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28 Dec 2006

In game ads don’t work?

Advertising in games is something that has been getting a lot of media attention recently. Some reports say that gamers love it, provided things are in context (ads on billboards in a city for example) and, more recently, they say...
19 Dec 2006

Time in France

A couple of weeks ago I took my girlfriend to Paris for a long weekend away. I would have written about it earlier but two days after returning I went to Turkey (Istanbul) for my Christmas party with work, so...
06 Dec 2006

Eragon – all pervasive

I read the first two Eragon books recently, the third and final is currently being written. My timing seems to have been quite good because as I was reading the second book, I found out that there was a film...
28 Nov 2006

Blogging for money – should I do it?

I have been thinking about the whole “blogging for profit” thing recently – in particular ReviewMe.Have I really sold my soul to the devil if I start reviewing other peoples stuff?So far I’ve had two offers to review things from...
22 Nov 2006

Malaysia – Taman Negara

After the east coast we headed back to central Malaysia and Taman Negara. Taman Negara is Malaysia’s premiere National Park, and the largest rain forest in Malaysia covering 4343 square kilometers.In our time in Taman Negara we went on a...
18 Nov 2006

Malaysia – The East Coast

After the coolness of the Highlands we went over to the East coast for some more sea based action. We spent a day traveling from the highlands down to the coast, and stayed in a small place in Marang (or...
16 Nov 2006

What has blogging given me?

Justin Shattuck hit me up with a new meme that’s been started. It’s only two layers deep at the moment which is unusual since I nearly always seem to be tagged right at the end of a memes life. I...
14 Nov 2006

Malaysia – Cameron Highlands

The Cameron Highlands (I really like their website) are the highest place in mainland Malaysia, so are also the coolest. Because of the cooler climate they grow a wide variety of fruit and veg (many strawberry’s) in the Highlands. They...
08 Nov 2006

Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur and Pangkor

My Aunt and Uncle are teachers at a college in Malaysia. They have been living in Malaysia for 3 or 4 years now and will likely stay there for at least a couple more (update in 2023 - they now...
04 Nov 2006

WordPress Tips and Tricks – Post in Advance

I’m sure most people know about this but the ability to post things in advance with WordPress is absolutely great. My two blogs (this one and Binary Joy) posted 16 articles whilst I was on holiday despite me not being...
16 Oct 2006

Regulus 2.2 – now with translations

As mentioned a couple of weeks ago I have been workng on an update to Regulus. There are only a couple of small changes to the main Regulus file. The big change is the addition of translations. German translation Italian...
04 Oct 2006

Binary Joy – gaming news and reviews website

Binary Joy is a website dedicated to video games, but not just any games. Good games. Games you enjoy. We will feature any game, as long as the person doing the writing enjoys what they are playing. This means that...
19 Sep 2006

Regulus WordPress Theme in your language!

I said in my last post about Regulus that it would be the last version of the theme released. As far as I was concerned it was complete. Since then a few small things have cropped up and these will...
07 Sep 2006

Movie Roundup – August 06

The Transporter 2Shorter than the first movie, the Transporter 2 has is a very simple movie, and seems to have been made simply to look good. The bad guys all seemed a bit old but Jason Statham was suitably cool...
10 Aug 2006

Firefly and Serenity

I have been rather late jumping on the Firefly and Serenity band wagon. I first saw Serenity a while ago and wasn’t overly impressed. I wasn’t disappointed by any means, but I just didn’t “get it”. I’m guessing the reason...
04 Aug 2006

Movie Roundup – July 06

About a BoyA mildly amusing comedy with Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, and a few people I have never heard of. It was a lot better than I expected, Hugh Grant plays the same character he always plays and makes a...
28 Jul 2006

New Miniclip website

The old Miniclip website was a nostalgic playground for gamers, filled with simple flash games ideal for wasting time on. Unfortunately it is no more. This post was written in 2006. As of 2015 I no longer work at Miniclip....
26 Jul 2006

Legitimate comment spam?

I have literally just received some comment spam on my blog. Nothing unusual in this, I get 50/60 comment spams on Binary Moon every day.What is strange is that it made sense. It was a genuine comment from Channel 4...
17 Jul 2006

Rubbish (dangerous) design

I’ve been meaning to post about this for a while and this post by tech blogger Jeremy Keith reminded me about it. This is slightly different to the average post you’d find here on Binary Moon, so if you want...
04 Jul 2006

Movie Roundup – June 06

ChocolatA rather nice little story about a lady who makes everyone happy, apart from herself, with the healing power of chocolate. I was pleasantly surprised by this film and would recommend it to anyone who wants something nice and peaceful...
27 Jun 2006

Game links roundup

I keep finding links to things that interest me but aren’t worthy of a post for themselves. Normally I would post them as links but there are so many of the things at the moment that I thought I would...

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