Look for a new update sometime in the new year. oh, and Happy Holidays! It had to be said.
Ta ta for now.

Check out the blurb:

‘There are many user systems on the internet and a lot of tutorials too. Sadly many are convoluted, poorly written and insecure.

The goal of UserCake is to provide people with a foundation to build user applications without all the hassle. UserCake is cleanly written, well commented, formatted and documented, did I forget to mention its object oriented for easy customisation? Simple codebase means developing with UserCake is simple and most importantly fast.

UserCake is fully opensource, you may download and re-distribute the code in any form, a link back to the project would be nice, but not required. Enjoy!’

Now does that sound cool or what? I Haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but I most defiantly will.

The technical stuff

I wrote The application with the use of the codeigniter PHP library that made development of it much easier. The front was very easy to implement and went as smoothly as it possibly could. The back end, on the other hand, went a little less smoothly; I’ll spare you the details but will say this I now fully appreciate how much hard work goes into creating any bespoke application.

I would like to apologise for the absolutely, positively disgusting design. I will – one day – redesign it but for now, at least it looks better than most of the other applications of the same nature.

Now, why not check out Prompt Me

It seems that something is changing over on the development front, which is a good thing since it has been a very long time since the last update. Though I’m a wordpress user now, I still hold an interest in the project because it gives hope to those (very few) that don’t have PHP installed on there server. I once ported themes to the blogging system, but unfortunately mediafire delete all my files and the originals are long gone.

I just thought the software was worth mentioning.

On a more personal note

I have finally finished the development of my first ‘built from scratch’ web application; though I’m lazy and haven’t gotten around to setting it up on the server yet.

Autumn is fast approaching which, of course means that gaming season will be upon us. The following is a list of video games that I’m looking forward too and – if my financial status improves – will be getting my grubby hands on. I only have an Xbox 360 (and a pc of course) and so that is the platform I will mainly be listing.

The List

• Halo 3: ODST – I’m a huge fan of the halo franchise, and therefore am looking forward to this expansion. Set for release on 22 September 09
• Assassin’s Creed II – The original Assain’s Creed suffered from the video game version of RSI, this one looks set to improve on the game play and the story. Or it could turn out to be exactly the same game as the original but with a new setting. None the less, i’ll be getting this game. Set for release on November 20 09
  
• Bioshock 2 – OK, so this isn’t technically coming up in the Autumn – winter period but I think it’s well worth a mention since the original was such a great game with it’s brilliant story and it’s great combat system and physical environments. The sequel is sure to be a hit. set for release on March 26 2010
• Scribblenauts – Though I don’t own a DS (my siblings do ), I am very much looking forward to this game. According to they hype from E3, this game is a very pleasant and unexpected surprise and has already had a warm reception from those that have played the demo. Set for release on September 25 09.
• COD: Modern Warfare 2 – Call of Duty is another one of my favourite franchises. Modern Warfare is considered one of the best FPSs of all time and it’s easy to see why. The sequel is set to be much bigger and better with the promise of bigger maps, more locales and of course, improved multiplayer. Set for release on November 10 09

What about you?

It seems that this year is the year of sequels. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing but would be nice to see more original content. So What games you looking forward to this year?

Now, where did I put those sunglasses that winter coat?

Anyway. Now I’ve got that useless piece of information out the way here is a small amount about the two projects I’m working on.

the first project is a web site that simply throws a wrting prompt at the the user. Sound boring. Well, yes I suppose it is. The main reason that I have undertook this project is into increase my PHP and MYSQL skills since they are nearly non-existent.

The second project I am working on is a reviews type website. It’s still in the design phase, but I can say that I’m really excited about this one. Once the design has been completed i’ll move onto the development of the back end. This will take a while to complete but shouldn’t be too hard to do. the only problem I’ve encountered is that of content. if you’ve read my reviews you would realize that that kind of writing isn’t one of my forte’s. So I’ll have to try and drum up some interest for writers and other contributors.

I know that these descriptions are really vauge but I’ll release some more information whent the time gets nearer to launch; which will probally be in the year 4242.

I’m currently busy working on a project whilst simultaneously appeasing the job center so I haven’t had time to write up the blog post I had intended to write, never mind, I have been importing a few of my slightly older post. Now, why not check out some stuff in my “round up”

Stuff

Round ups are one of the latest and greatest trends in the world of blogging; so I thought ‘why not jump on the band wagon?’. And so I have. Here are some websites, software, articles and stuff that some people may find useful, funny or interesting.

Sample resume template

This Sample Resume Template is a simple and quick way to build a HTML resume.

Project2Managment

Project2Manage is a free hosted project management solution that virtually anyone can use.

Website For Writers

An independent directory of online writing resources

Feedly

A cool startpage/Magazine RSS reader by Google

Net Tuts: Build Your own CAPTA form

Useful for those developer types