the time to mess with a Linux setup. When Windows 7 releases this fall I can say that I will be buying more than one copy. Bookmark It Hide Sites

Goal: To Develop a few android programs that I really want and enter them in to Google’s ADC2. The Problem: Other than a few programming classes in college and some basic Html, php and MySql. I am a total newbie at programming complete applications. The biggest key idea is that if you want to program in android you must learn Java first. ( If your an expert C developer, then you might be ok too). My Plan: Learn the Eclipse IDE Learn Java Learn Android Write Android Apps Win ADC2 Simple enough, Lets get started. Bookmark It Hide Sites