News Website

This is A+++ programmer. Nice to deal with him. Good knowledge and worth capable. More projects for him are waiting. Thanks.

I created a news website for this client. The site is no longer in operation.

Data Extraction – Sports Scores

I extracted years of historical data – NBA box scores – for a private client. I also wrote a program that would extract current data as needed.

I found an unfinished version of this script over here.

Matthew Oswald

Great programmer, writes very clean code. Very willing to troubleshoot. I will, without a doubt , work with him again!

Google Search API

Google Search API

Matthew hired me to use the Google search API to find the number of results ( the real number, not the number Google reports ) for each keyword in his database and then insert that number in another column in his database.

There is no web based user interface to link to.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work

Fantastic to work with this gentleman. Does his job well and goes above and beyond. I will definately use him again. Infact, I have already offered him another project.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success!

I was hired to transfer several websites from one server to another.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success!

Sport.co.uk – Sport Resources and Information.

I was hired to build a complete sports website in the UK. Site is no longer in operation but you can see it in the wayback machine.

Sport.co.uk – Sport Resources and Information.

PhysOrg.com: latest science and technology news

I was hired to write an application that would pull RSS feeds and parse into PHP arrays.

PhysOrg.com: latest science and technology news

• Testimonials

  • bsoist is amazing. He took our messed up existing code and turned into a work of art. He is fair, fast, honest, great communication, everything you could want in a coder/designer. We will be using bsoist for all of our future projects. sound-effect.com
  • Another successful project with bsoist. He managed to quickly solve a problem that two other programmers had much trouble with. Will be using bsoist for all of our large database projects. musicloops.com
  • bsoist is a very good programmer, who worked on my project to 110% of my satisifaction. The programming he did was clean, and works great! He preformed the project in a very reasonable amount of time. His communication throughout the project was outstanding. I recommend him to everyone and I will be using him again my self. Thanks for the great job bsoist!! Music Utopia
  • Fantastic to work with this gentleman. Does his job well and goes above and beyond. I will definately use him again. Infact, I have already offered him another project. ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work
  • Great programmer, writes very clean code. Very willing to troubleshoot. I will, without a doubt , work with him again! Google Search API
  • You sir are a genius. This is going to save SOOO much time and it looks like we're down to the final bit.
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    Did a really good job getting my script put together with very little to work with! Easy to get ahold of via IM and replies to emails quickly. No complaints at all. parsing and rebuilding pages
  • Bill dealt with a project that was was far more difficult and time consuming than imagined with great professionalism and patience, continuing to work to find solutions. Clearly, Bill is highly experienced programmer with wordpress expertise. I would use him again. selfinvestors.com
  • Communicated several times a day on project, responded to emails within hours, completed the project exactly to my original specs. Can't say enough good things, would definitely work with him again! Knoxvoice.com Find Us Map
  • Very qualified programmer. Provided lots of feedback during the creation process and created a marvelous job in the end. Highly recommended. Surreal Art, Fantasy Art & The Contemporary Surrealism of Domen Lombergar
  • Excellent to work with. Great customer service, and willing to do what is necessary to get you what you need. Would work with again. Highly recommended. Thomas Yang
  • excellent work, he’s very conscientious, responsive and upfront. I highly recommend him and will definitely use him again. Betsy Flanagan
  • This guy rocks!Strongly recommended.Have the exceptional skills required as a programmer to complete my project in time.Very patience and easy to work with. mass xthml edits
  • bsoist offers incredible support & documentation. He has also been very adaptable to a few curve balls thrown at him, and willing to do what it takes to make me happy with the results. 1000 Moms, 1000 Dollars
  • Amazing uderstanding of wordpress, this guy really knows what he is doing. excellent work. thanks very much Bill!! RentBackDirect.co.uk
  • Boist did a great job on this project. It was completely quickly and accurately. He even went above and beyond to ensure it was done right. ReallyCheckYourself.org
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  This is a fascinating book. I’ve been working on it for some time because I keep restarting it and marking it up. Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, tries to explain  How the human species changed, within a short time, from [...] Related posts:

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• Clients & Projects

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