My Latest Project; Podhurl preparing to launch into beta April 11, 2008
Posted by Robin in : Drupal, Uncategorized , 3 comments
I’d happy that I can now announce to the general community the project that I’ve been working on for the last month or so. It’s Podhurl. It’s a bit like Bryght, or the previous CivicSpace offering I worked on; a hosted, maintained, stable Drupal service. There are some very major differences however:
- When its launch into beta shortly, the option of Drupal 6 or 5 will be included.
- You’ll be able to install your own modules and themes, you won’t be locked out of the functionally that makes Drupal great.
- When the service comes out of beta, pricing will be tiered to be fair for smaller sites and Non-Profit Organizations.
You can register on the mailing list over at podhurl.com now to be informed when limited, free beta accounts will be available.
ENIGMA: Lackluster? April 9, 2008
Posted by Robin in : GMKing , 2 commentsGMNews touted the first release of ENIGMA (the open source project designed to convert Game Maker source files into C++, that is then compiled) earlier this week. I, being drawn to open source software as I am, headed straight for the download page.
I must admit that from the already compiled games in their community, as well as the quality of the distribution and documentation it looks very impressive; however, I was unable to compile even the simplest game on my Vista machine. I’m not sure if this is an problem specifically with Vista support, or in the program in general.
You can be sure I’ll be trying out the next version of ENIGMA!
If You Use SpeedPass, SpeedPay, Or PayPass - Beware Of Risks
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Quite frankly, I can’t believe that I have to explain how insecure SpeedPass, or other similar programs, really are. This should be a complete no brainer for most consumers, but the population continues to be sucked into this scheme….
Church Lighting - Part 1 of 3 [MultimediaChurches] April 7, 2008
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Hi all!
For some time I’ve been wanting to write a short series on setting up a Church lighting system. Having recently been a part of organizing and setting up a lighting system in my home Church, I thought now would be an ideal opportunity to share some tips and ideas from our experiences.
Continue reading at MultimediaChurches.org >
Free software media players August 6, 2007
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Is it possible to get good open source media players for Linux? Turns out it is!
iPhone - Defective By Design June 29, 2007
Posted by Robin in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe iPhone hype hides a basic problem – Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) inside the iPhone means that it wont be under your control. Apple also want you to switch your cell phone service to AT&T – who collaborated with the National Security Agency (NSA) in a massive, illegal program to wiretap and data mine Americans’ communications.
MarkUp Magazine - Now official | GMking Network June 22, 2007
Posted by Robin in : GMKing, Game Maker, MarkUp , add a commentMarkUp Magazine - Now official | GMking Network
Hello
Dear GMking members and MarkUp readers,
I have really good news to share with the rest of the community: MarkUp is now officially endorsed by YoYo Games You can find a direct link to the markup site on http://www.yoyogames.com, enjoy I know I did enjoy looking at it all day
Thank you,
Eyas and the GMking.org Guys
Great news for MarkUp-lover’s everywhere!
Announcing MarkUp, Issue 4 June 5, 2007
Posted by Robin in : GMKing, Game Maker, MarkUp, Writings , add a commentMarkUp Issue 4, for June 2007, has just been released! This is a content-packed issue that you will enjoy reading every page of, believe me.
About Issue 4
We have technical articles, where Bart Teunis teaches us how to use var and global var, and where Eyas Sharaiha tells us about CSV - comma seperated values - and provides us with scripts to do just that. Leif showcases his Math skills by telling us about advanced sine and cosine functions, as well as how to use those in Game Maker.
Phil Gamble tells us how to take Effective Screenshots, Eyas talks about GM games and User Account Control, then further continues to tell us about running GM6 games on Vista. Stephan tells us how to make a good game and gives us some distribution tips for Game Maker 7.
Some awesome reviews are also in store, Michael Sharaiha makes the first commercial game review on MarkUp, reviewing Heroes of Might and Magic V. Phil reviews Forted, a simple yet interesting game. Eyas reviews the third beta of Falcon Squad. ‘Someone’ reviews Mad House and Hard Hat III, both awesome old school games.
You will also see an exclusive preview of a GTA clone like no other - Streets of Pavilion City!
Andris Belinskis also made an exclusive interview with Damaged, back in the day - and we’re now showing it to you for the first time!
Tuntis’s rants continues, talking about FPS games and giving us a history lesson about GMking, the networks that brings you MarkUp!
Also, our script of the month, brought to you by GMLscripts.com, is explode_string, a very interesting function, which we will also make use of in this issue’s technical article CSV: Extreme Data Storage.
Content this Issue
Editorials
- Teamwork - Part 1 of 2
- Game Maker 7 Resources
- History of GMKing
Tutorials
- var and globalvar
- My game and User Account Control
- How to make a good FPS
- Script of the Month
- CSV: Extreme Data Storage
- Effective Screenshots
- Advanced Sine and Cosine
- Game Maker 7 Tips: Distribution
- Your GM6 Games with Vista
Reviews
- Streets of Pavilion City
- Falcon Squad: Beta 3
- Hard Hat III
- Mad House
- Forted
- Heroes of Might and Magic V
Interviews
- Damaged about HH3
Download Issue 4 Now
- PDF High Quality: http://markup.gmking.org/mag/004/MarkUp%204%20hi-res.pdf
- PDF Low Quality: http://markup.gmking.org/mag/004/MarkUp%204%20low-res.pdf
- XPS: http://markup.gmking.org/mag/004/MarkUp%204.xps
New open source project to use PHP and P2P to link exchange sites September 10, 2006
Posted by Robin in : Uncategorized , add a commentThis new open source project is making a system to use PHP and P2P technology to link exchange lesser known sites and allow them to gain traffic, while using community p2p controls to maintain the network. Neat stuff!
Have your own photo gallery in 5 minutes using free software August 23, 2006
Posted by Robin in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farDo you like gallery tools such as Flickr, but want to control your photos, or get rid of any of their limits? Now you can have your own custom gallery using PHP, a script called Picy, and 5 minutes of your time!
