Counter Strike: Source weapon skins

Here are some Counter Strike: Source skins I made a couple of years ago.
Skins were exported from the game then modified using Photoshop and saved back in to VTF for Counter Strike: Source.
Blue Scout
A blue coloured Scout. [download id="7"]
Daisy Scout
A pink Scout with daisy’s on the sides. [download id="8"]
Hi-res Desert Eagle
A hi-res Desert Eagle skin, [...]

Windows Vista x64 to Windows 7 Beta

With the new Windows 7 beta out from Microsoft, I decided to try to upgrade an existing Windows Vista x64 which has been very stable and not had a problem, has a fair few applications installed and lots of documents.  I wasn’t putting up much hope, but backed up all the Documents and proceeded to [...]

HTPC software configuration using MediaPortal

For my HTPC, I now have configured most things up, so it is all working just like it should be. It took a few OS reinstalls to get it exactly where I wanted it, but I more or less have it, just have to sort out Blu-ray & HDDVD playback sorted first.
Here is a [...]

[Drupal] Deleting node content of a certain type in bulk

On occasions you may need to bulk delete all nodes of a certain type.
The following code requires 2 variables, the amount of rows to delete each time and the content type.

$amount = 100;
$type = ‘node_type’;
$result = db_query("SELECT nid FROM {node} WHERE type = ‘%s’ LIMIT %d", $type, $amount);
if (db_num_rows($result) && user_access(’administer nodes’)) {
$n [...]

[FPSS] Front Page Slideshow for Drupal Update

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. [...]

Frontpage Slideshow for Drupal

I have begun coding a module to allow the Frontpage Slideshow to be displayed within a block or a panel.
Frontpage slideshow is a script by Joomlaworks.
The module requires that the script is purchased from Joomlaworks as it contains important files for it to work.
The module which is currently in development can be found at http://code.google.com/p/fpss-drupal/.
The [...]

[How to] Convert AVCHD ISO to MKV

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 [...]

Converting video (AVI, MOV, MPG, MP4) to FLV using FFmpeg

Firstly you need to download FFmpeg from the FFmpeg website
To convert your file use the following command.
ffmpeg -i “C:\videos\videoname.mov” -ar 44100 -ab 96 -f flv “C:\videos\videoname.flv”

ffmpeg – runs the program
-i “filename.ext” – input file
-ar 44100 – audio frequency
-ab 96 – audio bitrate
-f flv – force format followed by format
“newfilename.ext” – output file

I used these settings [...]