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Sumo Gamer

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A couple of years ago Sumo sent me a Sumo Omni bean bag to review. It was fantastic for relaxing on, in particular for sitting around and playing video games or watching movies. But now its time for something new. The Sumo Gamer.

On paper the Gamer is smaller than the Omni. Width and depth are less, but the height (and so the volume) more than make up for this... in ...

Screenflow and My First Screencast

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I recently recorded my first screencast for Pro Theme Design showcasing the new features for my WordPress theme Elemental.

To make my life easier I purchased a copy of Screenflow for my Mac. Screenflow is designed specifically for recording and editing screencasts. It has a wealth of features and is really simple to use. It's not perfect but is well worth the money and saved me a lot ...

The Wolfman

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The Wolfman is a remake of a classic horror movie. Re-imagining the story and bringing the special effects bang up to date.

On paper the cast sounds great. Anthony Hopkins rarely disappoints, Benicio Del Toro already looks wolf like, and Hugo Weaving is just plain awesome. However the decision to make Benicio the son of an Englishman, even one who has lived in America, is just strange. His accent never quite seems to go away and I ...

How to Remove the Google Background Image

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Today Google have changed their homepage to show off their new photographic wallpapers (copied from Bing).

Now I'm as much of a Google fan as most web designers are (ie I like them and use all their products) but I don't like these images.

Thankfully Google realised people might not want the backgrounds and included a (slightly complicated) way to remove the background image. Apparently the images are ...

What do you want me to write about?

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Part of improving my website involves me wanting to write about the sort of things you want to read about.

If you could take 1 minute to answer 1 quick question then that would really help me to work out what to write about next.

To give you some ideas I've written quite a few posts about WordPress recently, some of the most popular are below:

10 WordPress query_posts tips you probably don’t know Creating Your Own WordPress Permalink ...

Optimizing Binary Moon

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Recently I have spent quite a bit of time noodling around with different settings and functionality on Binary Moon.

I have been altering elements positions on the page, adding and removing things, and changing how things work. All in an effort to improve the user experience and to, hopefully, increase the number of people who visit the site.

This isn't something I've ever done before. Previously I have always gone with my gut ...

Creating Words of Wisdom

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I've never been interested in business. I've been interested in creating things

Paraphrased from Richard Bransons book "Business Stripped Bare".

The act of creating something, whether it's a website, a video game, or a lego model, is one of the most satisfying things I can do. Over the years I have built up quite a collection of projects. I always have to be doing something. About 10 years ago I realised I might be able to make some money at it, ...

9

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As post apocalyptic movies go, things don't get much more apocalyptic than they do in the movie 9. In a post war time, when the only things left are some golems made by an old man, and a bunch of distinctly WWII influenced robots things can't get much more bleak.

Despite this 9 has a sense of heart and a distinctly more grown up story than your average animated adventure. Likewise some of the 'enemy' machines are genuinely scary with ...

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I have been working on the internet since 1998, and working with computers even longer. I am a hardcore Nintendo fanboy and have owned most of their consoles at one stage or another.

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