[Tutorial] Create a professional navigation bar in Photoshop
26 March 2009 – Category: Development
This tutorial with guide you through how to make a professional looking navigation bar for your site. This tutorials takes in to account that you have a reasonable knowledge of Photoshop.
The result will be like the following:
Top free applications to aid in web design and development
19 March 2009 – Category: Development
FileZilla FTP Client – http://filezilla-project.org/
A FTP client to upload documents from your computer to your web server. Also supports SFTP for secure transfering of files.
xampp – http://www.apachefriends.org/
A bundled installer of Apache, PHP, MySQL and a few other programs. This allows you to set up a server on your computer accessible through http://localhost which saves [...]
Create a simple image gallery in Drupal 6 using CCK and Views
18 March 2009 – Category: Development
This tutorial will guide you through how to create a simple gallery within Drupal 6 using CCK, Views and a few more custom modules. You can see an example of what the tutorial will create by visiting http://gallery.jamestombs.co.uk/
This tutorial was written with the following versions of Drupal and modules:
Drupal 6.10
CCK (Content Construction Kit) 6.x-2.1 [...]
Counter Strike: Source weapon skins
9 February 2009 – Category: Gaming
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.
Daisy Scout
A pink Scout with daisy’s on the sides.
Hi-res Desert Eagle
A hi-res Desert Eagle skin, giving off better details [...]
Frontpage Slideshow for Drupal
16 October 2008 – Category: Other
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 [...]
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 [...]
Introducing Apples new iBoob
1 August 2008 – Category: Other
[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 [...]
Converting video (AVI, MOV, MPG, MP4) to FLV using FFmpeg
18 July 2008 – Category: Windows
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 [...]
Tuned Mazda RX7
16 June 2008 – Category: Cars
Tuned Mazda RX7, originally uploaded by p4th3t1c.
This used to be a Mazda RX7 which was tuned by some scooter company that begins with V that I can’t remember.
The car was featured in 2 Fast 2 Furious: Tokyo Drift.
New VW Passat
16 June 2008 – Category: Cars
New VW Passat, originally uploaded by p4th3t1c.
Brand new VW Passat. This is the 3.0 V6 R36 which costs £36,000.
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of a semi-private viewing of Far Cry 2 in action. Unfortunately no camera’s were allowed but there wasn’t really much more to see than what it already on the Internet. The demo that was shown was a November 2007 build.
Source of image: Far Cry 2 [...]
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 [...]
Google doesn’t know best
5 March 2008 – Category: Other
It appears Google isn’t flawless. On their Google Analytics page they seemed to have mixed up their languages.
When settings the language to English (UK) on the Google Analytics website, it seems to think that the British speak Russian.
A simple mistake but it is a mistake and Google should be ashamed of themselves….dear o [...]
Creative continue to release poor drivers – No shock there then
4 March 2008 – Category: PCs
Creative continue to release absolutely shitty drivers for the X-Fi range and I am sure their other ranges as well. After finding certain parts of the audio configuration weren’t available I decided to reinstall the drivers. While reinstalling I checked the Creative website and found there was a new beta driver out [...]
