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Big Thanks to Lewisham Hospital

I'd just like to say a big thank you to Tracy, Catherine, Wendy and the other ladies that looked after me Friday night and yesterday daytime in the observation ward of Lewisham Hospital. Oh and also thanks to John who kept my nicoteen levels up.

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Burning Board 3 Released

The next generation of the discussion board software Burning Board is unveiled and can be purchased now! The new version sets several new standards and distinguish itself by a modern and secure technical implementation as well as a user-friendly user interface.

WoltLab Community Framework

The backbone for Burning Board 3 will be WoltLab Community Framework (WCF). The framework will be the basis for all future products from WoltLab in the area of community development. It is completely object orientated programming using PHP5, and includes support for module packages. The first product to make use of these functions will be Burning Board 3. The forum software will be comprised of smaller packages to be able to integrate into other programs at a later stage.

WCF will have a function that can run automatic updates of installed packages. Included is a process to update installed packages / modules from the originator (e.g. WoltLab) into the package database, thus creating a live update system for future versions. You will be able to have update packages automatically download and install. It will also be possible to manually search for updates and install individual packages / updates. A larger selected package will automatically download and install any smaller packages that it requires in order to function. You will be able to individually uninstall any particular package, so long as it is not in use by another larger package, commonly know a "Dependency Packaging" and can be achieved with the click of a mouse button.

Documented API and interfaces

One of the most important aspects of developing Burning Board 3 is the users' ability to adapt the program to their own specific needs. The forum software has a detailed API documentation and an event interface. This interface allows alterations of the software at basic levels without having to directly alter the source code.

A new accessible standard style

In the development of Burning Board 3 the coding will have new and improved standards. The HTML edition of the software will contain pure semantic source code. The design will be created completely by using CSS, overcoming previous restrictions imposed by styles that have been coded in other ways. Through CSS modification, users are provided with extreme control over the visual aspect of their forum. More changes will be possible without any template modification. As a result of the new coding style, a completely new standard style will be developed. Among these changes will be simplifying certain areas of the user interface. Hopefully this will make using the forum easier, especially for new and inexperienced users.

Use of standards

The forum software will naturally use templates for the HTML edition. The template engine used will already be included into the Community Framework. We have decided to use an engine based on that of Smarty. Smarty already offers a number of reliable programs and is a known developer within the community.

With Burning Board 3 we want to continue supporting the use of standards that have been set for such development. In addition to XHTML and CSS, we will aim to import and export data using XML.

Through better use of caching, Burning Board 3 will drastically reduce the number of database queries used. The start page of the forum can be produced in the same time frame as now, but only using 4 queries. Simultaneously the load of a single query would be considerably diminished through the optimization of the database structure.

Multi-language support

Burning Board can be run with multiple languages. Users may choose a language for writing messages in, or for filtering content. At this time, you can choose three different languages for the user interface (German, English, Italian). Further languages will follow.

» WoltLab Burning Board 3

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Audacity Tutorial - Scary Voice

This is a little video tutorial I made that shows you how to make your voice a bit spooky in Audacity.

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PHP Tutorial - Protecting a Page with Sessions

I have made another PHP tutorial which allows you to view secret content that you set, by protecting it with a passcode. It is pretty basic, but may not be to some people, like me when I first started doing PHP a good 5 years ago.

» PHP Tutorial - Protecting a Page with Sessions

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Scary Movie 5

I'm sure the tag line to Scary Movie 4 was "The fourth and final chapter of the trilogy". Also I remember reading somewhere that Scary Movie 4 was defenately the last one, but oh no... 31st October 2008 will see the premiere of Scary Movie 5!

At the moment only Leslie Nielsen is confirmed for the movie, as for Anna Faris, who plays Cindy Campbell, and Regina Hall, who plays Brenda Meeks, they haven't been confirmed.

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Ace Ventura 3

Due for release next year is Ace Ventura 3, titled Ace Ventura Jr. The film basically is about Ace Ventura's son taking his role, oh though one bad thing... just like Dumb and Dumber 2 and The Mask 2... it will flop. Why? Well because Jim Carrey will not be in it, so that has waved goodbye to the comedy aspect of it.

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What a piss take

Borrowing swimming arm bands and rubber rings have been banned by Health and Safety because of germs. How fecking retarded. Ain't that what Chlorine is for?

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If you're thinking WTF

If you're thinking WTF about these game trailers or film trailers that are appearing, then don't worry, they're frmo my YouTube account as I use it to upload video game and movie trailers. So don't panic, I ain't being hacked, hijacked or anything like that.

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Tales of Innocence - Nintendo DS - Game Trailer

This fall, Namco-Bandai will be heating up the Nintendo DS with the first of four new Tales.

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CSI: Hard Evidence - PC, XBox360, Wii - Game Trailer

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the crime scene.

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