Out of the corner of my eye

I’ve started a new company developing Android games. My first project is a 3D RPG called Discretion. I’m looking for a 3D character artist to do some freelance work, get in touch if you’re interested!

Just writing a quick note to let anyone who reads this know about one of my colleagues blogs, Jen in Cambodia - she’s gone over there to work as a VSO recently and has already written some thought provoking pieces on the legacy of the Khmer Rouge and landmines. Please check it out.

Things I’ve learned about deploying a busy PHP application on Amazon EC2 WAMP/WIMP stacks (the hard way) In no particular order: APC and __autoload Rasmus said __autoload doesn’t play nice with APC. This might have been true in 2006 when the blog post was written but it doesn’t seem so much followin

Actually this is Ruby I guess, not even got as far as Rails! Main Rails page says “We recommend Ruby 1.8.7″ but there’s no installer for it. I think over the years I’ve had more installs of Rails fail than succeed. Back to PHP! C:\ruby>gem install rails Install required dependency actionpack? [Yn] I

So, I’ve taken the plunge and launched an internet radio station playing a selection of electronic dance music. Inspired by seeing my friends playing on SubbassFM, Afterdarkradio etc. and wanting to see our group of friends do something with our skills and determination to DJ, Liquifi Radio was born

From the BBC: He is expected to unveil soaring public borrowing and details of the worst recession since World War II ended. Tax rises and spending cuts from 2011 are likely as Mr Darling sets out his plans to restore public finances. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has admitted it

It’s that simple. Donate your TV Licence Fee to the Gaza DEC Appeal. I have.

It’s time to drive the final nail into the coffin of laissez-faire capitalism by treating it like the discredited ideology it inarguably is. If not, the Dr. Frankensteins of the right will surely try to revive the monster and send it marauding through our economy once again. … We’ve got to do everyt

Do we defend globalisation, with its laissez-faire allowance of the exploitation of cheap mobile labour (see the construction workers shipped in with no rights and horrible pay to work on the building projects in Dubai for an extreme example), because of a liberal hang-wringing urge to shout about r