Archive for May 2007
Wordpress tips and tricks – functions.php
Functions.php is a little known wordpress template file. Not many themes take advantage of it but , used properly, it can be incredibly powerful. The file can be used as a way to add your own functions to wordpress themes (hence the name).
One of the common misconceptions, at least based upon my experience with a past wordpress tips and tricks post, is that editing functions.php involves changing core wordpress files – meaning there will be issues when you ...
Binary Moon search results
A couple of weeks ago I installed a plugin that tracks what people search for on my site. I wanted to see what people were interested in and, more importantly, what they were searching for that I don’t actually talk about here.
Unsurprisingly Harry Potter (or Harry, or Potter) was the number 1 thing people are looking for here, but there were quite a few unexpected search queries.
A disturbing number of people are searching for sex, or sex based searches. I ...
Miniclip interview
I’m pretty sure that my friends and family think I spend all day at work surfing the web and playing with toys, so I thought I would point everyone to this recent interview with my boss, Rob Small.
Most of Miniclip’s gamers are regulars, coming back several times a month. The challenge, with more than 100 million visits a month, is to keep coming up with new games.
That’s why Small fills the office with kids’ toys; it helps the developers ...
More Hugs Please
Found this the other day and thought it was great. Recently the amount of violence around the world seems to be increasing dramatically.
What the world needs is more hugs – if you agree then you should join in with the Free Hugs Campaign.
Everyone has problems and for sure mine haven’t compared. But to see someone who was once frowning, smile even for a moment, is worth it every time.
Batman: The Dark Knight – viral advertising
Pronet Advertising have made a write up for the recent set of viral advertising for the new Batman movie (the good Christopher Nolan ones). I am rather looking forward to the film, partly because I enjoyed the first one, Batman Begins, and partly because pretty much anything Nolan touches become great.
The viral advertising they used for this film is very cool. It combines teaser posters, with film world advertising (Vote Dent) adding in some preview images (the Joker and ...
Spiderman 3 review
I love the Spiderman movies. I’ve seen all three at the cinema, and own the first two on DVD – I am officially a fan. So, last weekend, I went with my girlfriend to watch the latest in the series and thought it was very cool indeed.
There are spoilers ahead so keep away if you’re worried about that sort of thing.Spiderman 3 follows on where the second left off, with Harry ...
Mona Lisa drawn in Microsoft Paint
The title says all that needs to be said.
But obviously I will say some more stuff anyway
MS Paint was my first taste of computer art, I like to think I was quite good as well but the things being done in this video are far beyond anything I had ever considered before. I’m very, very impressed. The detail is phenomenal, and the way the different tools are used ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
This is rather late now but I really wanted to say something. I mentioned before that I had seen the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film (actually called TMNT) and I’m pleased to say it was absolutely great.
I went to see the film on a weekday, and it was mostly younger children in the audience. I went with my girlfriend who very kindly puts up with my childish tendencies. ...
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Rocket Boards is a super fast 3D rocket boarding action. My first "commercial" (shareware) product. Didn't do amazingly well but was a good learning experience
Bubble Bomb is a polished update of a game originally built by Warren Marshal (who works at Epic games - developers of Unreal and Gears of War)
My own update of Bubble Bomb, Bubble Blitz was almost a total rewrite adding loads of new features and a shiny new look.
Seths Puzzle Boxes is a puzzle game with a surprisingly enjoyable story line, unfortunately it's quite short so won't take long to complete, but while it lasts is great fun.