Built my first HTPC (Home Theatre Personal Computer)
26 October 2008 – Category: PCs
The idea of an HTPC is to have a PC that can fit in with your amplifier/receiver underneath your TV which will act as a DVD player but with more features.
Hardware wise it is identical to a normal PC with CPU, RAM, motherboard etc etc but generally put in to more stylish cases specially built [...]
[FPSS] Front Page Slideshow for Drupal Update
24 October 2008 – Category: Development
I have updated my Front Page Slideshow for Drupal module with some new features and some fixes.
New Features:
Change language text within DrupalWithin the admin screen of FPSS you can now add the language text for the slideshow within Drupal which is stored in variables. By default the module has the English text in. [...]
Spam from 93.174.93.89
24 October 2008 – Category: PCs
One of the sites I look after is getting a lot of spam from 93.174.93.89 with messages being posted like below:
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[PHP] Introduction
24 September 2008 – Category: Development
Syntax
When writing PHP code it is best to use the following opening and closing statements:
<?php
?>
On some websites and scripts you may see it written like this:
<?
?>
This is not good practice as not all servers will be set up to allow this shorthand tag.
File extension
Files with PHP in should generally have the file extension .php but [...]
[Drupal] Installation
22 September 2008 – Category: Development
You will need to have set up an IIS or Apache webserver with PHP 5.2 or greater and a Mysql/PostgreSQL database before you can work on Drupal. For more requirements see [Drupal] Overview.
If you do not have a webserver yet but wish to set up your personal computer as a testing environment, please read through [...]
[Drupal] Overview
22 September 2008 – Category: Development
What is Drupal?
Drupal is an open source CMF (Content Management Framework) created by Dries Buytaert.
What is the difference between a CMS and a CMF?
Not a lot but Drupal is refered to as a CMF due to is configurability and customisation that you are able to do through it’s excellent back end and through the use of [...]
Premier4509 show off their new kits
22 September 2008 – Category: Cars
Premier4509 has released images of 4 new body kits.
The first being for the Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
Next we have the Bentley Continental GT.
They have also released images of both the Lamborghini Gallardo and the Lamborghini Murcielago.
Source: Seriouswheels
[MySQL] Using MySQL to analyze web usage from Windows ISA logs
22 September 2008 – Category: Development
This tutorial will teach you how to import a tab delimited file in to a MySQL database. I built a program to do this for Windows ISA Server logs which contained over 500,000 lines which was way too many for Microsoft Excel to handle and too much for notepad to handle properly. What MySQL functions [...]
Google Chrome really Safari in disguise?
2 September 2008 – Category: PCs
While enabling Google Gears from within the newly released Google Chrome, I noticed something odd about the wording.
In Firefox and IE, you get the same text:
Make note of the first paragraph. Now if you open up the same javascript window within Google Chrome, you get this:
Once again, note the first paragraph again. Within Google Chrome [...]
FILM: Felon (2008)
25 August 2008 – Category: Other
I have just watch Felon which stars Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff, Harold Perrineau and the very attractive Marisol Nichols. IMDB gives the film a 7.9 which I would say is a little low.
The film starts with Wade and Laura Porter with their son Michael. A noise is heard and Wade investigates to find his house [...]
A Money Saving Tip From Auto Trader giving people very bad advice
7 August 2008 – Category: Cars
On the Auto Trader website they give readers some tips on how to save money by washing their car themselves rather than paying a valet to do it for them. Unfortunately their guide is wrong and is likely to cause more damage to the paint.
The most glaring error is this:
5. Use car wax or polish to create the perfect sheen. Don’t [...]
Postal The Movie UK DVD Release Date Confirmed
6 August 2008 – Category: Other
After my initial frustrations with the Postal DVD release. I got an email from Play about Postal being changed to preorder. It looks like they finally have a release date of 27th October 2008, a month after the USA release.
[How to] Convert AVCHD ISO to MKV
20 July 2008 – Category: Windows
These steps will help you convert an AVCHD ISO to MKV so it is playable on your PC.
After some searching after my previous post.
I have found the answer on the AfterDawn forums.
The only difference being that IsoMagic failed to open up the ISO at all. Instead I used IsoBuster created by Smart Projects.
The software you [...]
Global Warming – Turn the heat up?
26 March 2008 – Category: Other
Ah…global warming. You can’t deny it is happening. Hell, it’s been happening for the last what, 14,000 years or so? Is it really a bad thing?
One can only assume that as the last ice age ended and temperatures started to rise, life was able to flourish. This mean a large incline of new creatures on [...]
Be There – I’ll be there in 5 minutes when the page loads
6 March 2008 – Category: Other
UK ISP Be have been well known over recent years for a very good ISP. Owned by O2, Be offer up to 24MB Internet. Of course this varies depending on how far you are away from the exchange and the quality of the cable from the exchange to the household.
As of late, problems [...]
