http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:52:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve just been trying to play Bioshock for the first time on my recently bought Windows 7 machine, and have been having issues with the audio. All the startup sounds and cutscene movies work perfectly, however there was no sound in game or when clicking menu buttons. After lots ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2010/02/06/windows-7-bioshock-realtek-no-in-game-sound/ I’ve been a Mac user for about 2 years now. That is, until this evening, when I set up my new Dell with Windows 7. I’ve had a few people ask me why I got a PC? Why not a Mac? Well, there are a few reasons, too many to ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2009/11/26/switching-from-my-mac-to-windows-7/ Those who know me will know at least these two things about me: I am a geek and I'm a gamer. Or, to be more specific, I'm a little bit of a World of Warcraft addict. When I heard about the ultimate MMO gaming mouse, the Razer Naga, I simply ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2009/11/08/awaiting-the-razer-naga/ Recently, when taking a break from my usual nerd habits, I've been re-watching old seasons of Dawson's Creek (I know, it's tragic). Tonight, I saw the season 4 finale and couldn't help but chuckle at this conversation between Dawson and his Dad. I should probably point out that ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2009/07/02/dawsons-creek-and-the-mac-vs-pc-debate/ Yesterday, Grant Skinner (creator of the awesome GTween library) came up with a competition for all those AS3 developers out there. The aim? Make something funky in 140 characters or less using the "gimme" code provided on: http://gskinner.com/playpen/tweetcoding.html Within a few hours, there were some amazing tweets submitted, some of which just ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2009/02/20/tweet-coding/ I've been suffering from a ridiculous amount of spam comments recently, and so have started using the Akismet spam checker. Already, I am noticing a massive improvement! Akismet has correctly marked as spam many messages and has successfully ignored those comments which are in fact valid. When comments are ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/10/20/akismet-wordpress-spam-checker/ Just been playing TF2 for the first time and have to say it's quite good.  Though there is one major issue: Opponent spies allowed in your re-spawning area!  It's totally cheating!  I've just been constantly re-spawning while some delightful fellow blasts my brains out the second I rejoin the game! I ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/09/06/spies-in-tf2/ I've made a few changes to Egg Roll over the past few days.  The changes are: Addition of high scores No limit on the number of lives (though obviously, the less you use the better - don't want to be smashing too many eggs!) Timer - Just to add a little competitive edge ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/08/08/egg-roll-3/ I've just requested some Linux hosting from Interhost as it's about time I started managing the hosting of this domain myself. So at 2:10pm today (note - it's a Sunday), I put in my request, and by 2:25pm it was already set up! That's 15 minutes on a Sunday afternoon to get ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/interhost-great-customer-service/ I've recently upgraded to Firefox 3 and have noticed a huge issue which is making me consider switching browsers (something I don't really want to do).  When you click anywhere in the browser and go to drag, rather than selecting text or dragging the image (as you'd expect), the entire ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/