Archive For November, 2011
I made a few changes to WP Super Cache over the last week. The garbage collection user interface received an overhaul and it’s now possible to schedule the those jobs using a timer or a clock. It can also send you an email each time it runs! Another major change was the addition of a [...]
I bought Darwinia as part of a recent Humble Bundle. In fact it was really the only reason I bought it as I enjoyed Multiwinia and heard that the original game was great too, and it is! Anyway, here’s an intro that greets you when you start the game. It’s only one of a number [...]
Last week The Hibbs Lupus Trust posted a tweet thanking various people after their site was mentioned in a tweet by Stephen Fry. Lupus is a horrible condition and the Trust aims to help raise awareness of it, support sufferers and help GPs diagnose it. Lupus causes the body’s immune system to go into overdrive [...]
Here’s the first part of an excellent talk given by Professor John McInerney, of the UCC Physics Department on what exactly radiation is, the different types, the effects they have on the human body and what creates it. Do you know where most radiation comes from? You might be surprised. Early in the talk, John [...]
Battlelog is very useful but sometimes you want to have stats for your own site. With that in mind I’ve come across 2 APIs that can be used to talk to EA’s servers: bf2s.com have an API for Battlefield 2 that is the same as the one for bfs3.com. The bf3stats.com api is explained here [...]
Two very differing commentaries on Noshahr Canals (rush) in Battlefield 3. One gives tips on flying a helicopter, the other shows how overpowered a good driver on the AA gun on that level is! Meanwhile I started playing the game on Xbox 360 last night and it was the exact same as on PS3. Until [...]
I’m still using Ubuntu’s Unity desktop, which is saying a lot as I switched back to Gnome within a week or so of the previous release of Ubuntu. One of the remaining bugbears I had with Unity was the window or task switcher. It was impossible to switch between Chrome browser windows. I had to [...]
