New Stat Counter

I used to use a hit counter provided by Easy Hit Counters to count the number of hits that my blog received. A few days ago I started having problems with the stat counter & I wasn't the only one, as you can see here.

So I've got a new stat counter courtesy of StatCounter.

The Slits: Typical Girls

Jabaco: New Language

I was reading this post over on the Coding Monkeys forum about a new language called Jabaco.

The language lets you write code similar in style to VB6 but it compiles to bytecode similar to the output of Java. It also has a GUI Editor built-in & lots of other features plus it's free.

Anim8or: Free Download

Nice free 3D modeller can be downloaded from here.

FireGPG Add-on for Firefox

FireGPG is an add-on for Firefox which lets you view, decrypt & encrypt emails in webmail programs such as Yahoo & Gmail. You'll need to instal GnuPG first & currently the FireFTP add-on isn't compatible with FireGPG, so you can't have them both installed at the sametime.

Zamzar: Free Online File Conversion

Recently I downloaded a text document which had been saved in the .docx format. In order to open the document I had to download & install OpenOffice, which is a pretty large download @ over 100MB.

I did some searching & found a free online conversion site called Zamzar, I just uploaded the file & selected the PDF conversion option. A few hours later I was sent an email containing a download link for the PDF file.

Time Calculation in C & C++

Useful set of links for time calculation in the C & C++ Programming Languages.

• ctime @ the C++ Reference
• time.h @ Wikipedia
• C & C++ Date Programs
• System Time thread on the Ubuntu Forums
• time_t @ Wikipedia
• How to use ctime in C++ @ daniweb
  

Lol @ MacBook Wheel

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Benchmarking Coding Languages

Useful site here, which compares the speed that different programming languages run at on Ubuntu Linux.

Nice Blogs

Here are some links to video game related blogs...

• ds fanboy
• xbox 360 fanboy
• wow insider
• wii fanboy
• ps3 fanboy
• psp fanboy
• major nelson
  

Halo 3: Identity Cards

I've just discovered these at bungie.net, you can embed the cards in your blog or website using HTML but you can also embed them in your forum signature using BBCode.

thinBasic update v1.7.5.0

A new version of thinBasic has been released. You can find out more by reading this forum post & you can download it here.

Planet Textures

If you're constructing a sphere in OpenGL or DirectX & you need some planet textures, I suggest you visit this site.