Console Gaming is better than PC

12 reasons why are here.

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Setting the Java Classpath

Useful information here on the Ubuntu forum.

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More Python 2.6 Infomation

There is a thread here on the Ubuntu forum which contains more information about how to install Python 2.6.

Off Topic: Greatest Card Trick Ever

Rene Lavand performing the famous 'Oil & Water' card trick, watch here.

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thinBasic Journal

The new edition of the thinBasic Journal can be downloaded today. Get it from this thread on the thinBasic forum.

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thinBasic v1.7.0.0

The new version of thinBasic has been released today, you can find out more in this thread on the thinBasic forum & download it here.

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Ruby Update

I made this post a few months ago, it dealt with a bug in rubyscript2exe. Last night I installed the new version of Ruby & installed rubyscript2exe & discovered that it was working perfectly again.

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Enigmail Thunderbird Simple Fix

After installing Enigmail in Thunderbird, I discovered that I could no-longer view HTML emails. There's an extremely simple fix for this problem here on the Enigmail forum.

Basic4GL @ Wine HQ App DB

I submitted Basic4GL to the Wine App DB a few days ago. It can now be found here & a more detailed view can be found here.

My Page on Launchpad

You can find it here.

Python: String Conversion

If you need to know how to convert a string into a number in Python, look at this thread on the Ubuntu Forum.

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GPG & Enigmail

If you want to be able to encrypt your emails & check the integrity of downloaded programs. You can get the Windows of GPG from here & you can download Enigmail from here. Once you've installed GPG you'll need to add it to your PATH environment variable.

Information on using GPG can be found at the following sites, here, here & here.

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Debugging in Python

Two useful links to help you in debugging your Python applications, here & here.

GLUX - OpenGL Library

Glux is a new OpenGL library, which attempts to combine the OpenGL Utility & Auxiliary libraries. You can find out more here.

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FreeBasic in Ubuntu Linux

Trouble using FreeBasic in Ubuntu? Make sure you've got the following installed.

sudo aptitude install build-essential libc6-dev libncurses-dev libgpmg1-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxrandr-dev libglitz-glx1-dev

Check out this page on my Wikispace for more info.

Desktop Recording in Ubuntu

If you need to record your screen activity in Ubuntu, you should install the following excellent program.

Open a terminal & type...

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop gtk-recordmydesktop

There's a guide about the program here on the Ubuntu forum.

Tomb Raider Level Designer

A lot of free tools which you can use for designing your own Tomb raider levels can be downloaded from this site.

Universal Extractor

A new version of Universal Extractor can be downloaded from here.

Ubuntu 8.10 & PyOpenGL

After installing the new version of Ubuntu I discovered that PyOpenGL had stopped working. Apparently other people have encountered this problem too, here on the Ubuntu forum & here on the PyOpenGL mailing list.

Xbox Console Update

Today was the day that the new Xbox Experience was released. I think the update is a great improvement, I've already installed 'Call of Duty 4' to my Xbox' hard-drive.

Google SketchUp

A new version has been released, get it here.

M_PI in C

Interesting discussion here on the Ubuntu forum about the use of the mathematical constant M_PI in the C Programming language. More useful information can be found here.

JCreator LE for Windows

If you need a lightweight Java code editor (IDE) to develop your Java programs in, I suggest downloading JCreator LE from here. It's still completely free to use with no time restriction.

Debug & Release versions

Ever wanted to create a Release version of an .exe in Visual Basic or C#?

If you have, look here.

Photobucket

Need to upload some photos for free? I've just created an account on Photobucket.

Troels Folmann

If you don't know who he is, he did the music for Tomb Raider: Legend, Anniversary & Underworld. He's got a blog here where I found this video of Bobby Caldwell performing 'What you won't do for Love'.

Deploying .NET Applications

Interesting set of links I've put together which will help you when you need to distribute a .NET app.

• Deploying .NET Apps book on Google books, here.
• Microsoft article on ClickOnce publishing, here.
• How ClickOnce publishing works, here.
• Wikipedia article on ClickOnce publishing, here.
  

Web Browser Link Trapping

Extremely useful article here on the CodeProject website which shows you how to develop a web-app in Visual Basic .NET. The interesting part of the article is where it shows you how to disable link navigation in the browser.

I was able to use some of the information to write my OpenGL Man page viewer.

VB Command Line

Need to compile a VB application from the Command Line? This guide will show you how.

Off Topic Post

Mylo - In My Arms, watch here.

Easy Duplicate Finder

Good free program here, which finds duplicate files on your computer & deletes them.

Microsoft MSDN Forums

Microsoft has a group of forums here, which are dedicated to the Express Editions.

OpenGL Man Pages

All the OpenGL Man pages can be found here.

Small Basic

I first heard about it in this thread on the thinBasic forum. After about 10 minutes of using it, I had converted one of my Sierpinski Triangle programs & posted it on this page of the Small Basic forum.

N64 RGB Output

Apparently the N64 console couldn't output a picture in the RGB format but this guide will show you how to modify the console.

Interview with Rabah Shihab

An interview with the Lead Programmer of the unreleased Amiga game 'Babylonian Twins', can be found here.

Call of Duty 5

It looks like it will play as fast as 'Call of Duty 4', which I think is a bad thing. But I'll probably buy it anyway, release date in Europe is November 14th.

Speedtest.net

I found the following Internet speed test in this thread on the Basic4GL forum. I recommend not downloading anything or watching videos on YouTube while the test is being conducted.

Off Topic Post

TNA Wrestling: AMW vs. Triple X from Turning Point 2004. Watch it here.

OpenGL in Gentee

Programs here which I placed on the Gentee forum some time ago.

C for C++ Programmers

Nice webpage here, with lots of interesting information.

WoS, ACE & Amiga.

Links to computer magazine websites with downloadable PDF content.

• World of Spectrum, archive of hundreds of Sinclair magazines.
• Old Computer Magazines, copies of ACE can be found here.
• Acorn Mags, archive of Acorn & BBC Micro magazines.

FLV A/V Sync

Ever used SUPER to save a video in the FLV format, only to discover that the Audio is out of sync by a few seconds? If you have, check out this post on the SUPER forum.

Shell Scripting Links

Here are some useful Shell-Scripting links.

• Customize your Command Prompt, here.
• Start a Shell script from an Exe, here.
• Copy multiple files from the Command line, here.
• Pipe commands with switches, here.
  

Online Science Videos

There are a lot of interesting Science videos that you see on this YouTube channel.

My favourite is this One showing you how to create a battery from Vinegar.

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DeSmuME - DS Emulator

I already own a Nintendo DS but if you don't, you can get a free emulator from here.

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Useful Cli Commands

Here are some links to some useful pages which contain information on various command prompt commands.

• Type command, here.
• Copy command, here.
• Environment variables, here.
  

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PhotoFiltre Download

I found out about this nice free image retouching program which can be downloaded from here, in this thread on the Basic4GL forum.

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Usenet Access

My broadband ISP is Blueyonder, their News Server Address is news.virginmedia.com. If you want to access Usenet leave the name & password blank & use port 119.

To find out your News Server Address, search here. If you need a NZB client, search here.

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NZBs Search site

Want to search the newest NZB files? Go here.

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Fractal Optimizations

Useful explanation of how to speed up the rendering of a Mandelbrot Fractal here.

OpenGL in various languages

The same OpenGL program written using FreeGLUT in various programming languages, here.

FunctionX Tutorials

The FunctionX Programming tutorials site has been around for a longtime but it's still one of the best tutorial sites there is.

Video Sharing Sites

Try Revver & YouSportz.

Modulus Operator

Some links to the most interesting math operator in the world of programming, here, here & here.

OpenGL program using SDL

Program here on the Ubuntu forum which will show you how to use OpenGL with SDL.

Drawing a Circle in SDL

Nice little program showing you how, on the Ubuntu forum here.

Forger WinAPI Tutorial

The Forger WinAPI has just been updated, you can check it out here.

MinGW32 Download

I recently uninstalled the Code::Blocks IDE & decided to go back to writing my programs in notepad & compiling from the command line or using Makefiles.

I had difficulty getting the MinGW installer to download the relevant files, so I had a look on the MinGW  mailing list & found this post where someone else was having problems.

The OP was told he should download the TDM/MinGW installer from here. I did that & it downloaded & installed perfectly first time.

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