Clean and Clear

image

I’ve finally reached nirvana! Kidding :P But seriously, I think this is the pinnacle of browser unity (for me at least).

Grooveshark, Wave, and Facebook as app tabs provide easy access to them. Mimicry of chrome’s top tabs and domain highlighting (I’m aware that this is in other browsers too). Loading bars for every tab (the green line appears under the address of the tab you’re on but also on top of other unfocused tabs) Oh and Twitbin, (Echofon on steroids) =D

Well, how did I do it? Twitbin + Strata40 + Stratabuddy + Addblock Plus + UserStyles (For grooveshark ad/white space removal and twit bin ad removal) + Fission (loading bar) + Locationbar2  + autoHide Statusbar +Apptabs + FastestFox (Other optimisations) + Hide Menubar + Tab Progress bar… Seems like alot but not it’s actually pretty streamlined!

Right so it does hog a fair bit of memory (Grooveshark+Waves fault) but it’s SOO…Clean and Centralised, I think it’s a fair tradeoff :p

Oh and most of the addons (excluding twitbin, and fastest fox) will be redundant for Firefox 4.0. This…Theme IS based of their concepts after all =D

BEHOLD! MR. GBC!!!

IMG_0926 Yup Yup. This GEN-U-INE gameboy colour is goin’ on holiday with me! No it doesn’t have batteries NOR a game cartridge but that’s ok :p

IMG_0924

New Years Resolution

Ok I lied, I did do some extra writing on Wednesday :P But that’s a good thing right?

Short Term Resolutions:

  • Finish a game by the end of January.
  • Enter in the next Ludum Dare.
  • Implement A* Pathfinding in something.
  • Make a Core Wars Warrior.
  • Review some Games :P

Long Term Resolutions:

  • Make a rogue-like.
  • IGF?!?!
  • Post Consistently to the blog.
  • PROFIT!?!?

Free internet

: P From the airport that is.
Did a quick speedtest with results something like this:
Ping: 84
DL: 2.2X
UL: 0.8X

Not even better than my home line but can’t complain it’s free :P

Oh and for the technophiles, it’s running some kind of opera mish mash. Would post a picture but there’s not USB port… Look for it later I guess

Buttersafe

Look, I know I should be sleeping but hey! If I sleep now, what am I gonna do on the plane? (Going to Queenstown tomorrow)

But seriously, I spent something like 3 hours a few days ago reading ALL the comics (2 every week since April ‘07). The latest comic, an example of how RAD it is:

Muscle Fight

Clicken to Embigen.

Rad! No? Anyways smell ya later!

PS. Expect a post about the insane amount of media I consume.

2009 in Review

I was going to list all the crap that happened this year that influenced me but I can’t remember much… SO Ima do yet another best of list.

BEST GAME JOURNALISM WEBSITE:

1up.com

Honourable mentions:
Destructoid
Kotaku

 

BEST INDIE GAME(S):

Spelunky

Spelunky! Mainly because I play this all the time while passively doing something else (Eg, TV)

Honourable mentions:
Merry Gear Solid 2, Journey to the centre of the earth, SYSNO Squid Harder, Doom RL, JumpMan, Trine, Captain Forever.

 

BEST AAA GAME(S):

http://www.notcliche.com/lbw/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/modern_warefare_2logo.jpg

I feel like a sellout but the game is actually Fracking awesome! The single player is phenomenal with high point after high point. Not to mention the awesome multiplayer.

http://community.plus.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/team_fortress_2_group_photo.jpg

Still coming back to TF 2 what with the awesome updates and unique gameplay.

Honourable mentions: Borderlands, Shadow Complex.

 

 

SPECIAL CATEGORY- FAVOURITE BEVARAGE:

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/images/caramel_frap.jpg

Hazelnut Iced Frappuccino with cream. ‘Nuff said.

Honourable Mentions: BONK!, Nuka Cola.

 

 

BEST TRAILER VIDEO:

 

I think that just about wraps it up… Will be away till Sunday, and I can’t be bothered writing anymore today so… See YOU SUNDAY!

Some progress

Over the past few days:

Get Adobe Flash player

Also, please enable Javascript to view the flash files

Incase you haven’t figured it out, mouse+drag to create new particles.

As you can see a stable orbit is no longer possible. I have no idea why but I suspect it has something to do with an update to the physics engine. (The un-updated version caused some issues when removing planets but also broke orbiting?) I did miss 10 builds so that may explain something… However, If you do manage to achieve a (semi-) stable orbit, make a comment! I’d be interested to know how! (Also did some backend optimization).

Oh and black as promised :p

MechWarrior Living Legends Beta!

Looks SOO GOOD! Release Trailer:

As you can see, it looks superb. Will give a more in-depth look at it when I’ve finished downloading it (torrenting it!) but I doubt I’d be able to run it on the “Super sexy” setting as advertised. It is Crysis after all *rolls eyes*.

Oh and keep an eye out for a post about this.

New Year, New theme

Now I know it’s not quite twenty ten yet, but I thought I’d change themes for the blog. The old one was OKay. Not particularly brilliant but acceptable.

This new one though, it’s a real treat (In my opinion) Nice contrasting colours, Sleek design and Smooth scrolling! (Try it (The return to top button))

And as a plus, the theme plays nice with Windows Live Writer!

image

Almost…

Windows Live Writer

 

After reading Garry’s recommendation for Windows Live Writer, I’ve decided to try it out.

It’s pretty good with support for a myriad of blogging software though there is a little hiccup with my WP theme. (Though you CAN edit themed editing)Theme Borked

On the other hand this is a good time to bring up WYSISWYG (What you see is what you get) editing. AND screen shots are easier than ever to grab. Print screen, Ctrl-V, Crop ALL within the live writer :D

Preview is Borked

Oh and there’s also this nifty preview tool (Though it doesn’t like WP’s image caption system) which is great since I always tend to edit posts several times after posting.

I’ll post more about my experience with WLW when I use it more, but you CAN expect a lot more posts :-p