http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:13:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A reader's first impression of this post, based on the title, may be that this is yet another rant by a “girl geek” about how the tech industry is difficult for women to get into; how men hold an unfair advantage, and how we need to help girls to succeed ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2010/07/10/gender-equality-and-the-role-of-women-in-technology-a-different-perspective/ I've been a WoW player for about 1.5 years now. The main thing that attracted me to the game, amongst other things, was the large group of friends who played. Our guild, Unassigned Variable, is full of awesome people who it was great to play with. Today, 4 toons and over ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2010/06/27/no-more-warcraft-for-now/ Just a quick note to say I’ll be speaking at LFPUG on 29th July with my colleague Martyn. We’ll be talking about the wonderful world of Moshi Monsters and how we manage the large, evolving codebase behind a game that has over 20 million users globally. The venue is ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2010/06/15/speaking-at-lfpug-29th-july/ A few months ago, I was asked by my friend James Wallis if I would be interested in working with him on a new video podcast about games. Since I spend most of my free time gaming, I figured this was a brilliant idea. A few failed attempts, and ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2010/06/15/kidnapped-by-ninjas/ I just encountered an issue where Steam would not launch. It simply displayed this error: “The registry is in use by another process, timeout expired” For anyone else who has this problem, it’s due to background processes interfering with Steam. There are a fair few pointless ... http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2010/05/29/steam-error-registry-in-use/ 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/