Permalink 24/08/09 12:36:38 pm Categories: War Worlds , 310 words, English (AU)

The minimap

On the left here you can see the work I've done on the minimap in War Worlds (click for a bigger view). I'm not entirely sure it's exactly the way I like it, but it's pretty close. Here's the features:The centre of the map is where the camera is poin… more »
Permalink 11/08/09 12:07:51 pm Categories: Rants , 319 words, English (AU)

The cyber attacks on Facebook and Twitter were targetted at ME!

Apparently, some guy called Cyxymu is saying that the recent attacks on Facebook and Twitter have been because of him. Now, far be it from me to call him a liar, but the reasons he gives for thinking that they were targeted at him are a little, well, f… more »
Permalink 08/08/09 09:14:22 pm Categories: Personal , 155 words, English (AU)

PHPBB/b2evo single-signon

I've implemented a pretty basic PHPBB single-signon plugin for b2evolution. Basically, the way it works is when you go to a b2evo page, it looks for the phpbb cookie and if it's there, the cookie contains the user_id of the user you're logged in to phpb… more »
Permalink 07/08/09 09:05:38 am Categories: .NET General , 52 words, English (AU)

Don't drive into oncoming... horses?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/08/06/2648024.htmThis video is crazy. What I want to know is, what was the driver of the oncoming vehicle thinking? I thought humans were supposed to be the intelligent species, but this driver doesn't seem to be a… more »
Permalink 03/08/09 02:52:10 pm Categories: Personal , 241 words, English (AU)

How I got started in programming

I remember when I was a kid, we had a Commodore 64. My dad bought a subscription to a magazine, and every month, they had this little section of BASIC code that you typed in. After a few months, you had a complete program. I remember copying that program… more »