Computer Related Nonsense

Go Programming Language

2009-11-12T15:13:00.000Z

Google has developed a new language for designing applications in.

You can find out more here & watch a video about it on YouTube here.

My PSN ID

2009-11-08T16:36:00.001Z

I brought a PS3 a few Weeks ago & I've just completed filling out the details for my PSN ID.

Fake Warcraft E-Mails

2009-11-08T14:01:00.003Z

Recently I downloaded the Trial version of World of Warcraft from here.

After playing it for a few days I decided to go out & buy the actual game. So I purchased the Warcraft Battle Chest & a 60-Day Game Card which cost £30 altogether. A few days after I installed it I received an email saying that I needed to post my account details to someone because I had been caught trying to sell my account which is against the EULA agreement.

After some searching I discovered here that the email was a well known Phishing tactic & should be ignored.

If ever you receive a similar email asking you for personal details, I recommend deleting it as Blizzard will never ask for your personal details in any correspondence.

Free Unreal SDK

2009-11-07T18:52:00.001Z

The Unreal Development Kit can be downloaded from here. If you want to develop your own content for it however you will need to have about 8GB of RAM installed.

DarkBASIC for Free

2009-11-07T18:47:00.002Z

DarkBASIC Pro is now available for free & can be downloaded from here.

The only difference between this & the paid version is the appearance of a banner advert at the bottom of the IDE.

Interesting Programming Talk

2009-11-01T15:07:00.001Z

Here are some links to interesting threads over on the Ubuntu Forum about various programming tasks.

Class Inheritance in C# here
Alternative to Multidimensional arrays here
Getting Source Code for the GNU tools here
Why array indexes start at zero here

Infinity Ward Forum

2009-11-01T14:48:00.002Z

For those of you who are interested in finding out the latest news about Modern Warfare 2, you can find the official forum here.

Is Halo better than Halo 3?

2009-10-18T09:47:00.004+01:00

I can remember when Halo was originally released on the Xbox, sadly I never got to play it because I owned a PS2. Recently however I purchased a copy of the game in a local store & discovered that I was able to play it on my Xbox 360. Within around 10 minutes of playing I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot more than Halo 3; there were more enemies to kill & the game seemed better designed. I'm now on the lookout for a copy of Halo 2 which a lot of people still say is the best Halo game ever made.

Modern Warfare 2 Trailer

2009-10-05T16:28:00.003+01:00

A new trailer showcasing the single player campaign in Modern Warfare 2 has been released.

O3D API

2009-09-24T13:19:00.002+01:00

The O3D API plugin from Google can be downloaded from here.

It allows you to view 3D applications in your web browser.

Google Chrome Frame

2009-09-24T13:13:00.002+01:00

Today I was reading this blog & came across this post.

It mentions a plugin for Internet Explorer which can be downloaded here.

The plugin is supposed to increase the speed that IE can render webpages at but I haven't got around to trying it yet.

OpenGL in your browser

2009-09-22T13:21:00.003+01:00

In the past you've had to use JOGL but soon you'll be able to use WebGL.

Locate32

2009-09-19T11:30:00.003+01:00

If your computer's got a lot of memory & a fast processor you'll probably find Google Desktop a very usable search tool. However if you're using an older computer with limited resources you might find Locate32 to be a much better alternative.

PathEd

2009-09-19T10:46:00.002+01:00

PathEd is a wonderful little tool which makes it extremely easy for you to add or remove programs to the PATH Environment Variable.

If you're using Vista you'll probably need to run PathEd as as Administrator & if you need to adjust other variables such as the CLASSPATH, you'll have to do it manually.

Sean Cooper

2009-09-18T16:30:00.003+01:00

If you're wondering who he is, he used to work for Bullfrog.

He's got a blog here & he's also developed some Flash games & uploaded them to Newgrounds.

Plus there's an interesting interview he did for Gamasutra here.

Hulu Proxy

2009-09-13T16:59:00.005+01:00

The television video site Hulu, features a lot of videos like Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica & Land of the Giants. But if you're outside the US, you won't be able to watch them unless you install the Hotspot Shield.

I also found this video on YouTube which tells you more about it; I've been using it on my computer with the K-Meleon browser & I've had no problems. You should also visit Yidio for more online videos.

RAMRush - Freeware

2009-09-11T12:55:00.002+01:00

If you own a Laptop computer like me, you'll probably leave it in hibernation sometimes.

However you'll usually find that when you turn it back on, it may be a little slow because of all the memory that the running applications are using.

I've just started using RAMRush which will optimize the RAM usage of your computer. The first time I used it I was able to reclaim 64 MB.

Usage is quite simple, just hover your mouse over the RAMRush tray icon & click 'Start Optimize'.

Modern Warfare 2: Flag Runner

2009-09-08T16:28:00.001+01:00

New video released a few days ago showing more multiplayer footage from Modern Warfare 2.

Island of Hobbs

2009-08-31T17:19:00.000+01:00

Hobbs has posted a new World of Warcraft video on his blog.

Freeware Hex Editor

2009-08-30T08:37:00.001+01:00

XVI32 hex editor is freeware & is available to download from here.

thinBasic 1.7.9.0 BETA

2009-08-25T16:53:00.002+01:00

A new version of thinBasic has been released & can be downloaded from this thread on the thinBasic forum.

Freestyle Basic Script Language

2009-08-24T10:17:00.001+01:00

There's a forum here where you can download the language from.

Win32 API Tutorials

2009-08-24T10:12:00.000+01:00

A lot of very useful Windows programming tutorials can be found here.

QBasic Resources

2009-08-20T03:03:00.001+01:00

A lot of online QBasic publications can be found here & here.

Adblock Plus Problems

2009-08-17T13:04:00.002+01:00

Recently I started having problems with my blog. My Spread Firefox & Thunderbird buttons weren't being displayed & after some searching I eventually discovered they were being blocked. I managed to solve the issue by hosting the images on my Wikispace.