Thursday October 16th, 2008

So I’ve pre-ordered my copy of Fallout 3, and decided to go for the collectors edition. Many collectors editions are fairly sparse on features, usually with a “Making of” DVD and a bonus multiplayer map. The fallout 3 edition has some pretty cool stuff.
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Sunday October 12th, 2008

Recording live TV in the past used to be a hassle. Back in the days of dodgy tuner cards and bundled software, getting a tv show recorded correctly meant a lot of work. The “lot of work” aspect hasn’t changed, but the software and hardware is so much better that when your setup is correct, it runs really nicely.
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Sunday October 5th, 2008

Webscaped is now using Wordpress to power the content. I’m fairly impressed by the features and how easy it was to port an existing site.
Most of the changes were to create a new wordpress theme. Which was a breeze. The template files are really well structured, much simpler then Drupal. (But then Drupal is a larger beast).
The permalinks also allows for a nice amount of customisation, so I can setup the links to be the same as the old site, no problems redirecting search engine traffic then.
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Friday August 29th, 2008

Spent a while yesterday looking for a way to batch compress images.
I found a quite good free image editing application called IrfanView, and the batch processing it has is quite powerful.
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Sunday August 10th, 2008
The workflow module has just been released for Drupal 6. I took a look and was pretty impressed with the features.
After the jump I show how to create a simple workflow to generate an email when an anonymous user posts some news.
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Saturday August 9th, 2008

Armada Online (AO) is a free MMO game that is currently being developed by EvStream.
AO is a space based action game where players pilot starships against each other and aliens (Armada).
Whilst still in alpha, the game is available to download and play. An active community reports bugs and requests features to developers in an open environment.
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Sunday May 18th, 2008
How does one setup a web development environment?
Its important to have an environment that doesn
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Wednesday May 14th, 2008

You wouldn’t usually think webdesign and rapping goes hand in hand, but a someone has shown has proven this wrong.
Chuck, the SEO wrapper proclaims using divs over tables, dropping font tags and “if you use bold that
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Monday May 12th, 2008

The latest in software available for the Nintendo Wii looks to have been released in the US (After debuting in Japan)
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