November 2011 – Something Odd!

WP Super Cache Scheduler and Admin Bar Link

I made a few changes to WP Super Cache over the last week. The garbage collection user interface received an overhaul and it’s now possible to schedule the those jobs using a timer or a clock. It can also send you an email each time it runs! Another major change was the addition of a “Delete Cache” link on the admin bar for logged in users. This may seem strange, but it will only show if you have disabled caching for known users. Unfortunately this is needed because of the security measures required. It only deletes the supercache file(s) for […]

Games

Darwinia’s Spectrum Roots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjJOVMeSV8 I bought Darwinia as part of a recent Humble Bundle. In fact it was really the only reason I bought it as I enjoyed Multiwinia and heard that the original game was great too, and it is! Anyway, here’s an intro that greets you when you start the game. It’s only one of a number of different ones but it’s my favourite. Took me right back to my Speccy owning days in the late 80’s! Oh, go get the Introversion bundle, well worth the asking price (whatever you decide to pay!)

Games

Battlefield 3 Death Rail

This is one of the craziest things I’ve seen so far in Battlefield 3.

WordPress

Bye Bye Digg, Hello Stephen Fry!

Last week The Hibbs Lupus Trust posted a tweet thanking various people after their site was mentioned in a tweet by Stephen Fry. Lupus is a horrible condition and the Trust aims to help raise awareness of it, support sufferers and help GPs diagnose it. Lupus causes the body’s immune system to go into overdrive and starts to attack itself. It is believed that over 50,000 people throughout the UK suffer with Lupus of whom 90% are female. The symptoms are many and varied, and the condition often seems to mimic other diseases. This gives rise to difficulty in diagnosis […]

Games

How to land a jet in BF3

General , Youtube

What is radiation?

Here’s the first part of an excellent talk given by Professor John McInerney, of the UCC Physics Department on what exactly radiation is, the different types, the effects they have on the human body and what creates it. Do you know where most radiation comes from? You might be surprised. Early in the talk, John dispelled with the idea of non-ionising radiation being responsible for detrimental health effects. ”Microwaves in general are not harmful, including the ones in cell-phones and radars. Unless you cook yourself. If you stood in front of a 10KW radio antenna it would be bad for […]

Games

Battlefield 3 stats for your own site?

Battlelog is very useful but sometimes you want to have stats for your own site. With that in mind I’ve come across 2 APIs that can be used to talk to EA’s servers: bf2s.com have an API for Battlefield 2 that is the same as the one for bfs3.com. The bf3stats.com api is explained here and looks fairly easy to work with. There’s also a WordPress plugin that uses the bf3stats.com api to power a widget. I haven’t tried any of the above but I will be downloading the WordPress plugin, hopefully I can submit a few patches to the […]

Games

BF3: Helicopters and AA on Noshahr Canals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw50yufPj-k Two very differing commentaries on Noshahr Canals (rush) in Battlefield 3. One gives tips on flying a helicopter, the other shows how overpowered a good driver on the AA gun on that level is! Meanwhile I started playing the game on Xbox 360 last night and it was the exact same as on PS3. Until you unlock some of the better weapons it’s really tough. It didn’t help that I was dumped into losing teams, even getting spawn trapped on one map.

Linux

Ubuntu: ALT TAB between browser windows?

I’m still using Ubuntu’s Unity desktop, which is saying a lot as I switched back to Gnome within a week or so of the previous release of Ubuntu. One of the remaining bugbears I had with Unity was the window or task switcher. It was impossible to switch between Chrome browser windows. I had to click on the Chrome icon in the Unity sidebar and select the window I wanted. It felt like Ubuntu had tried to emulate what Windows 7 did with their taskbar, but Windows did it better because the window previews are close to the taskbar. I’m […]

Games