I just can’t seem to get the hang of this whole blogging thing, let alone post more updates on my Twitter account. I guess I just don’t feel important enough to post my opinion on the internet.
Anyway… I’ve reverted the design of this blog to the Mac Classis interface. My first real computer was an Apple Macintosh LC (after an Apple IIc), which came with System 7 back then, so this theme does indeed have some connection with my life.
It’s been almost 8 years since I put my Master of Computer Science studies on hold, but now I’m finally going to finish it !
I’ve had a few talks with my professor already, and it seems I only have to take 2 or 3 classes and write a thesis in order to finally turn my bachelor’s degree into a master.
So as of september 2010, I will be a ‘working student’ at the University Hasselt again, and hopefully graduate in june 2011 !
As of today I’m oficially a ‘Zend PHP5 Certified Engineer’ !
Sadly it took me 2 tries to pass the exam, as I underestimated it quite a bit the first time I tried it. I only read the ‘Zend PHP5 Study Guide‘ and didn’t really focus on getting familiar with everything else on php.net/manual, and that turned out to be a big mistake 
But the 2nd time I came fully prepared and I’m pretty sure I aced the test !
If you’re planning on taking the exam yourself, here are some pointers with good information that will help you pass:
I’ll emphasise again that it’s very important that you read the entire php.net/manual site and know basicly every function and its arguments before you take the exam. Don’t leave out stuff you never use, like Reflection, streams, SAX parsers, DOM, mysqli and even all the php.ini directives !