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First Web Roundup of 2010


Enjoy!

The best way to start the 2010, I’m still standing!


Car Crash (Jan 2009)I will quote a few of my tweets from last week instead of summarising what happened:

  • 1st thing, I am okay. 2nd thing, car is write off. Got caught in black ice.
  • http://twitpic.com/y12ck – The car
  • More photos of the crash: http://is.gd/6fryI – Quite drained, lots of calls with insurances etc. The car is officially a write-off.

I remember reading an article about on “luck” and that it mostly boils down to perspective. The car may be write up, but I walked away from it and no-one else was hurt. Thats luck.

The best comment spam ever?


I just got this in my “possible spam comment for approval” email for this blog:

HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the Russian mafia and being forced to post spam comments on blogs! If you don’t approve this they will kill me. They’re coming back now. Please send help!

I like the little touches to the spam, the email address for the comment is in the format:

russianmobvictimXXXXX@gmail.com

Tutorial Video for TDO Mini Forms!


A guy called Court has put together a video tutorial and article on using TDO Mini Forms, my free Wordpress plugin.

The video is pretty good too as it shows you how to create a submission form and an edit form. I think I may be adding a link to this on the FAQ! :)

As a footnote to the video, the latest version 0.13.7 does include Custom Field editing and the compare view for edit posts is now working. :)

Also check out his site for indie musicians called indilean that uses TDO Mini Forms too.

Web Roundup for 19th November 2009


There has been some great stuff on the web recently, some great trailers like Clash of the Titans and a return of the Alice computer game.
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Bad joke comment-spammer keeps on rolling today


The bad joke comment-spam keeps rolling in today on one of my blogs:

Here there can not be a mistake?  I have a fresh joke for you)   Why did the bunnies go on strike? They wanted a raise in celery.

You are not right. I am assured. I can defend the position. Write to me in PM.  A joke for you peoples!   What did the worm say to the caterpillar? What did you do to get that fur coat?

It is remarkable, rather amusing information Wanna joke?) Why do Vampire have to brush their teeth? Because they have Bat-Breath.

*groan*

A new “mildly funny” comment-spam today!


I suggest you to try to look in google.com, and you will find there all answers. I have a nice joke. Why was Santa’s little helper depressed? Because he had low elf esteem.

Obviously spammers have a bad sense of humour.

Web Roundup: 5th October 2009


It has been nearly month since the last one. The big one for me was the Microsoft Courier demo videos. Man I want one!

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Some new art work: Meave and Dead Eyes


When I uploaded the photos from my five-year-old daughter’s digital camera, I found some shots that managed to capture unexpected looks and expressions on people. I was so taken by at least one I decided to work up an image.

I was also partly inspired by the character “Meave” that I created in my mind for this little piece of fiction for my Lost Heroes RPG project. Here’s the relevant two paragraphs:

The young emo-goth Meave sits by herself in the school cafeteria. She numbly rubs at the healed scars on her wrists. The other kids just ignore her today. This is a good day for her. …

Meave will see her father, the god Dagda, in the distance watching her. She will run from him, run as hard as a princess of worlds that don’t exist can run. And the crows will screech through the sky after her.

During the process I ended up branching and producing a second more creepy character (which I’ve been referring to as “deadeyes”). Anyway, here are the two completed images:

Meave

Deadeyes

(Which one works best do you think?)
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Web weekly roundup: 17th September 2009


At least two very cool movie trailers, some funny stuff and even a touch of nostalgia for you!

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