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Programming with PHP and GTK, Part 1


Everyone is well aware of how wonderful PHP is as a web-scripting language. However, have you ever given thought to using it for client-side applications? If not, here is a great article to help you get started.
I don’t know how useful this would be as PHP was never intended for such purposes. Seems more of […]

Filed under: Programming

Heck of a concept — a video game you control with your thoughts. Or more precisely, your mood. But this isn’t about brain probes or monkeys playing pinball… it’s nothing short of a journey to the Wild Divine

Filed under: Games

Securing PHP

I think they mistitled this article. The original heading was “Securing Apache”, but I figured they saw too many other sites create that article so they went with this. Good information if you maintain servers for someone (*cough*JC*cough*) and just to know in general.

PHP is a popular scripting language used to create dynamic Web sites […]

Filed under: Open Source

LAMP Solution for the 9/11 Commission report

This article goes on to discuss a solution for the government that would unite all the disparate systems so that they can handle trouble much better. Or something like that.

Fortunately, a viable Linux solution to the task of connecting disparate databases over the networks is in existence today. This extant system connects a variety of […]

Filed under: Open Source

Google Playboy Article May Raise Concerns

Reason no. 543 not to go public. Can’t even talk to Playboy without getting in trouble.
This might be my last post all weekend folks. Don’t worry as you have the rest of the FG crew to hold the site down. I gotta go get ready for a Hurricane.
Cheers.

Filed under: News

Scathing XBOX Madden Review

If you have an XBOX and were planning on buying Madden over ESPN then you should definitely read this entry by the great Bill Harris. This guy knows his shit so he is definitely to be trusted.

I seriously questioned whether Madden could top what I’d seen of ESPN this year, but I had absolutely no […]

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Taglibs make life easier

Stuck using JSP when you’d rather be using CF or PHP? Want to stop reinventing the wheel? Check out some prebuilt taglibs….

Filed under: Articles, Programming, Resources

Internet Archivist: Store Everything!

Brewster’s goal: Store everything. “It is possible,”’ he proclaimed last week at a conference at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose. `“It could be one of the greatest achievements of all time.’”
In that spirit, he also has asked Google to furnish him with a copy of its database, say with a six-month delay so […]

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Dance, Voldo, Dance

If you know Soul Caliber you know Voldo. If you know Nelly, you know his song Hot in Here. Put them together and you have one funny ass video. Takes forever too load though so you might wanna drink your coffee, eat your lunch, or actually do some work.

Filed under: Entertainment

Battle Torrent

From the masters at Downhill Battle comes Battle Torrent. If you are a geek you understand how awesome Bittorrent is, but to the average user it is as foreign as RSS feeds. The world would definitely be a much better place if everyone used torrents to pass along files. Distributed networking and bandwidth sharing is […]

Filed under: Open Source

Build an ISP With Ordinary Household Items

So you are sitting in your chair/sofa/table reading this entry and thinking to yourself what a great idea it would be to build an ISP in your house. Come on, we are all thinking of it. Well, for those of us who are really thinking about it, here is an article that shows you how […]

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Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide

Okay you are ready to download and install the new SP2 for Windows XP and are not too delighted to see that it is over 200mb in size. Fair enough though since you have a broadband connection that quickly finishes the job in minutes. However, your computer crashes after a couple of weeks and you […]

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Doom 3 Benchmarks: Ati vs. Nvidia

I might make this Doom 3 day.
Extremetech posts some great benchmarks comparing the different Ati and Nvidia cards. Interestingly the GeForce 6800 which has been doing extremely well in other site’s benchmarks tops out at 80fps here. Something was definitely wrong.
In any case that is the card that I am eyeing, but it’s hard to […]

Filed under: Games

Doom 3 Review (Ars)

Ars has posted their review of Doom 3 and like everyone else, they claim it to be a damn fine game. I will be able to play once I upgrade this video card. I am too embarassed to even admit what my system is running, but let’s just say I stick to RTS games for […]

Filed under: Games

The History of Warcraft

If you are excited about the upcoming World of WarCraft game from Blizzard, you may want to brush up on your understanding of the history of the Warcraft Universe.
This article covers everything you could ever want to know about the Warcraft world, with 6 chapters and thousands of words. Maybe it will help curb your […]

Filed under: Games

Windows XP SP2: Friend or Foe

IBM has ordered its employees not to install Windows XP Service Pack 2 due to concerns that it may “break” a number of existing applications.
I’ve read a lot of commentary on whether or not XP SP2 will cause more problems than it fixes and I am very concerned about installing it on my LAN, especially […]

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