Over the past year or so, I’ve been rediscovering my gaming feet. So far that has involved returning to some old favourites (Sims 3, The Hitman series, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Call of Duty 1 and 2), looking wistfully at older favourites (the Myst series, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Diablo/Diablo […]
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Reboot successful!
Hallelujah! Finally managed to redesign Writeside.net. It was many years coming, thus the theme is named “Belated”. It’s based on an old design of mine. (To be honest, the theme was looking much better while I was designing it; it’s lost its charm after all the hard work and sleepless nights.) Extensive changes have taken […]
Decisions, decisions…
The finishing touches to Writeside.net’s new design are now being worked out, so we might say we’re on the home stretch. This belated redesign is based on one of my open source Web designs, called “32 Not Out”. Here’s the original, but you’ll have to wait to see Writeside.net’s avatar. 🙂 ~PD
A revolution is under way
… at Writeside.net. It will be bloodless, but expect plenty of changes, both superficial and under the skin. To start with, I’m working on a long-overdue redesign. Second, I’m also working on moving the entire site, along with the Books section, to WordPress. The latter will be a long and tedious project. Sigh. Finally, the […]
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Microsoft embraces Word Press
Guess who’s going the Word Press way? No, your eyes don’t deceive — Microsoft has decided to abandon its homemade blogging platform for Windows Live Space and is going to use Word Press instead. To welcome Windows Live Space bloggers to WP, a simple migration service has been put together to allow bloggers to transfer […]
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Burn for Mac
It’s been almost two years since MacBeth arrived, but every so often I still find myself rooting around on the Web for software. Today, I needed a decent disc burning utility. I find Mac OS X’s Disk Utility app woefully inadequate to create CDs and DVDs, and (gasp!) it was the first time I had […]
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Taking ScribeFire for a spin
I am always on the lookout for interesting blog editors, and stumbled upon ScribeFire while working on a project on Chrome extensions. This one is already quite popular in its Firefox avatar, and a Safari version exists as well. ScribeFire proved pretty simple to set up: just enter your blog’s URL and it fetches most […]
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What does your URL really say?
Thinking of getting your own website? Not a bad idea. But here’s a really good tip — when you choose your domain name, write it down and read it. Carefully. Make other people read it. Then read it yourself again. This can’t be stressed enough: Make really you sure your URL says exactly what you […]
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WordPress 3 is here
Writer’s Log is now running on the spanking new WordPress 3.0, codenamed “Thelonious”. The upgrade was done automatically from WP 2.9.x and it happened in the blinking of an eye. Things are running smoothly subsequently. WP 3.0 features the integration of WordPress with WordPress MU (multi-user), a slimline dashboard, a new default theme called TwentyTen […]
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Pac-Man by Google
Gamers of a certain age are sure to get misty-eyed at the mention of the old classic Pac-Man. Gaming has come a long way since then, but some things never lose their charm. Thus, when Pac-Man turned 30 on 22 May, Google didn’t miss the chance to doodle about it. The Pac-Man doodle’s unprecedented popularity […]