I'm still working on our Google Checkout integration at work. I have the web service done, but now I need to process the notifications from Google and update our database accordingly. This morning I was working on translating the XML from Google's 'New Order Notification' into a simpler XML that I can use to insert the order into our database by translating it through an XSL stylesheet. While doing so, I ran into a little  […]

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Way back when I was still in high school (it seems like a lifetime ago), I never would have thought I'd be where I am today. I had it in my head all through high school (I think I was bit by the bug around 6th or 7th grade) that I was going to have a job in a weather related field. I loved storms, and was just generally interested in the weather.

I did  […]

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I've gotten back into development mode around here. For such a long time now, I just haven't had the energy or ambition to work on my own websites after working on someone else's website for 8 hours a day. I've had things that I've wanted to do, but in the evenings, I just haven't felt like sitting in front of the computer.

But I'm starting to change that ... starting right here. As you may  […]

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